Photo #: NH 96397
USS Butler (DD-636), at right
Starts to slide down the ways during launching ceremonies at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 12 February 1942.
USS Gherardi (DD-637), which was launched immediately
afterwards, is at left.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection, Annapolis,
Maryland. Collection of James C. Fahey.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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