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Photo # NH 103482:  USS Aylwin firing depth charges during World War I

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USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47, later DD-47), 1914-1935 -- Part II


This page features more images related to USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47, later DD-47).

For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47, later DD-47), 1914-1935.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 102995

    USS Aylwin
    (Destroyer # 47)

    In port with collision damage, circa 1918-1919. Location may be in the British Isles, as an old ship of the line is visible in the center distance.
    The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103482

    USS Aylwin
    (Destroyer # 47)

    Firing depth charges from her "Y-Guns", during World War I operations. Three charges are in the air, attached to their arbors.
    Note Aylwin's number ("47") painted on the bow of the boat at right.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103483

    Depth Charges


    Exploding after being launched from an anti-submarine vessel's "Y-Guns", during World War I.
    These two charges may have been fired from USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47).

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103484

    Depth Charges


    Exploding after being launched from an anti-submarine vessel's "Y-Guns", during World War I.
    These two charges may have been fired from USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47).

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 565 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55112

    USS Chester
    (Scout Cruiser # 1)

    Steams through ice fields while en route to Hamburg, Germany, in late December 1918.
    USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47) is following astern.
    The two U.S. Navy ships were operating under the auspices of the Allied Naval Armistice Commission, and were to conduct an inspection of German Baltic Sea ports.
    Note Chester's anti-submarine battery on her stern, consisting of a pair of depth charge racks and two "Y-Gun" depth charge throwers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76418

    U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1916-1917


    Second section from left (of six) of a panoramic photograph taken from the Naval Station radio tower.
    Among the ships present are: battleships South Carolina and Michigan (toward the left, in no particular order); destroyers Drayton (left center) and Aylwin (center, middle distance); and a battleship that is either Wyoming or Arkansas (right foreground).
    See Photo # s NH 76415 and NH 76416 for a reproduction of the entire original panoramic image.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Donation of MMC Jesse Forton, USN (Retired), 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94774-KN (Color)

    "Uncle Sam's Ships"

    Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats.

    Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     


    Related image: Photo # NH 103932 shows damage to the bow of USS Drayton (Destroyer # 23) after a collision with USS Aylwin, circa 1916-1917 or 1919.


    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47, later DD-47), 1914-1935.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 29 January 2006
    New image added 11 December 2006