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Photo # NH 46911:  USS MacKenzie in harbor, circa 1920-1922

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USS MacKenzie (Destroyer # 175, later DD-175), 1919-1940

USS MacKenzie, a 1060-ton Little class destroyer built at San Francisco, California, was placed in commission in July 1919. Designated DD-175 a year later, she served in West Coast waters until decommissioned in late May 1922. Laid up at San Diego, California, for the next seventeen years, she was recalled to active service when the outbreak of World War II in Europe prompted an expansion of U.S. Naval strength. MacKenzie recommissioned in November 1939, and mainly served in the western Atlantic region until September 1940, when she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. As HMCS Annapolis, the destroyer was employed as a convoy escort in the western North Atlantic. She became a training ship in April 1944 and, after World War II ended in Europe, was sold for scrapping.

USS MacKenzie was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie (1842-1867), who was killed in action on Formosa on 13 June 1867.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS MacKenzie (Destroyer # 175, later DD-175).


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Photo #: NH 46911

USS MacKenzie
(DD-175)

Photographed in harbor, circa 1920-1922.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 46903

USS MacKenzie
(DD-175)

Anchored in a West Coast harbor, circa 1920-1922.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 100947

USS MacKenzie
(DD-175),
Flagship of Destroyer Division 22

Photographed by O.W. Waterman, circa 1920-1922.
The original print was annotated to identify features:
1. Bridge;
2. Lookout Tower;
3. Anti-Aircraft Gun (a 3"/23);
4. Torpedo Tubes (21" triple mounts);
5. Four-inch Gun;
6. Propeller Guard;
7. High-power Searchlight;
8. Depth Bomb Dropping Device;
9. Wash Rooms and Toilet;
10. Seamen's Quarters;
11. Officers' Quarters;
12. Engineers' Quarters;
13. Kitchen; and
14. Wireless Apparatus.

Courtesy of Carter Rila.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 470 pixels<

 
Photo #: NH 67627

USS MacKenzie
(DD-175)

Fine-screen halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship at anchor, probably in 1939-1940.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 570 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102784

22nd Destroyer Division Officers and Crews


Panoramic photograph, taken on the ships' foredecks while they were moored in San Diego Harbor, California, 10 January 1920.
Taken by O.A. Tunnell, San Diego.
Ships are, from left to right:
USS Rizal (Destroyer # 174);
USS Renshaw (Destroyer # 176);
USS O'Bannon (Destroyer # 177);
USS Hogan (Destroyer # 178); and
USS MacKenzie (Destroyer # 175).
Note signalmen making semaphore signals from atop the ship's pilothouses.
Photographs vignetted in the upper right and left of this image are reproduced as Photo #s NH 102784-A and NH 102784-B.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 101KB; 1200 x 255 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100413

Destroyers moored off San Diego, California, circa 1920-1922


Among the ships in this "nest" are USS MacKenzie (DD-175), USS O'Bannon (DD-177) and USS Swasey (DD-273).

Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 450 pixels<

 


USS MacKenzie is seen distantly in the following photographs:

Photo #: NH 88356

Ships of the 39th Destroyer Division


Moored together, probably in San Diego Harbor, California, in 1921. These ships are (from left to right):
USS Edsall (DD-219);
USS McCormick (DD-223);
USS Bulmer (DD-222);
USS Simpson (DD-221);
USS MacLeish (DD-220); and
USS Parrott (DD-218).
Moored in the right distance are USS Mackenzie (DD-175) and USS Hogan (DD-178).

Courtesy of L.C. Lupin, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42539

"Red Lead Row", San Diego Destroyer Base, California


Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Many of the ships present are identified in Photo # NH 42539 (complete caption).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 


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