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Photo #: NH 42536

Destroyers in the Middle Chambers, Gatun Locks


During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919.
Those in the front center are (left to right):
USS Waters (Destroyer # 115);
USS Dent (Destroyer # 116); and
USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136).
USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143) is by herself just aft of that group.
Partially visible at right are (left to right):
USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146);
USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131); and
USS Philip (Destroyer # 76).
Two of the three ships just astern of that group are:
USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142), right, and
USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75), left.
Photographed by the Panama Canal Company (their photo # 80-C-5).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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24 June 2003