Photo #: NH 43037
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania
Destroyers in the Reserve Basin awaiting decommissioning, circa
March-April 1919. Ships present include (from left to right):
USS Preble (Destroyer # 12);
USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10);
unidentified "750-ton" destroyer;
USS Flusser (Destroyer # 20); and
unidentified "750-ton" destroyer.
Note the bent bow on the third ship from right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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