Photo #: NH 45256
Kirkwall Harbor, Orkney Islands
Photographed circa mid-1919, while serving as base for the North
Sea minesweeping detachment.
Identifiable ships include:
Tanker Hickerol (smaller ship in the center of the view);
USS Black Hawk (ID # 2140), most distant ship in right
center; and USS Panther, immediately to right of Black
Hawk.
Among other ships present are several trawlers, two U.S. Navy
submarine chasers (at extreme left) and a British "P-Boat"
patrol vessel (nearest shore in right center).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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