Photo #: NH 54426
Bainbridge Class Destroyer
Coaling from the beach in the Philippine Islands.
This destroyer is either USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1),
USS Barry (Destroyer # 2) or USS Chauncey (Destroyer
# 3).
The donor's original caption, which incorrectly identifies the
ship as USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5), reads: "...coaling
from the beach near Zamboanga, P.I., 1916. Mooring lines are
tied to old stock anchors on the beach. The coal was carried
aboard in baskets on a pole by two natives. This was Pocahontas
coal from West. Va. The rest of the Asiatic Fleet used Japanese
coal."
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Fred Iverson collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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