Photo #: NH 99529
USS Perkins (DD-877)
Plan view aft, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining
experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15
November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
Note the weight-shifting track installed for the inclining experiment,
and inscription atop the box temporarily fitted at her stern:
"leave aboard incline gear".
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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