Photo #: NH 104564
USS Burns (DM-11, formerly DD-171)
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet, leads
his party toward Burns as he prepares to visit the ship,
circa 1923-1924. Location is probably Honolulu, Hawaii.
Admiral Coontz is at the left front of the group of officers
in the right center.
Note the "E" award displayed on Burns's bridge
wing.
Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt,
USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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