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Photo #: 19-N-110260 USS Drayton (DD-366) Damaged bow, photographed at Pearl Harbor on 5 October 1942. Drayton had collided with USS Flusser (DD-368) during exercises in the Hawaiian area the day before. USS Portland (CA-33) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) are partially visible in the background. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-305590 USS Drayton (DD-366) Bombarding Palawan Island, Philippines, on 28 February 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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USS Drayton (DD-366) is seen in the background of the following photographs of other ships:
Photo #: 80-G-1031563 Destroyers underway in San Diego Harbor, California, 1938 Identifiable ships are: USS Drayton (DD-366), at left; USS Preston (DD-379), at right; and USS Perkins (DD-377), in center, partially masked by Preston. Note colored bands painted on these destroyer's after smokestacks, possibly for unit identification purposes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 74265 USS Cushing (DD-376) Steams ahead of USS Drayton (DD-366), at sea on 8 February 1938. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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The ship seen in the following photograph may be USS Drayton (DD-366). See its caption for details:
Photo #: 80-G-47406 Ormoc Bay Landings, December 1944 A Mahan class destroyer bombards the objective area during landings on the shores of Ormoc Bay, Leyte, 7 December 1944. This ship is one of several Mahan class destroyers, wearing Camouflage Measure 31, Design 23d, that participated in this operation. "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II", Volume XII, includes this image captioned as Lamson (DD-367) entering Ormoc Bay. However, the original print in the illustrations package for that book also features a handwritten note stating that the ship is "probably Drayton" (DD-366). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Page made 27 June 2004