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Photo # NH 99401:  Officers and crew of USS Drayton, circa fall-winter 1938-1939

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Drayton (DD-366), 1936-1946 --
On Board, Partial and Miscellaneous Views


This page features on board and partial views of USS Drayton (DD-366), and miscellaneous images related to her.

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Drayton (DD-366), 1936-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: 19-N-29186

    USS Drayton
    (DD-366)

    Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 April 1942.
    This view shows the ship's forward portion. Note that her starboard anchor is missing, probably a weight reduction measure.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

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    Photo #: 19-N-29185

    USS Drayton
    (DD-366)

    Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 April 1942.
    This view shows the ship's after portion. Note number four 5"/38 gun at near extreme depression.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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    Photo #: 19-N-68069

    USS Drayton
    (DD-366)

    Plan view, forward, taken from a crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 June 1944.
    Note bridge details, forward smokestack, 26-foot motor whaleboat, and foremast with antennas for SC-2 (top) and SG radars.
    White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 134KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-68070

    USS Drayton
    (DD-366)

    Plan view, amidships, taken from a crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 June 1944.
    Note quadruple torpedo tube mounts, smokestacks, and non-skid deck tread.
    White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship, including twin 40mm gun mounts and their directors.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-68071

    USS Drayton
    (DD-366)

    Plan view, aft, taken from a crane at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 June 1944.
    Note 40mm twin gun mounts, 5"/38 guns, after conning station and floater nets in bins.
    White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 133KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 99401

    USS Drayton
    (DD-366)

    Commander Ernest G. Small, Commander Destroyer Division Three, with the ship's officers and crew on her foredeck at San Diego, California, circa the fall or winter of 1938-1939.
    Note lifering and DesDiv 3 pennant in the center foreground.
    Officers present are (from left to right, seated):
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Richard G. Copeland;
    Lieutenant James D. Whitfield, Jr., Gunnery Officer;
    Lieutenant Fondville L. Tedder, Chief Engineer;
    Lieutenant Commander Jesse H. Carter, Commanding Officer;
    Commander Ernest G. Small;
    Lieutenant Roger B. Nickerson, Executive Officer and Navigator;
    Lieutenant Clifford D. Hamrick, (Medical Corps), DesDiv 3 Medical Officer;
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Gary W. Jewett, Jr.; and
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Howard E. Day, Jr.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99402

    Commander Ernest G. Small
    , Commander Destroyer Division Three

    With the Commanding Officers of DesDiv 3's ships, probably on board USS Porter (DD-356), flagship of Destroyer Squadron Two. Taken on 21 March 1939, while DesDiv 3 was anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with other units of the U.S. Fleet.
    Those present are, from left to right:
    Lieutenant Commander Jesse H. Carter, Commanding Officer, USS Drayton (DD-366);
    Lieutenant Commander John F. Rees, Commanding Officer, USS Flusser (DD-368);
    Commander Ernest G. Small;
    Lieutenant Commander Herbert G. Hopwood, Commanding Officer, USS Mahan (DD-364); and
    Lieutenant Commander Byron H. Hanlon, Commanding Officer, USS Lamson (DD-367).
    Note the Mark 22 twin single-purpose 5"/38 gun mount in the background, and non-skid deck treads.
    Photographed by the U.S. Fleet Base Force Camera Party.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77227

    "The United States Navy has a job to do for America. Join up and fight"


    Navy recruiting poster (28" x 40") by Matt Murphey, issued in October 1940.
    It features an artwork of USS Drayton (DD-366) leading other destroyers in advance of the battle fleet.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 545 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Drayton (DD-366), 1936-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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