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Photo # NH 94807:  USS Elliot making a smoke screen during 1930s Fleet maneuvers

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USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146, later DD-146, DMS-4 & AG-104), 1919-1946 -- Part II


This page features additional views related to USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146, later DD-146, DMS-4 & AG-104).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • Elliot (Destroyer # 146, later DD-146, DMS-4 & AG-104), 1919-1946.


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

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    Photo #: NH 54362

    USS Elliot (DD-146)
    , lower left

    At anchor with other destroyers, 23 April 1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95799

    Trans-Atlantic Flight of the "NC" Aircraft, May 1919


    Diagram of the sixth, and final, leg of the flight of the NC-4 aircraft, from Lisbon, Portugal, to Plymouth, England, during 30-31 May 1919. It also shows the positions of the ten U.S. Navy destroyers stationed along the way.
    Printed by the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, New York.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 142KB; 485 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42536

    Destroyers in the Middle Chambers, Gatun Locks


    During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919.
    Those in the front center are (left to right):
    USS Waters (Destroyer # 115);
    USS Dent (Destroyer # 116); and
    USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136).
    USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143) is by herself just aft of that group.
    Partially visible at right are (left to right):
    USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146);
    USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131); and
    USS Philip (Destroyer # 76).
    Two of the three ships just astern of that group are:
    USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142), right, and
    USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75), left.
    Photographed by the Panama Canal Company (their photo # 80-C-5).

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Commandr Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57141

    Destroyers in the Upper Chambers, Gatun Locks


    During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919. Those present are:
    USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75) and
    USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143), both at left;
    USS Philip (Destroyer # 76),
    USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and
    USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146), left to right in the center group;
    USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136),
    USS Dent (Destroyer # 116) and
    USS Waters (Destroyer # 115), left to right in the right center group.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98487

    Thirteenth Destroyer Division


    Officers & Crews on board their ships in San Diego Harbor, California, 6 December 1919. Signalmen are sending semaphore messages from atop the ships' bridges.
    Panoramic photograph by O.A. Tunnell, Masonic Temple Building, San Diego.
    Ships present are (from left to right): Upshur (Destroyer # 144), Greer (Destroyer # 145), Elliot (Destroyer # 146), Aaron Ward (Destroyer # 132), Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and Philip (Destroyer # 76).

    Donation of Captain W.D. Puleston, USN (Retired), 1965.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 1200 x 275 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50325

    Destroyers refitting at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California


    View taken circa 1921-22. Many of these ships are being modified to place the after 4"/50 gun atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 50325 (complete caption).

    Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (MC), 1932.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42539

    "Red Lead Row", San Diego Destroyer Base, California


    Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Many of the ships present are identified in Photo # NH 42539 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94807

    USS Elliot (DD-146)


    Making a smokescreen while participating in Fleet maneuvers during the 1930s.

    Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49903

    U.S. Navy Destroyers


    Moored together at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, circa April 1934. Photographed by Stahl.
    Destroyers present include (from right to left):
    USS William B. Preston (DD-344)
    USS Preble (DD-345)
    USS Crowninshield (DD-134)
    USS Buchanan (DD-131)
    USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)
    USS Dent (DD-116)
    USS Waters (DD-115)
    USS Talbot (DD-114)
    USS Rathburne (DD-113)
    USS Lea (DD-118)
    USS Dorsey (DD-117)
    USS Hale (DD-133)
    USS Roper (DD-147)
    USS Elliot (DD-146)
    USS Detroit (CL-8) is in the right background.
    Note bands painted on the after smokestacks of William B. Preston and Preble.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Commandr Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-455906

    Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone


    Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together.
    Most of the ships present are identified in Photo # 80-G-455906 (extended caption).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 298KB; 1200 x 970 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 105803

    USS Elliot
    (AG-104, ex-DD-146 & DMS-4)

    Ship's Decommissioning Party, held at Wilmington, California, 21 September 1945.
    Photographed by Weaver.

    Donation of Frank B. O'Neil, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 156KB; 1200 x 715 pixels

     

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • Elliot (Destroyer # 146, later DD-146, DMS-4 & AG-104), 1919-1946.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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