Photo #: NH 52230
USS Kane (DD-235)
Officers and crewmen pose with the trophy won by Kane
for attaining the highest engineering efficiency in the destroyer
class, 1923.
Black bands worn by the officers may be in mourning for President
Warren G. Harding, who had died on 2 August 1923.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52229
USS Kane (DD-235)
Members of the ship's engine room force pose with the trophy
won by Kane for attaining the highest engineering efficiency
in the destroyer class, 1923.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52231
USS Kane (DD-235)
Ship's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander John S. Barleon,
hands out prize money as he congratulates members of the engine
room force, who won the 1923 Navy trophy for destroyer class
engineering efficiency.
Black arm band may be a symbol of mourning for President Warren
G. Harding, who had died on 2 August 1923.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52228
USS Kane (DD-235)
Members of the ship's engine room force pose with their prize
money, after winning the 1923 engineering trophy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52227
U.S. Navy Destroyers
Moored side-by-side after a day's maneuvers in Haitian Waters,
circa the later 1920s or the 1930s.
These ships are (from front to rear):
USS Kane (DD-235);
USS Hatfield (DD-231);
USS Brooks (DD-232); and
USS Lawrence (DD-250).
The first three destroyers carry 5"/51 guns mounted on their
sterns, while Lawrence has the normal 4"/50 gun mounted
atop her after deckhouse, with a 3"/23 anti-aircraft gun
on her stern.
Note bedding airing on the ships' lifelines.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52225
USS Kane (Destroyer # 235)
Miss Florence Kane, the ship's Sponsor, stands by Kane's
bow during launching ceremonies, at the the New York Shipbuilding
Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 August 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52224
USS Kane (Destroyer # 235)
Launching, at the the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard,
Camden, New Jersey, 12 August 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42532
New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey
Destroyers fitting out on 2 October 1919.
The second ship from the camera is Humphreys (DD-236).
The fourth through sixth are Brooks (DD-232), Fox
(DD-234) and Kane (DD-235). Their builder's hull numbers
were (respectively) 225, 221, 223 and 224.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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