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Photo # USN 1142851:  Hulk of ex-USS Killen at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, 2 February 1970

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Killen (DD-593), 1944-1975 --
As a Target Ship


This page features all the views we have of USS Killen (DD-593) during her long service as a target ship.

For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Killen (DD-593), 1944-1975.


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: USN 1142851

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    Moored at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, 2 February 1970. She was then in use as a target ship for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
    Photographed by PH1 Don Grantham.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 590pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142851.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142852

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    View on deck, looking aft from the bow, while she was moored at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, 2 February 1970. She was then in use as a target ship for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
    Photographed by PH1 Don Grantham.
    Note towing chains and her cut-down superstructure.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 505 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142852.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142853

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    View inside the ship's superstructure, amidships, showing damage received during her service as a target ship for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
    Taken while she was moored at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, 2 February 1970.
    Photographed by PH1 Don Grantham.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 495 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142853.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142854

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    View from inside the ship's superstructure, looking upwards through a large hole between the smokestacks caused by a guided missile hit during her service as a target ship for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range. Her after smokestack is visible in the center.
    Taken while she was moored at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, 2 February 1970.
    Photographed by PH1 Don Grantham.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 510 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142854.

     
    Photo #: USN 1142855

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    View from alongside the ship's starboard side, amidships, showing damages received during her service as a target ship for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range. The base of her after smokestack is in the upper right center.
    Taken while she was moored at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, 2 February 1970.
    Photographed by PH1 Don Grantham.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 525 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1142855.

     
    Photo #: NH 98191

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    Tied up by the drydock at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, circa May 1975.
    She had previously been used as a target on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
    Photographed by PH2 Dennis Spurgat.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98192

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    Tied up by the drydock at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, circa May 1975.
    She had previously been used as a target on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
    Photographed by PH2 Dennis Spurgat.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98193

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    Tied up by the drydock at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, circa May 1975.
    She had previously been used as a target on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range. Note target structure and stacked oil drums atop her superstructure
    Photographed by PH2 Dennis Spurgat.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98194

    Hulk of ex-USS Killen (DD-593)


    Tied up by the drydock at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, circa May 1975.
    She had previously been used as a target on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.
    Photographed by PH2 Dennis Spurgat.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Killen (DD-593), 1944-1975.


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


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