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Photo # NH 41705:  USS Little gun crew practicing with her forward four-inch gun, October 1918

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USS Little (Destroyer # 78, later DD-79 and APD-4), 1918-1942 -- On Board and Close Up Views


This page features all the views we have that were taken on board USS Little (Destroyer # 79, later DD-79 and APD-4).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Little (Destroyer # 79, later DD-79 and APD-4), 1918-1942.


    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 #: NH 41705

    USS Little
    (Destroyer # 79)

    Gun crew practicing with the ship's forward 4"/50 gun, in the Atlantic, 23 October 1918.
    The ammunition appears to be wooden drill rounds.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41714

    USS Little
    (Destroyer # 79)

    Ship's port side midships 4"/50 gun in action during target practice off the coast of France, 1918.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51342

    USS Little (DD-79)


    View looking aft from her foremast crow's nest, while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 1918.
    Note: "dazzle" camouflage, davits, motor whaleboat, motor launch and gig, triple torpedo tubes, mattress splinter protection around her after conning station, and life rafts.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 137KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51341

    USS Little (DD-79)


    View looking aft from the starboard midships superstructure, while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 23 October 1918.
    Note her cowl ventilators, davits, motor launch and triple torpedo tubes. Another destroyer is in the left distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51340

    USS Little (DD-79)


    View of the ship's wake, taken while she was escorting a World War I Atlantic convoy, 1918.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41709

    USS Little
    (Destroyer # 79)

    View over the ship's stern, showing her depth charge racks and after 4"/50 gun, taken while she was operating in the Atlantic on 25 October 1918.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41716

    USS Little
    (Destroyer # 79)

    Depth charge racks and 4"/50 gun on the ship's stern, taken while she was operating in the Atlantic on 25 October 1918.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41717

    USS Little
    (Destroyer # 79)

    Depth charge exploding after being dropped from the ship's stern, during operations in the Atlantic, 26 October 1918.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41718

    USS Little
    (Destroyer # 79)

    Depth charge exploding after being dropped from the ship's stern, during operations in the Atlantic, 25 October 1918.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Little (Destroyer # 79, later DD-79 and APD-4), 1918-1942.


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


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