WWII Destroyers?

GreenKnight121 · Thursday at 6:20 AM

Here are photos of the crane aboard USS Stevens (DD-479) on 20 March 1943, at Charleston Navy Yard:

Here is an article on these conversions from the February 1966 issue of All Hands magazine

SaparotRob · Thursday at 10:40 AM

GreenKnight121 said:
Here is a set of detailed photos of USS Halford DD-480 on 25 April 1943 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard from the starboard - they only miss showing the aircraft crane, which is on the port side with its vertical located just aft and outboard of the aft funnel. Note the canvas-covered item on the stern - this is the aircraft fuel tank:

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USS Halford DD-480 July 1943 location unknown:
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I built a model of this many decades ago. Aurora, I think. I remember the molded seaplane as especially awful.

Gnomey · 2025-01-05T18:37:48-0500

Nice shots!

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