Photo #: NH 43153
Victory Destroyer Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,
Squantum, Massachusetts
Head end of the building slips, photographed by Monks & Johnson,
Boston, Massachusetts, between 27 April and 3 May 1919.
The destroyers under construction are, from left to right: Moody
(Destroyer # 277), Henshaw (Destroyer # 278), Meyer
(Destroyer # 279) and Doyen (Destroyer # 280). The ships'
builders numbers (357, 358, 359 and 360) are shown on the scaffolding
in front of each.
Note the unplated hull of Doyen, at right, and the coal
bin in the lower left.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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