Photo #: NH 54955
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania
Older destroyers in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, preparing
to go out of commission, 5 March 1919.
They are, from left to right:
USS Lamson (Destroyer # 18);
USS Flusser (Destroyer # 20);
USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); and
USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5).
Other ships are in the background.
Note depth charge racks, after steering wheels and twin 18-inch
torpedo tubes on Lamson and Flusser.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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