Photo #: NH 99401
USS Drayton (DD-366)
Commander Ernest G. Small, Commander Destroyer Division Three,
with the ship's officers and crew on her foredeck at San Diego,
California, circa the fall or winter of 1938-1939.
Note lifering and DesDiv 3 pennant in the center foreground.
Officers present are (from left to right, seated):
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Richard G. Copeland;
Lieutenant James D. Whitfield, Jr., Gunnery Officer;
Lieutenant Fondville L. Tedder, Chief Engineer;
Lieutenant Commander Jesse H. Carter, Commanding Officer;
Commander Ernest G. Small;
Lieutenant Roger B. Nickerson, Executive Officer and Navigator;
Lieutenant Clifford D. Hamrick, (Medical Corps), DesDiv 3 Medical
Officer;
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Gary W. Jewett, Jr.; and
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Howard E. Day, Jr.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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