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Photo # NH 103682:  World War II silhouette of USS Allen

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USS Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66), 1917-1946
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This page features additional images related to USS Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66).

For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66), 1917-1946.


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    Photo #: NH 57794

    USS Allen
    (Destroyer # 66)

    View on board the ship, looking aft along the starboard side from her bridge wing, while she was at sea in 1918.
    Several other destroyers are in the distance.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91949

    Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia


    Panoramic view of the Navy Yard waterfront, looking north from across the Anacostia River, circa 1927.
    Ships present are (from left to right):
    probably USS Porpoise (YFB-2047);
    USS Allen (DD-66), Naval Reserve training ship;
    an "Eagle Boat" (PE);
    USS Mayflower (PY-1), Presidential Yacht; and
    probably USS Sylph (PY-12).

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photographic Collection, 1981.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 900 x 375 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103682

    USS Allen
    (DD-66)

    Silhouette prepared during World War II, when Allen was the sole surviving member of her class.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 15KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     


    USS Allen is shown in the right center of the following chart, just off the southeastern tip of Ford Island:

    Photo #: NH 83109

    Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941


    Chart showing the positions of ships inside Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese Attack, at about 0800 on 7 December.
    The orientation of the compass direction arrow in the chart's center is turned approximately 45 degrees too far in a counterclockwise direction. Some of the ships moored in "nests" in the northern part of the harbor are listed in incorrect order.

    Collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN(Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 131KB; 915 x 1075 pixels

     


    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Allen (Destroyer # 66, later DD-66), 1917-1946.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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