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Photo # NH 42536:  USS Boggs and other destroyers transiting the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919

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USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19) --
Actions and Activities


This page features all the views we have related to the actions and activities of USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19) and showing her in groups with other ships.

For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19), 1918-1946.


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 95792

    Trans-Atlantic Flight of the "NC" Aircraft, May 1919


    Diagram of the third leg of the flight of the NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 aircraft, between Trepassy Bay, Newfoundland, and the Azores, during 16 May to 20 May 1919. It also shows the positions of the 21 U.S. Navy destroyers stationed along the way.
    Printed by the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, New York.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 900 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42536

    Destroyers in the Middle Chambers, Gatun Locks


    During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919.
    Those in the front center are (left to right):
    USS Waters (Destroyer # 115);
    USS Dent (Destroyer # 116); and
    USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136).
    USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143) is by herself just aft of that group.
    Partially visible at right are (left to right):
    USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146);
    USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131); and
    USS Philip (Destroyer # 76).
    Two of the three ships just astern of that group are:
    USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142), right, and
    USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75), left.
    Photographed by the Panama Canal Company (their photo # 80-C-5).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57141

    Destroyers in the Upper Chambers, Gatun Locks


    During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919. Those present are:
    USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75) and
    USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143), both at left;
    USS Philip (Destroyer # 76),
    USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and
    USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146), left to right in the center group;
    USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136),
    USS Dent (Destroyer # 116) and
    USS Waters (Destroyer # 115), left to right in the right center group.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42539

    "Red Lead Row", San Diego Destroyer Base, California


    Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Many of the ships present are identified in Photo # NH 42539 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70769

    USS Boggs
    (AG-19, formerly DD-136)

    Radio control unit on board the ship, 1932.
    Photographed at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.

    Received from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 107KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70772

    USS Boggs
    (AG-19, formerly DD-136)

    Portable radio control units stowed in the ship's radio room, 1932. Boggs' own radio control unit is mounted at right.
    Photographed at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.

    Received from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 152KB; 580 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70771

    USS Boggs
    (AG-19, formerly DD-136)

    T-2 radio transmitter on board the ship, 1932.
    Photographed at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.

    Received from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 118KB; 575 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70770

    USS Boggs
    (AG-19, formerly DD-136)

    Ship's radio communications equipment, 1932.
    Photographed at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.

    Received from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136, later DD-136, IX-36, AG-19, DMS-3 and AG-19), 1918-1946.


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


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