USS Henshaw, a 1109-ton Clemson class destroyer, was built at Squantum, Massachusetts, as part of the World War I ship construction program. She was commissioned in December 1919 and in mid-1920 was designated DD-278. Henshaw initially served in the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean area, but was based on the West Coast starting in April 1920. During the next two years she took part in fleet exercises and made a cruise to Alaska. The destroyer was out of commission between June 1922 and September 1923, then returned to a routine of training and maneuvers in the Eastern Pacific, with a voyage to Hawaii in 1925 and occasional visits to the Caribbean for major fleet operations. USS Henshaw decommissioned in March 1930 and was sold for scrapping in November of that year.
This page features all the views we have related to Henshaw (Destroyer # 278, later DD-278).
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Photo #: NH 73611 USS Henshaw (DD-278) At anchor, circa 1920. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 565 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 73612 USS Henshaw (DD-278) At anchor with other destroyers, circa 1920. USS Parrott (DD-218) is at left. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 84678 USS Henshaw (DD-278) Laying a smoke screen, circa 1921. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53521 USS Henshaw (DD-278) Underway near shore, circa the later 1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 67745 USS Henshaw (DD-278) Underway in harbor, with her rails manned, during the middle or later 1920s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 435 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 43119 Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington USS Mahopac (AT-29), in center, and five destroyers in Dry Dock Number Two, 8-22 September 1921. The destroyers include Doyen (DD-280), Henshaw (DD-278), McCawley (DD-276), Meyer (DD-279) and Moody (DD-277). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 44542 Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington Destroyers in Dry Dock Number Two, receiving modified after deckhouses to carry the after 4"/50 guns further from the waterline, September 1922. The destroyers are, from left to right: Moody (DD-277), Henshaw (DD-278), and Meyer (DD-279). Note the 3"/23 anti-aircraft guns mounted on the ships' sterns. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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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 |
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Photo #: NH 98019 Culebra Island, Puerto Rico Destroyers at anchor in Culebra Bay, during the 1920s. Identifiable ships present include: USS Somers (DD-301), at right; USS Reno (DD-303), at left; USS Henshaw (DD-278), left center; USS Flusser (DD-289), beyond Henshaw; USS Sinclair (DD-275), center. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 90449 USS Ludlow (DD-112) In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the 1920s, while serving as a minelayer. Naval Air Station Ford Island is in the background. Among the other ships present are USS Henshaw (DD-278), beyond Ludlow's bow; and USS Langley (CV-1), beyond Henshaw. Courtesy of Charles Sass, 1979. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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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. Online Image: 168KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 43154 Victory Destroyer Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts Interior of the building slips, photographed by Monks & Johnson, Boston, Massachusetts, between 27 April and 3 May 1919. The destroyers under construction in the foreground are, from the foreground: Meyer (Destroyer # 279, builder's # 359), Henshaw (Destroyer # 278, builder's # 358) and Moody (Destroyer # 277, builder's # 357). Beyond these three ships are at least three more, possibly McCawley (Destroyer # 276), Sinclair (Destroyer # 275) and Meade (Destroyer # 274). The unplated deck of Doyen (Destroyer # 280) is in the extreme right foreground. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
28 February 2003