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Photo # NH 52230:  Officers and crewmen with the engineering efficiency trophy won by USS Kane, 1923

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Kane (DD-235, later APD-18), 1920-1946 --
On Board, Close Up and Construction Views


This page features views taken on board or near USS Kane, plus photos of her construction.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Kane (DD-235, later APD-18), 1920-1946.


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

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    Photo #: NH 52230

    USS Kane (DD-235)


    Officers and crewmen pose with the trophy won by Kane for attaining the highest engineering efficiency in the destroyer class, 1923.
    Black bands worn by the officers may be in mourning for President Warren G. Harding, who had died on 2 August 1923.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52229

    USS Kane (DD-235)


    Members of the ship's engine room force pose with the trophy won by Kane for attaining the highest engineering efficiency in the destroyer class, 1923.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52231

    USS Kane (DD-235)


    Ship's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander John S. Barleon, hands out prize money as he congratulates members of the engine room force, who won the 1923 Navy trophy for destroyer class engineering efficiency.
    Black arm band may be a symbol of mourning for President Warren G. Harding, who had died on 2 August 1923.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52228

    USS Kane (DD-235)


    Members of the ship's engine room force pose with their prize money, after winning the 1923 engineering trophy.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52227

    U.S. Navy Destroyers


    Moored side-by-side after a day's maneuvers in Haitian Waters, circa the later 1920s or the 1930s.
    These ships are (from front to rear):
    USS Kane (DD-235);
    USS Hatfield (DD-231);
    USS Brooks (DD-232); and
    USS Lawrence (DD-250).
    The first three destroyers carry 5"/51 guns mounted on their sterns, while Lawrence has the normal 4"/50 gun mounted atop her after deckhouse, with a 3"/23 anti-aircraft gun on her stern.
    Note bedding airing on the ships' lifelines.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52225

    USS Kane
    (Destroyer # 235)

    Miss Florence Kane, the ship's Sponsor, stands by Kane's bow during launching ceremonies, at the the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 August 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 575 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52224

    USS Kane
    (Destroyer # 235)

    Launching, at the the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 12 August 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42532

    New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey


    Destroyers fitting out on 2 October 1919.
    The second ship from the camera is Humphreys (DD-236). The fourth through sixth are Brooks (DD-232), Fox (DD-234) and Kane (DD-235). Their builder's hull numbers were (respectively) 225, 221, 223 and 224.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Kane (DD-235, later APD-18), 1920-1946.


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


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