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Photo # NH 100034-KN:  USS Lawrence at the Mare Island Navy Yard, with two torpedo boats, prior to World War I

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8), 1903-1920 --
Under Construction and in Groups with Other Ships


This page features all the views we have showing the construction of USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8) and of her in company with other ships.

For other pictures of this ship, see:

  • USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8), 1903-1920.


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

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    Photo #: 19-N-60-10-17

    Destroyers at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia
    , Autumn 1907

    The destroyers in the foreground basin (from left to right):
    USS Hull (Destroyer # 7);
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8);
    USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6);
    USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) and
    USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14).
    USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13) is at the end of the dock, at right, and USS Talbot (Torpedo Boat # 15) is hauled out on the marine railway at left.
    On the opposite side of the river are several torpedo boats of the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla and their barracks ship, the old cruiser Atlanta.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-60-10-18

    Destroyers at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia
    , Autumn 1907

    These ships are (from left to right):
    USS Hull (Destroyer # 7);
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8);
    USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6);
    USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) and
    USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14).

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 595 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 19-N-60-10-20

    Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia


    Waterfront scene, Autumn 1907. Ships at left are (from front to rear):
    USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6);
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8);
    USS Hull (Destroyer # 7);
    USS Talbot (Torpedo Boat # 15) and
    USS Moccasin (Submarine # 5).
    The latter two are hauled out on the marine railway.
    USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13) is in the right foreground. Ahead of her are a torpedo boat, a barge and the tug Mohawk. Three battleships are docked beyond them, with USS Iowa (Battleship # 4) furthest to the right.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 565 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 93693

    Pacific Fleet Destroyers


    Moored together at San Diego, California, circa 1909-1911.
    Photographed by the Arcade View Company, San Diego.
    These ships are (from left to right):
    USS Paul Jones or Perry (Destroyer # 10 or 11);
    USS Preble (Destroyer # 12);
    USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6);
    USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14);
    USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13);
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8);
    USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); and
    USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15).
    The numeral "2", painted on some of these destroyers, indicates they are members of the Second Torpedo Division.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100034-KN (color)

    U.S. Navy Destroyers and Torpedo Boats

    At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, prior to World War I.
    The original photograph was published on a color-tinted postcard by the Pacific Novelty Company, San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, at about the time it was taken.
    These ships are (from left to right):
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8);
    USS Goldsborough (Torpedo Boat # 20); and
    USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat # 11).

    Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43036

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.
    Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 43036 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52105

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Destroyers awaiting decommissioning, in the Yard's Reserve Basin, 4 March 1919.
    Ships present include (from left to right):
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8);
    USS Perry (Destroyer # 11);
    USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15);
    USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); and
    USS Worden (Destroyer # 16).
    Note Lawrence's after torpedo tube (with torpedo visible) and pattern camouflage; 48-star flags, radio masts and signal flags on several of these destroyers; and small craft moored to the ships' sterns.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52104

    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


    Destroyers and other ships at the Yard in March 1919, awaiting decommissioning.
    Identifiable ships include:
    USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), at far left;
    USS Isabel (later PY-10), left center;
    USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8), foreground; and
    USS Perry (Destroyer # 11), inboard of Lawrence.
    Note Lawrence's after torpedo tube and pattern camouflage.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     


    The ship seen in the following photographs were taken while USS Lawrence was under construction:

    Photo #: NH 51255

    USS Lawrence
    (Destroyer # 8)
    and
    USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9)

    Fitting out at the Fore River Ship & Engine Company shipyard, Weymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1902.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51256

    USS Lawrence
    (Destroyer # 8)

    View of her forward superstructure, taken while she was fitting out at the Fore River Ship & Engine Company shipyard, Weymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1902.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51257

    USS Lawrence
    (Destroyer # 8)

    View of her after conning tower, taken while she was fitting out at the Fore River Ship & Engine Company shipyard, Weymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1902.
    The date of the photograph may be 13 June 1902.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     

    For other pictures of this ship, see:

  • USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8), 1903-1920.


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


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