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Photo # NH 42899:  USS Percival in harbor, circa the middle or later 1920s

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USS Percival (Destroyer # 298, later DD-298), 1920-1931

USS Percival, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned at the beginning of March 1920. Four months later, when the Navy implemented its hull number system, she was designated DD-298. For the next decade, Percival mainly operated in the Pacific, taking an active part in Battle Fleet maneuvers. She barely escaped being wrecked during the 8 September 1923 Honda Point disaster, and a few days later became flagship of Destroyer Squadron ELEVEN, which had lost seven of its ships, including the previous flagship, in the incident. USS Percival was decommissioned in April 1930, as a result of the limitations imposed by London Naval Treaty. She was scrapped in 1931.

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Photo #: NH 42899

USS Percival (DD-298)


Underway in harbor, during the middle or later 1920s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 68332

USS Percival (DD-298)


Underway at sea during the middle or later 1920s.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42700

USS Percival (DD-298)


Steaming at high speed while laying a smokescreen, during exercises in about 1920-1921.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 82564

Destroyers moored together at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1925


The ships present include (from right to left):
USS Somers (DD-301);
USS Farragut (DD-300);
USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299);
USS Percival (DD-298); and
USS Stoddert (DD-302).
The outboard destroyer (furthest to the left) can not be identified.

Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 69125

USS William Jones (DD-308)


Hauled out for repairs at the Destroyer Base, San Diego, California, following a collision with USS Percival (DD-298) on the night of 31 January 1926.
The original caption reads: "Close-up showing dent in her side as a result of the collision with USS Percival, Sunday night, 31 January 1926. The collision occurred between the two ships in Coronado Roads, California. The sharp prow of the Percival punctured the port forward oil tank of the William Jones, in addition to cutting three deep gashes in the hull just above the water line and cracking several frame plates. William Jones was placed on the marine ways at the Destroyer Base for repairs, when spattered from stem to stern with oil that poured out from the leaking fuel tank, she returned to the harbor. Percival, apparently seaworthy, was ordered to proceed to Panama with the Fleet."

Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 590 pixels

 


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