USS Sharkey, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer, was built at Squantum, Massachusetts, as part of the vast World War I shipbuilding program. Commissioned in late November 1919, more than a year after the conflict's end, she mainly served in the western Atlantic and Caribbean region during the next decade. Sharkey visited the Pacific in February 1926 and January-March 1929 to participate in major U.S. Fleet exercises. Between June 1926 and July 1927 she served on the far side of the Atlantic, visiting ports in northern Europe and around the Mediterranean Sea. USS Sharkey was decommissioned in May 1930, as the navy replaced well-worn active fleet destroyers with ones that had spent most of the previous decade in reserve. She was stricken from the Navy list in October 1930 and sold for scrapping in January 1931.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS Sharkey (Destroyer # 281, later DD-281).
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The following photographs show USS Sharkey (DD-281) as a small element in the background of a view of another subject, or show a ship that may be her:
In addition to the views referenced above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other photograph of USS Sharkey (DD-281). The following listing describes this image:
The image listed below is NOT in the
Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Sharkey (DD-381) passing under the Levensau Bridge, while transiting the Kiel Canal, Germany, in 1926. Photographed by C.A. Stahl. Port bow high surface view (from about the height of the ship's foremast lookout position). Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The image listed above is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 12 December 2003