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Photo # NH 71572:  Crewmembers doing laundry and relaxing on board USS Tarbell, circa 1919-1922

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USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142, later DD-142), 1918-1945 --
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  • USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142, later DD-142), 1918-1945.


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    CAUTION!: USS Tarbell appears in the background in some of these views, which may more prominently depict other subjects. Read photo captions carefuly and examine photos before selecting images.

    Photo #: NH 95799

    Trans-Atlantic Flight of the "NC" Aircraft, May 1919


    Diagram of the sixth, and final, leg of the flight of the NC-4 aircraft, from Lisbon, Portugal, to Plymouth, England, during 30-31 May 1919. It also shows the positions of the ten U.S. Navy destroyers stationed along the way.
    Printed by the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, New York.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 142KB; 485 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42536

    Destroyers in the Middle Chambers, Gatun Locks


    During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919.
    Those in the front center are (left to right):
    USS Waters (Destroyer # 115);
    USS Dent (Destroyer # 116); and
    USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136).
    USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143) is by herself just aft of that group.
    Partially visible at right are (left to right):
    USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146);
    USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131); and
    USS Philip (Destroyer # 76).
    Two of the three ships just astern of that group are:
    USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142), right, and
    USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75), left.
    Photographed by the Panama Canal Company (their photo # 80-C-5).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42538

    Destroyers at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 1919


    These ships are (from left to right):
    USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142);
    USS Thatcher (Destroyer # 162);
    USS Rizal (Destroyer # 174);
    USS Hart (Destroyer # 110);
    USS Hogan (Destroyer # 178);
    USS Gamble (Destroyer # 123);
    USS Ramsay (Destroyer # 124); and
    USS Williams (Destroyer # 108).

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41906

    USS Wickes
    (DD-75)

    Underway in a channel, with USS Tarbell (DD-142) following, circa 1919-1922.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50325

    Destroyers refitting at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California


    View taken circa 1921-22. Many of these ships are being modified to place the after 4"/50 gun atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 50325 (complete caption).

    Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (MC), 1932.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71572

    USS Tarbell
    (DD-142)

    Crewmembers doing laundry and relaxing on the ship's afterdeck, circa 1919-1922.
    The stern of USS Lea (DD-118) is in the background.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 139KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 65013

    USS Dobbin
    (AD-3)

    Alongside the dock at Smith's Cove, Seattle, Washington, in company with several destroyers, 4 July 1933.
    Destroyers in the foreground are, from left to right:
    USS Schenck (DD-159);
    USS Dickerson (DD-157); and
    USS Herbert (DD-160).
    USS Leary (DD-158) is alongside Dobbin, just astern of the foreground group.
    USS Tarbell (DD-142) is in the background, partially visible at right.

    Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-455906

    Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone


    Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together.
    Most of the ships present are identified in Photo # 80-G-455906 (extended caption).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 298KB; 1200 x 970 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 41912

    USS Tarbell
    (DD-142), outboard ship,
    and
    USS Yarnall (DD-143), just inboard of Tarbell

    With two other destroyers, alongside a tender during the 1930s.

    Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USNRF, 1963.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41913

    USS Tarbell
    (DD-142), outboard ship,
    and
    USS Yarnall (DD-143), just inboard of Tarbell

    Moored alongside a tender with two other destroyers, during the 1930s.

    Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USNRF, 1963.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Tarbell (Destroyer # 142, later DD-142), 1918-1945.


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


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    Page made 5 November 2003
    Photo caption corrected 28 February 2004