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Photo # NH 42536:  USS Waters and other destroyers transiting the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919

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USS Waters (Destroyer # 115, later DD-115) --
Actions and Activities


This page features all the views we have related to the actions and activities of USS Waters (Destroyer # 115, later DD-115) and showing her in groups with other ships.

For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Waters (Destroyer # 115, later DD-115, APD-8 and DD-115), 1918-1946.


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 95792

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


    Diagram of the third leg of the flight of the NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 aircraft, between Trepassy Bay, Newfoundland, and the Azores, during 16 May to 20 May 1919. It also shows the positions of the 21 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: 109KB; 900 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 93940

    USS Gorgona
    (ID # 2164)

    Docked at a Panama Canal Zone port, circa June 1919.
    Ships in the right distance appear to include USS Waters (Destroyer # 115) and USS Partridge (Minesweeper # 19).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 485 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 57141

    Destroyers in the Upper Chambers, Gatun Locks


    During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Panama Canal, 24 July 1919. Those present are:
    USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75) and
    USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143), both at left;
    USS Philip (Destroyer # 76),
    USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and
    USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146), left to right in the center group;
    USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136),
    USS Dent (Destroyer # 116) and
    USS Waters (Destroyer # 115), left to right in the right center group.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86082-A

    "Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay, Jan. 21st 1921"


    Left section (of three) of a panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana. Other views in the series are Photo #s: NH 86082-B and NH 86082-C.
    Among the ships present in this image are (from left to right): USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307), USS Farquhar (DD-304), USS Simpson (DD-221), USS Thompson (DD-305), USS Parrott (DD-218), USS Reno (DD-303), USS Dorsey (DD-117), USS Dent (DD-116) and USS Waters (DD-115).
    Chilean destroyers are in the center distance.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, D.H. Criswell Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 340 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49903

    U.S. Navy Destroyers


    Moored together at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, circa April 1934. Photographed by Stahl.
    Destroyers present include (from right to left):
    USS William B. Preston (DD-344)
    USS Preble (DD-345)
    USS Crowninshield (DD-134)
    USS Buchanan (DD-131)
    USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)
    USS Dent (DD-116)
    USS Waters (DD-115)
    USS Talbot (DD-114)
    USS Rathburne (DD-113)
    USS Lea (DD-118)
    USS Dorsey (DD-117)
    USS Hale (DD-133)
    USS Roper (DD-147)
    USS Elliot (DD-146)
    USS Detroit (CL-8) is in the right background.
    Note bands painted on the after smokestacks of William B. Preston and Preble.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50099

    Balboa, Panama Canal Zone


    Destroyers moored together at Balboa, circa 1934. Ships present include (from left to right):
    USS Breckinridge (DD-148);
    two unidentified destroyers;
    USS Dorsey (DD-117);
    USS Lea (DD-118);
    USS Rathburne (DD-113);
    USS Talbot (DD-114);
    USS Waters (DD-115);
    USS Dent (DD-116);
    six unidentified destroyers; and
    USS Hopkins (DD-249).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 595 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.

     

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Waters (Destroyer # 115, later DD-115, APD-8 and DD-115), 1918-1946.


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


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