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Photo # NH 85879:  USS Wickes' crewmen showing off with German helmets, swords and medals, 1919

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75, later DD-75), 1918-1940
-- In Groups with Other Ships, On Board and Miscellaneous Views


This page features additional images related to USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75, later DD-75), showing her with other ships, as well as views taken on board her and miscellaneous pictures.

For other views of this ship, see:

  • USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75, later DD-75), 1918-1940.


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

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    Photo #: NH 42081

    USS Wickes
    (Destroyer # 75), at left
    and
    USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47), right foreground

    At anchor in German waters during the first part of 1919.

    Courtesy of W.E.J. Thompson.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 495 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 42528

    USS Birmingham
    (Scout Cruiser # 2, later CL-2), center foreground

    At San Pedro, California, circa 1919-1921, with a group of destroyers. Among the latter are USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164, later DD-164), at right, and USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75, later DD-75), which is the outboard ship in the nest immediately ahead of Crosby.
    Note the rail lines in the foreground, with many passenger cars on the tracks.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98029

    "Old Hen and Chickens"


    USS Kanawha (AO-1) with thirteen destroyers alongside, off San Diego, California, during the early 1920s.
    Photographed by Bunnell, 414 E Street, San Diego.
    Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 98029 (complete caption).
    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42539

    "Red Lead Row", San Diego Destroyer Base, California


    Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Many of the ships present are identified in Photo # NH 42539 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98563

    USS Wickes
    (Destroyer # 75)

    Engineer's Force pose by the destroyer's after 4"/50 gun, probably in late 1918 or early 1919.
    Note the flexible speaking tube coiled atop the gun's sight bar.

    Courtesy of Walter F. Merdian, 1977.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85879

    USS Wickes
    (Destroyer # 75)

    Three of the destroyer's crewmen showing off with German army helmets, medals and swords, during her 1919 European cruise.

    Courtesy of Walter F. Merdian, 1977.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92737-KN (Color)

    "What-the-Hell!" pennant

    Used by Naval Group China, during World War II.
    See Photo # NH 92737-KN -- complete caption for more information.

    Collection of Vice Admiral Milton E. Miles, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 410 pixels

     

    For other views of this ship, see:

  • USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75, later DD-75), 1918-1940.


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


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