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97k | Percival Drayton, born 25 August 1812 in Charleston, S.C., was appointed a Midshipman 1 December 1827. During the Civil War, he commanded Pocahontas in the expedition against Port Royal, S.C., in October 1861. As Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Drayton served gallantly in command of Admiral D. G. Farragut's flagship Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. He was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in April 1865 and died in that post 4 August 1865. Photo #: NH 50435. Captain Percival Drayton, USN portrait photograph, taken circa 1864-1865. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart/Robert M. Cieri |
USS Drayton (Destroyer No. 23 / DD-23)
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63k | Undated, location unknown. | David Buell |
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42k | Undated, location unknown. Photo by Muller in Jane's Fighting Ships 1914. | Robert Hurst |
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77k | Launching at Bath, ME, 22 August 1910. | Richard Leonhardt |
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104k | Photo #: NH 54567 USS Drayton running builder's trials in 1910, prior to installation of her armament. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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63k | RPPC of Drayton being put into commission, 1910. Note she is not yet fitted with armament, also the unidentified capital ship under construction or refit in the background. | Dave Wright |
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79k | Photo #: NH 99398 Fine screen halftone reproduction of a photograph of Drayton making 28.92 knots during builder's trials, 1910. Copied from "The New Navy of the United States", by N.L. Stebbins, (New York, 1912). Donation of David Shadell, 1987. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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70k | Photo #: NH 99255, USS Drayton (Destroyer # 23) underway in 1912. Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
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67k | Photo #: NH 564 USS Drayton photographed prior to World War I, probably in New York Harbor. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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64k | Photo #: NH 103932, USS Drayton (Destroyer # 23) damage to the ship's bow, after a collision with USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47), circa 1916-1917 or 1919. The original image was printed on postal card stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
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75k | U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1916-1917. Second section from left (of six) of a panoramic photograph taken from the Naval Station radio tower. Among the ships present are: battleships South Carolina and Michigan (toward the left, in no particular order); destroyers Drayton (left center) and Aylwin (center, middle distance); and a battleship that is either Wyoming or Arkansas (right foreground). | Robert Hurst |
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10k | Starboard side, camouflaged, Queenstown, Ireland, 1918. Note the unusual camouflage pattern. | USN |
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89k | Photo #: NH 99404 USS Drayton underway in western French waters, seen from on board another ship, 1918. Note Drayton's pattern camouflage. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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72k | Photo #: NH 99400 USS Drayton at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 11 February 1919. Photographed by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, # 11 Portland Street, Boston. Note Drayton's damaged stem, and the masts of USS Constitution in the left background. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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72k | R-26 (SS-103) getting ready to submerge at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, September 22, 1923. Among the decommissioned ships nested to the left is the destroyer Drayton (DD-23). Cropped version of US Navy photo # 19-N-10578. | Daniel Dunham |
