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Destroyer Archive Special Features Mid 1930's Special Feature
The Ralph Fugh Photo Collection
Images from 1935 - 1936.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description
	118k	The Lawrence as she appeared in 1935-1936.
	116k	The creation of a smokescreen from closeup.
	135k	Looking aft from the Crow's Nest.
	129k	Philadelphia Navy Yard in the 1930's.
	108k	The airship USS Macon operating with the fleet, circa March 1933-March 1934.
	114k	Look closely and you will see that this is a view of a 4 Stacker partially obscured from view as she rides in a trough between ground swells.
	137k	Underway replenishment at sea, in this case alongside a tanker for refueling.
	61k	Underway refueling again, this time from the USS Saratoga (CV-3).
	127k	The flight deck on the USS Langley (CV-1), the Navy's first aircraft carrier.
	126k	The Golden Gate in San Francisco before the bridge was built.
	113k	Pacific Fleet destroyers at anchor in San Diego Bay.
	92k	In line and making a smokescreen.
	110k	Fair winds and calm seas - a Sailor's delight!
	122k	At least 26 destroyers berthed in Tin Can Row at San Diego. Most inboard is the USS Champlin (DD-104).
	138k	The USS Detroit (CL-8) probably transiting the Panama Canal.
	107k	The USS Breckinridge (DD-148).
	108k	Another view of a 4 Stacker partially obscured from view as she rides in a trough between ground swells.
	118k	The USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Lexington (CV-2) operating with the fleet.
	67k	The USS Pensacola (CL-24) viewed through the porthole.
	120k	The USS Colorado (BB-45).
	83k	USS Texas (BB-35).
	128k	USS Salt Lake City (CL-25).
	106k	Naval Air in formation.
	124k	The USS Saratoga (CV-3).
	71k	Looks like the crew did a bit of fishing.
	101k	The submarine USS Narwhal (SS-167).
	100k	The German cruiser Karlsruhe.
	64k	Evidently Ralph got a liberty in New York City. Interesting view of the vehicles of the period.
	129k	Underway refueling, tanker with a destroyer on each side.
	85k	The USS Langley (CV-1) with a destroyer alongside.
	88k	The Lawrence (DD-250) at anchor.
	113k	Torpedo just entering the water. Picture probably taken while Ralph was aboard the USS Kane (DD-235).
	131k	Retrieving the practice torpedo, again the whaleboat appears to be from the USS Kane (DD-235).
	71k	Unidentified port.
	82k	Very good shot of a torpedo being loaded into the launching tubes.
	86k	Torpedo launching tubes swung out for firing.
	137k	Navy seaplane of the period (Vought O2U Corsair).
	137k	Torpedo tubes ready to fire.
	139k	Torpedo just as it exits the tube.
	101k	Submarine tender Bushnell (AS-2) with five boats alongside.
	101k	Submarines tied up in San Diego Bay.
	107k	USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), which was Fleet Flagship in the 1930's.
	71k	USS Detroit (CL-8).
	115k	Practice torpedo firing.
	103k	The hard job, bringing them back aboard.
	118k	The USS Biddle (DD-151) and USS Dickerson (DD-157) in drydock.
	110k	A Navy seaplane of the period (probably a Martin P2M).
	82k	The Constitution, "Old Ironsides".
	63k	A "water spout" or on dryland, a tornado.
	124k	Liberty Call at Balboa in the Canal Zone.
	102k	USS California (BB-44).
	111k	The Fleet at anchor on the Pacific Ocean terminus of the Panama Canal.
	90k	View of an effective smoke screen being laid.
	113k	Bow of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) with planes on deck.
	84k	Unidentified 4 Stacker in heavy seas.
	104k	Another view of the flight deck of the USS Saratoga (CV-3).
	107k	At high speed in formation.