Subdeacon Joe Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Aerial photograph of Balboa harbour, Panama Canal Zone, on 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left): USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Roper (DD-147); USS Hale (DD-133); USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Crowninshield (DD-134); USS Preble (DD-345); and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). (left to right in center): USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Sands (DD-243); USS Lawrence (DD-250); (unidentified destroyer); USS Detroit (CL-8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force; USS Fox (DD-234); USS Greer (DD-145); USS Barney (DD-149); USS Tarbell (DD-142); and USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. (left to right across the top): USS Southard (DD-207); USS Chandler (DD-206); USS Farenholt (DD-332); USS Perry (DD-340); USS Wasmuth (DD-338); USS Trever (DD-339); the destroyer tender USS Melville (AD-2); USS Truxtun (DD-229); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS MacLeish (DD-220); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS Hovey (DD-208); USS Long (DD-209); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Tracy (DD-214); USS Dahlgren (DD-187); the repair ship USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Raleigh (CL-7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force; USS Pruitt (DD-347); and USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156); USS Dallas (DD-199); (four unidentified destroyers); and USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Wow! Even before WW2 I would have thought the Navy wouldn’t do something like this in a foreign port. I know we controlled the Canal Zone but it’s still not a “home port”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Wow! Even before WW2 I would have thought the Navy wouldn’t do something like this in a foreign port. I know we controlled the Canal Zone but it’s still not a “home port”. Maybe put together for the photograph either before or after transit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 thats a precurser to the pearl attack - i think they knew we did shch and were counting on it , i know they missed some of what they were after because they were not in port , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Maybe put together for the photograph either before or after transit? Maybe. I seem to recall that ships would moor together to share power. One ship would run engines to run generators while the other pulled power and did maintenance or repairs to their systems. I don’t think that’s what that flotilla is all about though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 looks impressive dont it ? from an aircraft would be very tempting if you were in war mode , hit one in the line might get them all at least a little , the japs would have had a field day on that array , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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