USS Drayton (DD-366) underway 1941.jpg
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Summary
| Description | The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Drayton (DD-366) underway at sea, off the U.S. West Coast, circa October 1941. Photographed from a Navy North American SNJ Texan aircraft, whose chrome yellow starboard wing is in the foreground. Note Drayton's Measure 11 camouflage, which was the source of her contemporary nickname "The Blue Beetle". |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-K-16472 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. |
| Author | USN |
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