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USS Gleaves (DD-423) afloat immediately after launching in 1939.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gleaves (DD-423) afloat immediately after launching, off the Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine (USA), on 6 December 1939. The ship's five 127 mm/38 guns have already been installed, but her torpedo tubes have not. Note scaffolding around the forward funnel and generally incomplete superstructure.
Date Taken on 6 December 1939
Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 80563 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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