| Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific Chapter 4. "The Destroyer" Bonus Photos--not among the 42 included in the book |
Flusser (DD-368), commissioned in 1936, was a Mahan class destroyer, one of about 200 destroyers in service with the U.S.
Navy in 1939. (The "class" of any U.S. Navy ship is determined by the name of the first ship built to that particular design.)
Above photo illustrates Radioman, Chapter 4, ("The Destroyer"), page 21
Source of Photo: Ray Daves Collection
Navy in 1939. (The "class" of any U.S. Navy ship is determined by the name of the first ship built to that particular design.)
Above photo illustrates Radioman, Chapter 4, ("The Destroyer"), page 21
Source of Photo: Ray Daves Collection
Maintenance and repairs to U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor were often performed in dry docks, similar to the
one shown in this 1940 photo of the battleship Mississippi (BB-41) in Dry Dock 4, Puget Sound Navy
Yard.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 26
Source of Photo: National Archives, arc # 299647
one shown in this 1940 photo of the battleship Mississippi (BB-41) in Dry Dock 4, Puget Sound Navy
Yard.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 26
Source of Photo: National Archives, arc # 299647
Seaman, second class Ray Daves, 19, on liberty from destroyer Flusser (DD-368) at
Pearl Harbor, enjoys the beach at Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2, 1939.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 28
Source of Photo: Ray Daves Collection
Pearl Harbor, enjoys the beach at Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2, 1939.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 28
Source of Photo: Ray Daves Collection
Seaman, second class Ray Daves, 19, on liberty from the destroyer Flusser (DD-368) at Pearl Harbor,
discovers another beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii--Kalanianaole Beach--December 1939.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 28
Source of Photo: Ray Daves Collection
discovers another beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii--Kalanianaole Beach--December 1939.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 28
Source of Photo: Ray Daves Collection
Prior to World War II, the U.S. Navy's fleet in the Pacific occasionally anchored at Lahaina Roads--Maui,Hawaii--instead of at Pearl Harbor.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 30
Source of photo: Naval Historical Center, NH # 99555
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 30
Source of photo: Naval Historical Center, NH # 99555
Gunner's Mate N.A. "Stretch" Brown, 22, holds a three-inch antiaircraft gun shell,
a defensive weapon found on all U.S. Navy destroyers during World War II.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 31
Source of Photo: N.A. Brown Collection
a defensive weapon found on all U.S. Navy destroyers during World War II.
Above photo illustrates Radioman, chapter 4 ("The Destroyer"), page 31
Source of Photo: N.A. Brown Collection
Bonus Photos for All Other Chapters:
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [Epilogue]
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