File:USS Vestal (AR-4) with six destroyers alongside c1928.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) with six destroyers alongside, during the later 1920s. The outboard destroyer is USS Sands (DD-243), next inboard is USS Hatfield (DD-231). Two of the other destroyers present are also of the group (DD-231/235) armed with 5/51 guns, which can be seen on the ships' fantails.
Date circa 1928
date QS:P,+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 100533 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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