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Mine laying stem of "S132" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    S132 was a German destroyer ceded to the U.S. after WWI. The U.S> minesweeper Redwing had towed on of the three ceded destroyers across the Atlantic. The destroyers had been scuttled by the Germans in Scapa Flow and raised by the British.

    See German destroyers at N.Y. (LOC)
  • B-59 said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_ocean-going_torpedo_boats_an...: S 132 - Launched 19 May 1917 - Completed 2 Oct 1917 - Interned, Scapa Flow, 22 Nov 1918; beached while attempting to scuttle, 21 Jun 1919; to USA, 1920; sunk as gunnery target by USS Delaware (BB-28) and destroyer USS Herbert (DD-160) off Cape Henry, 15 Jul 1921. S. also photo in commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_large_topedoboat_S...
  • Greg Marcangelo said:
    Thanks, swanq and B-59, for fuller info.

AL218-001 USS Constitution Oakland 22Apr33

from SDASM Archives

AL246_020 Turtles on Johnsons Island, TH

from SDASM Archives

  • Old Salt said:
    The ship in the distant background is the Lapwing-class minesweeper USS PELICAN (AM 27).