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43 photos and 1 illustration tagged sunk1942, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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• ship
• sunk
• warship
• unitedstatesnavy
• usnavy
• usn
• torpedoed
• minesweeper
• ussgannetam41
• ussgannet
• am41
• lapwingclass
• ussgannetavp8
• avp8
• seaplanetender
• sunkbyu653
• u653
• alaskanaerialsurvey
• alaska
• aviation
• aircraft
• airplane
• merchantship
• destroyer

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• SDASM Archives 34 photos & illustrations
• Archief Alkmaar Commons 4 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 3 photos & illustrations
• Navy Medicine 2 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo / illustration

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Mrs. Curtis R. Smith (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  "Sturtevant was laid down on 23 November 1918 and launched on 29 July 1920 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Curtis Ripley Smith; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 21 September 1920. Lieutenant Commander Ewart G. Haas assumed command of Sturtevant on 4 November 1920." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_(DD-240)

• Richard Norton said:

  I fixed the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_(DD-240)

• B-59 said:

  A cropped version of this photo ran in the Evening public ledger., July 30, 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 20 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-07-30/ed-... The launch of the USS Sturtevant: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/40800028952/

• B-59 said:

  She was Ruth Sturtevant Smith (1898-1978) www.findagrave.com/memorial/23780900/ruth-smith, a sister of Albert Dillon Sturtevant, namesake of the destroyer.

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks Art Siegel for figuring out when this photo was taken. B-59, thank you determining Ms. Smith's name. I always like when we can add a name to these women who are identified by their husband's name.

USS Jarvis DD 393 offs & crew 1938

from SDASM Archives

• luicina said:

  My grandfather's nephew went down with the ship August 9, 1942. His name is Joseph Alexius Byrne.

AL-92 Alaskan Aerial Survey

from SDASM Archives

• P. B. Thomas said:

  This is an official Navy photograph taken in summer 1929 at Petersburg, Alaska, showing a view of the Wrangell Narrows looking north toward Fredrick Sound. Kupreanof Island is on the left. The USS Gannet (AM-41) is tied up in foreground. At upper right, the visible signs on the buildings, left to right: Public Dock, New England Fish Co., Marlyn Fish Co.