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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.
  
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• 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.

Key West Coast Guard Station

from Florida Memory

• Mr Salty Dog said:

  Not seen this photo before, is the Cruise Terminal at the top of the picture.

• victor98_2001 said:

  excellent shot

• excellentzebu1050 said:

  Brilliant

• mambo1935 said:

  spectacular!

Evelyn Wainwright Turpin (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Young Evelyn launched the USS Wainwright in June 1915; her great-grandfather was one of its namesakes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wainwright_%28DD-62%29 Her parents' tombstone at Arlington: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91959377

• Wystan said:

  

• Arden said:

  Thanks Wystan for linking this image of Evelyn Wainwright Turpin to the related image of the ship. We will add more information when we update.

• B-59 said:

  An article about the christening is in the Evening public ledger., June 12, 1915, Final, Page 14, col. 1: "TEN-YEAR-OLD MISS CHRISTENS DESTROYER"

• Richard Norton said:

  I added her to Wikidata: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96089632