Condemned destroyers tied in a long row

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Condemned destroyers tied in a long row

Entry/Object ID

P-17643

Description

Per Bob Crawford: Sailors referred to condemned vessels as "Nineteenth Fleet" - a cribbage term for can't attain.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 23, 1932

Place

Military

Reserve Fleet San Diego, Naval Base San Diego

City

San Diego, CA

County

San Diego County

Region

Southern California

State/Province

California

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

California Coast, West Coast of North America, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean

Bay

San Diego Bay

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

III-A-5a U.S. Navy -- DD1 to DD347 -- World War I destroyers & early types