View of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey (USA), in May 1919. Seven <i>Wickes</i>-class destroyers and a <i>Clemson</i>-class destroyer are fitting out. These ships are (from left to right):
<ul><li>USS <i>Dickerson</i> (Destroyer # 157, builder's hull # 216);</li>
<li>USS <i>Leary</i> (Destroyer # 158, builder's hull # 217);</li>
<li>USS <i>Schenck</i> (Destroyer # 159, builder's hull # 218);</li>
<li>USS <i>Herbert</i> (Destroyer # 160, builder's hull # 219);</li>
<li>USS <i>Brooks</i> (Destroyer # 232, builder's hull # 221);</li>
<li>USS <i>Hatfield</i> (Destroyer # 231, builder's hull # 220);</li>
<li>USS <i>Babbitt</i> (Destroyer # 128, builder's hull # 213) and</li>
<li>USS <i>DeLong</i> (Destroyer # 129, builder's hull # 214).<br></li></ul>
Note the triple torpedo tubes on the wharf in the center foreground, and the destroyer smokestacks in the lower left.
U.S. Navy
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