Photo #: NH 70910
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
Waterfront and covered shipways, circa summer-fall 1927. USS
V-4 (SM-1) and USS V-5 (SC-1) are under construction
in inside shipways building. V-4 (later renamed Argonaut)
is on the nearer way and appears to be nearly ready for her launching,
which took place on 10 November 1927. V-5 (later renamed
Narwhal) is in a much earlier stage of construction, having
been laid down on 10 May 1927.
USS S-13 (SS-118) and another "S"-type submarine
are alongside the waterfront, at left.
Note automobiles parked in the center and right.
Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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