Photo #: NH 100440
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
Photographed in the Azores by St. Jacques, circa October 1918.
She is wearing "dazzle" camouflage.
Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1985.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 67577
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
Photographed circa 1919-1920.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51450
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
At the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 28 November
1919.
Panoramic photograph by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, 11 Portland
St., Boston, Massachusetts.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103190
USS Luce (DM-4, formerly DD-99)
At the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa spring
1921.
Photographed by H.J. Darley, 46 Water Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
This ship still wears her former destroyer bow number, but has
had her torpedo tubes removed and replaced with mine tracks running
along each side to the stern from just aft of Number Four Smokestack.
The original print bears a hand-written note referring to a Commandant,
Boston Navy Yard letter of 11 May 1921.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103075
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
View of the ship's forecastle, seen from her foremast, probably
circa Fall 1918, soon after she was placed in commission.
Note her forward 4"/50 gun and anchor handling gear.
Photographed by Walton.
The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43020
Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Destroyers on the building ways, 14 February 1918. They are (from
left to right):
USS Murray (Destroyer # 97), launched 8 June 1918;
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99), launched 29 June 1918;
USS Stringham (Destroyer # 83), launched 30 March 1918;
and
USS Dyer (Destroyer # 84), launched 13 April 1918.
Note the snowy and icy conditions outside the shipyard.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43021
Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Destroyers on the building ways, 19 March 1918. They are (from
left to right):
USS Murray (Destroyer # 97), launched 8 June 1918;
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99), launched 29 June 1918;
USS Stringham (Destroyer # 83), launched 30 March 1918;
and
USS Dyer (Destroyer # 84), launched 13 April 1918.
These ships had builder's hull numbers 303, 305, 278 and 279,
respectively.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51446
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
Entering the water, during her launching at the Fore River Shipbuilding
Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 29 June 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51447
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
Afloat just after launching at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company
shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 29 June 1918.
The tug Dolphin is preparing to move Luce to an
outfitting berth.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51448
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
Just after launching at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard,
Quincy, Massachusetts, 29 June 1918.
The tug Dolphin (seen from astern) and another tug are
preparing to move Luce to an outfitting berth.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51449
USS Luce (Destroyer # 99)
Alongside a wharf, just after her launching at the Fore River
Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 29 June
1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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