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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73, later DD-73), 1917-1940
USS Stockton, a 1125-ton Caldwell class destroyer,
was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in late
November 1917, she soon crossed the Atlantic to join the U.S.
Navy anti-submarine forces based at Queenstown, Ireland. For the
rest of World War I Stockton escorted convoys and performed
patrol duties in the vicinity of the British isles. At the end
of March 1918 she took part in an engagement with a German U-Boat,
but the action ended without significant damage to either side.
Stockton returned to the United States following the
November 1918 Armistice. In May 1919, during the trans-Atlantic
flight of the NC-4 aircraft, she was stationed on plane guard
duty west of the Azores. The destroyer's active service continued
until June 1922, when she was decommissioned and placed in reserve
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Following eighteen years in "red
lead row", Stockton was brought back to commissioned
status in mid-August 1940. However, her U.S. Navy career lasted
only long enough for a transit to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where
she was placed out of commission and transferred to Great Britain
later in August. Renamed Ludlow, she served in the Royal
Navy until about 1943, when she was beached for use as an aircraft
target.
USS Stockton was named in honor of Captain Robert
F. Stockton (1795-1866), an important figure in the 19th Century
Navy and in contemporary politics.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views
we have concerning USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73, later
DD-73).
For other views related to this ship, see:
USS Stockton (Destroyer #
73, later DD-73) -- On Board Views.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 43115
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
In Queenstown harbor, Ireland, circa 1918.
Note her pattern camouflage.
Donation of Captain H.A. Baldridge, USN (Retired), who was the
ship's first Commanding Officer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 61709
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
Moored alongside another destroyer in a British harbor, circa
1918.
Note her pattern camouflage.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100403
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
In British waters, circa 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage.
Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Note: This photo is not very sharp. |
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Photo #: NH 41978
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
Operating at sea in 1918.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 2233-KN (Color)
"A Critical Situation"
Screened color print of an oil painting by Burnell Poole. It
depicts USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73) narrowly averting
a collision with a large troopship she was escorting in thick
weather during 1918.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 525 pixels
NOTE: At the time of this writing (October 2004) the
original painting was in poor condition and awaiting restoration. |
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Photo #: NH 63214
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
At anchor, circa 1919-1922.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 104236
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73)
Collision damage to the ship's bow, 1918.
The original image is printed on post card stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 470 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 95792
Trans-Atlantic Flight of the "NC" Aircraft, May 1919
Diagram of the third leg of the flight of the NC-1, NC-3 and
NC-4 aircraft, between Trepassy Bay, Newfoundland, and the Azores,
during 16 May to 20 May 1919. It also shows the positions of
the 21 U.S. Navy destroyers stationed along the way.
Printed by the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, New York.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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The following photograph shows a destroyer that MAY be USS
Stockton (Destroyer # 73):
Photo #: NH 100436
U.S. Navy Destroyer
Painted in what appears to be Mackay "low visibility"
camouflage, during World War I.
This is probably USS Conner (Destroyer # 72), which wore
similar camouflage, but might possibly be her sister ship, USS
Stockton (Destroyer # 73).
Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1985.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 425 pixels |
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USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73) is visible in the background in the following photograph of another ship:
Photo #: NH 54555
USS Downes (Destroyer # 45)
Moored at Queenstown, Ireland in 1918.
She is painted in "Dazzle" type camouflage.
USS Stockton (Destroyer # 73) -- with three tall smokestacks -- is moored alongside Downes, with two other destroyers in the nest further to starboard.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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For other views related to this ship, see:
USS Stockton (Destroyer #
73, later DD-73) -- On Board Views.
NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page made 7 October 2004
New image added 10 October 2010