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Transferred to Britain October 23 1940, | Click On Image For Full Size Image |
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| 77k | Photo #: NH 92017. Commodore John W. Philip, USN photograph taken circa 1898-1899. Donation of Mrs. Mary F. Philip, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 69k | Undated, from the collection of Captain Thomas C. Edrington III | Thomas C. Edrington IV | |
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103k | During the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Upper Chambers, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, 24 July 1919. Those present are: USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75) and USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143), both at left; USS Philip (Destroyer # 76), USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146), left to right in the center group; USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136), USS Dent (Destroyer # 116) and USS Waters (Destroyer # 115), left to right in the right center group. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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108k | Thirteenth Destroyer Division Officers & Crews on board their ships in San Diego Harbor, California, 6 December 1919. Signalmen are sending semaphore messages from atop the ships' bridges. Panoramic photograph by O.A. Tunnell, Masonic Temple Building, San Diego. Ships present are (from left to right): Upshur (Destroyer # 144), Greer (Destroyer # 145), Elliot (Destroyer # 146), Aaron Ward (Destroyer # 132), Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and Philip (Destroyer # 76). Donation of Captain W.D. Puleston, USN (Retired), 1965. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 108k | "Old Hen and Chickens" USS Kanawha (AO-1) with thirteen destroyers alongside, off San Diego, California, during the early 1920s. Photographed by Bunnell, 414 E Street, San Diego. Ships present are (from left to right): USS Meade (DD-274); USS Evans (DD-78); USS Kennedy (DD-306); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Woolsey (DD-77); USS Wickes (DD-75); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Kanawha; USS Farquhar (DD-304); USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307); USS Thompson (DD-305); USS Reno (DD-303); USS Stoddert (DD-302) and USS Philip (DD-76) Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 94k | Photo #: NH 74288, USS Philip (DD-76) ship's officers and crew, posed on her foredeck during the 1930s. A small photograph of the ship is inset in the upper left. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1971. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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138k | Destroyers at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 April 1930 These ships are (from left to right): USS Badger (DD-126); USS Claxton (DD-140); USS Philip (DD-76); USS Broome (DD-210); and the stricken Corry (ex DD-334), which is being scrapped. | Fred Weiss | |
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100k | USS Philip (DD-76) In port, during the 1930s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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105k | Underway during the 1930s. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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| HMS Lancaster (ex-USS Philip, DD-76), Lancaster commissioned at Halifax, NS, on 23 October 1940, and was one of the few ships not to refit at Devonport, arriving at Portsmouth on 26 N ovember 1940. Completing refit on 11 January 1941, Lancaster worked up at Scapa Flow prior to joining 1st Minelaying squadron at kyle of Lochaslsh. She escorted several minelaying sorties, and the four inaugural convoys of the Icelandic ferry service (DS/SD), prior to arriving on Hunberside for her Stage 2 refit from June to September 1941. Lancaster returned to her duty and continued until the end of 1942, with one break for refit at Newport, Mon, April to June 1942. In September 1942 lancaster escorted shipping to and from Gibralter in connection with the North African landings, being released for refit to Belfast in January 1943. Completed and worked up Tobermory in May 1943, Lancaster escorted four minelaying sorties before being transferred to Rosyth Command when the Minelaying Squadron paid off. After transfer to Rosyth, Lancaster was employed on the east Coast convoy route, being damaged in collision with the Swedish Hedera on 25 January 1944, and involved in rescue operations when HMS Rockingham foundered off Aberdeen after striking a British mine. Allocated to Air Target Service in February 1945, the consequent refit was cancelled at the end of the war and the ship went into reserve unaltered, finally arriving at Blyth on 30 May 1947 to be broken up by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co Ltd. (History thanks to Robert Hurst.) | ||||
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105k | The 'Town' class destroyer HMS Lancaster (ex-USS Philip, DD-76) underway sometime between September 1941 and late 1942, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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