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42k | Photo #: NH 67329, Rear Admiral George Beale Balch, USN (1821-1908), photographed circa 1879-1881, when he was Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Perkins Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 28k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 58k | Undated Pre war image. | Jesse P Mannix | |
| 133k | The USS Balch (DD 363) appears to be coming alongside of another ship with USS Aylwin (DD 355), USS Monaghan (DD 354), USS Farragut (DD 348) and another unidentified destroyer in San Diego circa 1936. | Darryl Baker | |
| 107k | USS Balch (DD-363) off the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts, 23 September 1936, probably during builder's trials. The ship's gun directors and 1.1" anti-aircraft machine guns have not yet been fitted. Note that Balch's bow numbers are painted close to the waterline. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 105k | USS Balch (DD-363) underway, probably during trials in about September 1936. Her 1.1" anti-aircraft machineguns and main battery gun directors have not yet been installed. The hull numbers at her bow appear to have been retouched. Balch wore her bow numbers closer to the waterline at the time of her trials. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 89k | USS Balch (DD-363) fitting out at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 13 October 1936, a week before she went into commission. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 93k | USS Balch (DD-363), USS Moffett (DD-362), USS Winslow (DD-359), and USS McDougal (DD-358) (listed from bottom to top) moored together at San Diego, California, March 1939. A harbor oiler is alongside Balch, and what appears to be a garbage lighter is astern of the four destroyers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 95k | USS Winslow (DD-359), USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Selfridge (DD-357) (listed from left to right) Moored together in San Diego Harbor, California, during the later 1930s. Courtesy of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, USNR, 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 116k | USS Balch (DD-363) at anchor, circa the later 1930s Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 94k | USS Fanning (DD-385) escorting USS Enterprise (CV-6) on the day the Doolittle Raid aircraft were launched, 18 April 1942. Photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Destroyer in the background, headed toward the left, is USS Balch (DD-363), flagship of Destroyer Squadron Six. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 137k | USS Balch (DD-363) is standing by at right as USS Yorktown (CV-5) is being abandoned by her crew after she was hit by two Japanese aerial torpedoes, at the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S.National Archives. | Joe Radigan | |
| 78k | Photo #: 80-G-21694. Battle of Midway, Destroyers stand by to pick up survivors as USS Yorktown (CV-5) is abandoned during the afternoon of 4 June 1942, following Japanese torpedo plane attacks. Destroyers at left are (left to right): Benham (DD-397), Russell (DD-414), and Balch (DD-363). Destroyer at right is Anderson (DD-411). Photographed from USS Pensacola (CA-24). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. | Fabio Peņa | |
| 92k | USS Balch (DD-363) off San Francisco, California, following overhaul, 30 August 1943 (USN Photo No 19-N-51207). | Robert Hurst | |
| 104k | USS Balch (DD-363) Off San Francisco, California, following overhaul, 30 August 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 88k | USS Balch (DD-363) at San Francisco, California, following overhaul, 30 August 1943. Circles mark recent alterations to the ship. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
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