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97k | Photo #: NH 50435. Captain Percival Drayton, USN portrait photograph, taken circa 1864-1865. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 160k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 120k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 90k | Undated, location unknown. | Tom Kerman | |
| 112k | During speed trials, 5 August 1936. USN photo. | Joe Radigan | |
| 132k | Western Mediteranean 1937. | Marc Piché | |
| 109k | USS Drayton (DD-366) underway at sea, circa 1938 (USN Photo No 80-G-466575). | Robert Hurst | |
| 118k | USS Cushing (DD-376) steams ahead of USS Drayton (DD-366), at sea on 8 February 1938. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 149k | Destroyers underway in San Diego Harbor, California, 1938. Identifiable ships are: USS Drayton (DD-366), at left; USS Preston (DD-379), at right; and USS Perkins (DD-377), in center, partially masked by Preston. Note colored bands painted on these destroyer's after smokestacks, possibly for unit identification purposes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 83k | USS Drayton (DD-366) in port, during the late 1930s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969 (Photo No NH 67725). | Bill Gonyo | |
| 103k | Photo #: 80-G-K-16472 Underway at sea, off the U.S. West Coast, circa October 1941. Photographed from a Navy SNJ aircraft, whose starboard wing is in the foreground. Note Drayton's camouflage, which was the source of her contemporary nickname "The Blue Beetle". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | - | |
| 77k | USS Drayton off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 April 1942 (Photo No 19-N-29188). | Robert Hurst | |
| 77k | USS Drayton photographed at Pearl Harbour on 5 October 1942. Drayton had collided with USS Flusser (DD-368) during exercises in the Hawaiian area the day before. USS Portland (CA-33) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) are partially visible in the background (USN Photo No 19-N-110260). | Robert Hurst | |
| 90k | Navy Photo 3883-44, amidships looking forward plan view of USS Drayton (DD 366) at Mare Island on 26 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 April until 28 June 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 106k | Navy Photo 3885-44, amidships looking aft plan view of USS Drayton (DD 366) at Mare Island on 26 June 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 April until 28 June 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 99k | Navy Photo 3928-44, stern view of USS Drayton (DD 366) departing Mare Island on 26 June 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 83k | Navy Photo 3930-44, stern view of USS Drayton (DD 366) off Mare Island on 26 June 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 23d. | Darryl Baker | |
| 95k | Navy Photo 3933-44, bow on view of USS Drayton (DD 366) departing Mare Island on 26 June 1944. | Darryl Baker | |
| 76k | USS Drayton underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 June 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 31, Design 23d (Photo No 19-N-68063). | Robert Hurst | |
| 103k | USS Drayton bombarding Palawan Island, Philippines, on 28 February 1945 (USN Photo No 80-G-305590). | Robert Hurst | |
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