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| 103k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 66k | Undated, location unknown. | Jesse P. Mannix | |
| 111k | Undated, location unknown. | Darryl Baker | |
| 32k | Launching, 22 April 1936 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. | Joe Radigan | |
| 195k | Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, after completion, 1 March 1937. | Robert Hurst | |
| 65k | As above. | Robert Hurst | |
| 93k | Leaving Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA on 1 March 1937. | Joe Radigan | |
| 108k | USS Downes leaving Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, after completion, 1 March 1937 (USN Photo No NH 61516). | Robert Hurst | |
| 120k | USS Downes underway in rough seas, circa 1938 (USN Photo No NH 63131). | Robert Hurst | |
| 139k | USS Downes (DD-375) underway during the late 1930s. She is wearing a non-standard hull number style on her bow (USN Photo No NH 63132). | Robert Hurst | |
| 32k | Sydney, Australia March 1941. | Marc Piché | |
| 139k | Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941, USS Downes (DD-375), at left, and USS Cassin (DD-372), capsized at right, burned out and sunk in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard drydock on 7 December 1941, after the Japanese attack. The relatively undamaged USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 146k | Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941, USS Cassin (DD-372) burned out and capsized against USS Downes (DD-375), in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard drydock on 7 December 1941, after the Japanese attack. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 105k | Photo #: 80-G-32430: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. USS Downes (DD-375) burned out and sunk in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock # 1, soon after the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. This photo shows the ship's starboard forward superstructure, from the pilothouse forward to the bow. Railway car in the right background is marked "NYPH", "Shop 24", "Storage Car". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Scott Dyben | |
| 89k | Photo #: 80-G-32580: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. View looking toward the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard from Ford Island, with a dredge in the middle distance, 7 December 1941. USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) are burning in the front of Drydock Number One, center, with USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) also in the dock, at left center. USS Shaw (DD-373) is burning at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Scott Dyben | |
| 158k | USS Cassin (DD 372), at left, and USS Downes (DD 375) under salvage in Dry-dock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 23 January 1942. Photographed from the foremast of USS Raleigh (CL 7), which was undergoing battle damage repairs in the dry-dock. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Joe Radigan | |
| 242k | Article on the launching of the Downes from the 21 May 43 edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald. Interesting information in the article. | Darryl Baker | |
| 126k | Ship's forward area, including her pilothouse and forward 5"/38 guns, photographed from off her starboard side at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 November 1943. Note Mark 37 Director atop her forward superstructure, and railway crane on the pier. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 188k | USS Downes (DD-375) ship's after portion, photographed from off her starboard side at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 November 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 126k | USS Downes (DD-375) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 95k | Navy Photo 8117-43, stern view of the new USS Downes (DD 375) departing Mare Island on 8 Dec 43. Work started on her construction on 8 Oct 42 and she departed Mare Island for the final time on 14 Dec 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 107k | Navy Photo 8119-43, broadside of the new USS Downes (DD 375) off Mare Island on 8 Dec 43. Work started on her construction on 8 Oct 42 and she departed Mare Island for the final time on 14 Dec 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 90k | Navy Photo 8121-43, bow on view of the new USS Downes (DD 375) departing Mare Island on 8 Dec 43. Work started on her construction on 8 Oct 42 and she departed Mare Island for the final time on 14 Dec 1943. | Darryl Baker | |
| 192k | USS Downes underway at sea, 23 February 1944 (USN Photo No 80-G-222460). | Robert Hurst | |
| 130k | Ship's forward 5"/38 guns firing to starboard, while she was bombarding Marcus Island, in the Central Pacific, 9 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 130k | Bombarding Marcus Island, in the Central Pacific, 9 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 100k | At sea, 9 May 1945, Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
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