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9 June 1917 Keel laying ceremony. The first major warship built at the shipyard |
Robert Hall |
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Workmen waiting for the signal to begin sliding the Asheville down the ways |
Robert Hall |
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Asheville christened with pure mountain water from Asheville, NC her
namesake |
Robert Hall |
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4 July 1918 Asheville slides into the Cooper River |
Robert Hall |
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View taken on 11 September 1918, showing a marine railway under construction in the foreground. Asheville is fitting out in the left middle distance. In front of her is USS Walter Adams (SP 400). USS SC-368, with dark numbers painted on her bow, is further to the right. U.S. Navy photo NH 45247 |
Original photo: Naval Historical Center Replacement photo: Robert Hall |
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In drydock for her final fitting-out |
Robert Hall |
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c. 1920 Asheville near completion at the Charleston Navy Yard. Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I |
Mike Green |
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Philip R Abbey The Yangtze Patrol web site |
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Scott McCoy |
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Close up of above photo. |
Scott McCoy |
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Line drawing from the April 2009 edition of Naval History magazine |
Joe Radigan |
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In Asiatic waters U.S. Naval Photographic Center photo from "Gunboats and Marines: The United States in China, 1925-1928" by Bernard D. Cole |
Robert Hurst |
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c. 1920. USS Sacramento (PG 19), USS Robin (AM 2), and Asheville at Charleston, SC. |
Vance A. Adams |
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With awnings spread to combat the sun's heat while anchored in the Canal Zone, serving with the Special Service Squadron in the late 1920s. National Archive Photo 80-G-1034878 |
Naval Historical Center |
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c. Late 1920s A junk makes its way past the gunboat in an unnamed Chinese port. U.S. Naval Institute photo from the April 2009 edition of Naval History magazine |
Joe Radigan |
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1 March 1942 The last known photograph of Asheville as she made her escape from Tjilatjap, Java. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo by Lion G. Miles from the April 2009 edition of Naval History magazine |
Joe Radigan |