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80-G-K-16472 USS Drayton

Photo #: 80-G-K-16472 USS Drayton
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Title: USS Drayton
Description: USS Drayton (DD-366) 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.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-16472
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