Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NHF-073 Devlin Collection

20 black and white photographs mounted in oversize cardboard frames, showing the scrapping of USS Essex (CV-9) and USS Randolph (CV-15) at Union and Mineral Alloys Corporation, New York, in 1976. Photos taken by Bob Devlin, original donor and copyright status unknown. Also seen in background is USS Oregon City (CA-122). Filed in oversize prints.
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 59KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 237KB)
High (TIFF, 4086x2695px, 7MB)
Title: Devlin Collection
Caption: Collection Photo # NHF-073.15: 5"/38 gun mount from ex-USS Essex (CV-9) at the Union and Mineral Alloys Corporation scrapyard in New York, 1976
Description: 20 black and white photographs mounted in oversize cardboard frames, showing the scrapping of USS Essex (CV-9) and USS Randolph (CV-15) at Union and Mineral Alloys Corporation, New York, in 1976. Photos taken by Bob Devlin, original donor and copyright status unknown. Also seen in background is USS Oregon City (CA-122). Filed in oversize prints.
Accession #: NHF
Catalog #: NHF-073
Donor: Naval Historical Foundation
Copyright Owner: Unknown
Circa this Year: 1976
Related Content
Topic
  • Boats-Ships--Aircraft Carriers
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name