Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 61903 USS Blue (DD-387) USS Helm (DD-388)

Photo #: NH 61903 USS Blue (DD-387) USS Helm (DD-388)
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 82KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 365KB)
High (TIFF, 5820x4646px, 26MB)
Title: USS Blue (DD-387) USS Helm (DD-388)
Description: Photo #: NH 61903 USS Blue (DD-387), left, and USS Helm (DD-388) Ready for christening, in Drydock # Two at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 27 May 1937. Note that the drydock is already partially flooded. Blue appears to have her guns and torpedo tubes installed, and both ships' Mark 33 main battery gun directors are in place atop their forward superstructures. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 61903
Related Content
Topic
  • Boats-Ships--Destroyer
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name