Rare 1922 Photo USS Yarborough DD-314 Warship Battleship Crew & Ship Pet Dog
Approximate size: 12 inches x 7 inches. This photo depicts the USS Yarborough DD-314 Warship with a photo of its crew and pet dog. This is a rare photo, as the warship was only in existence for 11 years. At the time of writing this, there is no other photo for sale anywhere online. USS Yarborough (DD-314) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Yarborough was laid down on 27 February 1919 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation’s Union Iron Works plant; launched on 20 June 1919; sponsored by Miss Kate Burch, the fiancée of the late Lt. Yarborough; designated DD-314 on 17 July 1920; and commissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, on 31 December 1920, Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl – later the Navy’s pre-eminent authority on airships – in command. Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition. May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing.