File:USS Epperson (DD-719) and USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) at Bath Iron Works in January 1948.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,000 × 2,377 pixels, file size: 2.19 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

The U.S. Navy destroyers USS Epperson (DD-719), inboard, and USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) at Bath Iron Works, Maine (USA), on 19 January 1948.
Epperson was launched on 22 December 1945 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock of Kearny, New Jersey (USA), and was placed in mothballs and towed to Bath Iron Works in December 1946. She was redesignated DDE-719 on 28 January 1948 and completed by Bath Iron Works and commissioned on 19 March 1949.

Robert A. Owens was laid down on 29 October 1945 at Bath Iron Works and launched on 15 July 1946. Work was suspended until 1948. She was reclassified DDK-827 on 28 January 1948 and commissioned on 5 November 1949.
Date
Source
This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 24743855.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

العربية ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Author U.S. Navy Burau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-769 - 133432

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:51, 28 May 2016Thumbnail for version as of 19:51, 28 May 20163,000 × 2,377 (2.19 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy destroyers USS ''Epperson'' (DD-719), inboard, and USS ''Robert A. Owens'' (DD-827) at Bath Iron Works, Maine (USA), on 19 January 1948.<br> ''Epperson'' was launched on 22 December 1945 a...

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:USS_Epperson_(DD-719)_and_USS_Robert_A._Owens_(DD-827)_at_Bath_Iron_Works_in_January_1948.jpg&oldid=668395881"