MAKE A MEME View Large Image USS Asheville PG-21.jpg en Asheville PG-21 awnings spread to combat the sun's heat lies at anchor in the waters of the Canal Zone while serving with the Special Service Squadron in the late 1920's Note her tall stack and tall masts to ...
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Keywords: USS Asheville PG-21.jpg en Asheville PG-21 awnings spread to combat the sun's heat lies at anchor in the waters of the Canal Zone while serving with the Special Service Squadron in the late 1920's Note her tall stack and tall masts to support the antennae at the height necessary to extend the range of the primitive radio equipment in use at that time The wind sail rigged aft provided some comfort for the crew below decks especially in the tropics in the days before forced draft ventilation National Archives Photograph 80-G-1034878 ja アッシュビル 砲艦 2013-12-10 10 07 50 National Archives Photograph 80-G-1034878 Appears in US Naval Historical Center biography of USS Asheville https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-1034000/80-G-1034878 html author PD-USGov Gunboats of the United States River gunboats
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