MAKE A MEME View Large Image USS William R. Rush (DD-714).jpg en On 10 April 10 1952 the destroyer USS William R Rush DD-714 was docked in Dry Dock 1 at the Boston Naval Shipyard as a part of the yard ™s work in converting the vessel into a radar picket destroyer ...
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Keywords: USS William R. Rush (DD-714).jpg en On 10 April 10 1952 the destroyer USS William R Rush DD-714 was docked in Dry Dock 1 at the Boston Naval Shipyard as a part of the yard ™s work in converting the vessel into a radar picket destroyer DDR-714 Rush a Gearing-class destroyer named in honor of the World War I Navy Yard Commandant had decommissioned for conversion in December 1951 This drydocking took place at not quite the mid-point of the work which was completed in September 1952 Note that the vessel has been shorn of her masts at this point in time This sequence documents the movement of the ship into the dock All images U S Navy photographs Boston National Historical Park Collection NPS Cat No BOSTS-14719 Note the caisson floating at left as the ship passes the sill of the dock http //www navsource org/archives/05/714 htm U S Navy 10 April 10 1952 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS William R Rush DD-714 ship 1945
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