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Photo taken July 3, 1945. Ship is enroute to San Diego from Puget Sound, Washington. Note the quad 40mm between stack 1 and 2.
Taken from the bridge heading into sea swells North Atlantic.
Beautiful wartime photo of the USS Swanson DD443.
Swanson rolls and pitches in the North Atlantic while escorting a convoy in November 1941. Photo taken from the port bridge wing facing aft--where one can see the faint outline of a merchant ship in the haze.
DD443 heads into rough seas in order to catch up with a convoy after having investigated a sonar contact.
Broadside view of Swanson's starboard side in 1944.
Swanson operates in Arctic conditions while in the North Atlantic.
Swanson leaving Puget Sound, WA, enroute to San Diego, after having her after torpedo tubes removed and a quad 40mm installed between the stacks and aft of No. 2 stack on 2 July, 1945.
USS Swanson at anchor.
Swanson passing beneath the Cooper River Bridge enroute to the Charleston Navy Ship Yard for decommissioning on 2 December, 1945.
Another view of Swanson having just passed beneath the Cooper River Bridge enroute to the Charleston Navy Ship Yard for decommissioning on 2 December, 1945.
