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USS Tweedy (DE-532) |
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| Operational and Building Data Class: John C. Butler Laid down by: Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA Laid Down: 31 August 1943 Launched: 7 October 1943 Commissioned: 12 February 1944 Fate: Sunk as a target on 30 June 1969. |
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In this series of photographs, taken on 5 December 1959, the USS Tweedy
was in Bath, Maine undergoing an incline test. She is tied up at the
Bath Iron Works Corporation.
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Port bow shot.
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Broadside. The silver domes covering the gun mounts and director stations
are from the mothballing process.
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Port stern.
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Stern.
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Aerial starboard bow. The domes and mothball protection is clearly
visible.
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Aerial starboard stern.
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Starboard side showing the weight rail aft of the 5" gun mount. A
heavy weight was placed on the rail and shifted side to side to cause the
ship to incline.
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