SIGNALS BY SEARCHLIGHT

E&MP122.006

Searchlights

February 13, 1920

Distant signaling by searchlight on U.S. Destroyer DOYEN.

Original Caption by Science Service
^©New England Division - American Red Cross
(Passed by Naval Censor)

Additional Facts on theU.S. Destroyer DOYEN:

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built
Displacement 1,215 Tons
Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt.
Machinery, 26,500 SHP
Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 35 Knots
Crew 114 Operational
Building Data Laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Squantum Ma. on March 24, 1919
Launched July 26 1919
Commissioned December 17, 1919
Decommissioned February 25, 1930
Stricken July 12 1930
Fate Sold and Broken up for scrap in 1930
Source: <http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/280.htm>