Bagley-class destroyers Blue and Helm on 27 May 1937, the date of their launching, in Drydock #2 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.

Caption     Bagley-class destroyers Blue and Helm on 27 May 1937, the date of their launching, in Drydock #2 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   NH61903 / 19-N-18066
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Photos at Same Place Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
5 Sep 2020 06:53:57 PM

Note that Helm’s main 5”/38 gun turrets have not yet been mounted.
Blue and Helm would be side-by-side again in Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 Dec 1941, except that Helm would cast off before the attack began.

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