David Stubblebine Photographs | World War II Database

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Lieutenant Commander John “Babe” Brown of the United States Navy on the bridge of submarine V-5 (later Narwhal) as her commanding officer during the boat’s post-commissioning trials off Provincetown, MA, 24 Jul 1930.	Northampton-class cruiser USS Chester in Naples harbor, Italy during her shakedown cruise, 1930.	US Marines in Nicaragua, Sep 1930. Lieutenants Chesty Puller, Avery Graves, Bill Lee, & Tom Lynch.	Fubuki-class destroyer Amagiri in port, Nov 1930

General Douglas MacArthur (left) sharing a laugh with New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt (right) and Secretary of War George Dorn (center) shortly after MacArthur was appointed Army Chief of Staff, Nov 1930.	Heavy cruiser USS Chester at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, Nov 1930.	United States Navy Fighting Squadron 2-B Commander J.J. Clark flying a Boeing F-3B past the carrier USS Lexington (Lexington-class), circa 1931, probably along the California coast.	USS Lexington launching T4M-1 torpedo bombers, 1931

Carrier USS Lexington (Lexington-class) anchored off Panama, Feb 1931 during Fleet Problem XII. Note airship USS Los Angeles moored to fleet oiler USS Patoka and an unidentified battleship at left.	United States battleship USS Maryland and destroyers USS Hovey and USS Long in the Miraflores Locks while transiting the Panama Canal, 24 Apr 1931	United States Army Captain Robert Smith of the Alaskan Survey in Jun 1931 holding a Fairchild F-8 aerial camera, predecessor to the K-20 model used in WWII.	Ernest King, Captain of the USS Lexington (Lexington-class), making a presentation of cigarette cases to members of a Navy racing boat crew, 5 Sep 1931, probably at San Pedro, California.

Aerial view of Mines Field, Inglewood, California on Army Day, circa 1931. Hangar No. 1 was home to the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service with script ‘Curtiss’ on its roof. Hangars 2 and 3 are seen with checkered roofs.	Destroyer USS Reuben James, circa 1932.	Overhead view of the Finger Piers at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1932. Note the Fleet Headquarters building, the submarine escape training tower, and the barracks ship, the ex-USS Chicago	Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, and warships in the harbor as seen from the Aiea Heights in 1932, Oahu, Hawaii. Note the Aiea Sugar Mill on the left.

The Spanish Colonial Revival style Hangar No. 1 at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, 1930s. This is the only remaining Mines Field structure and today is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.	United States Navy coaling station, Tiburon, California, 1930s.	USS Northampton at anchor, location unknown, 1930s. Note the sailor in the Bosun’s Chair hanging from the bow.	USS Northampton on the East River under Manhattan Bridge, New York City, New York, United States, 1930s.