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USS New Orleans arriving in Portland, Oregon, United States passing under the St Johns Bridge on the Willamette River, 2 Aug 1934. She was escorting USS Houston which had President Franklin Roosevelt on board. | USS New Orleans passing through the open Burnside Drawbridge in Portland, Oregon, United States, 2 Aug 1934. New Orleans was escorting USS Houston (left) which brought President Franklin Roosevelt to Oregon. | Flight line at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, mid-1930s. Note all five of the early hangars at Mines Field. | P-26 Peashooter aircraft at rest, Glendale, California, United States, 1930s |
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USS Lawrence in San Diego harbor, California, United States, 1935; photographed from destroyer tender USS Dobbin | USS Saratoga (foreground), USS Langley (center), USS Lexington (background) and other warships off San Pedro, California, United States, 1930s | USS Marblehead underway in San Diego harbor, California, United States, 10 Jan 1935 | USS San Francisco at anchor, off San Pedro, California, United States, 22 Apr 1935 |
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Shark nearly ready for launching at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 20 May 1935 | Shark immediately after launching at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 21 May 1935 | Naval gunners practicing the overhauling of a 7-inch gun, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 3 Jun 1935 | Sailors in coppersmith class, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States, 8 Jun 1935 |
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The five hangars at Mines Field, Inglewood, California, 21 Jun 1935. The runway is 3,500 feet of decomposed granite and oil. | Destroyers Smith and Preston under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 1 Jul 1935 | USS Idaho and USS New Mexico at anchor, Seattle, Washington, United States, Jul-Aug 1935 | Leahy aboard USS West Virginia, Long Beach, California, United States, Sep 1935 |
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USS Houston off San Diego, California, United States in Oct 1935, with US President Franklin Roosevelt on board; note she was flying an admiral's four-star flag at her foremast peak and the Presidential flag at her mainmast peak | Hulls of the Mahan-class destroyers Cassin, left, and Shaw, right, on the ways at Philadelphia Navy Yard 26 Oct 1935 two days before they were both launched. | Harry Hopkins speaking to reporters, 1 Nov 1935 | A-17 aircraft of USAAC 7th Bombardment Group, March Field, Moreno Valley, California, United States, 1930s |