Name this Naval Vessel

Looks like the RN destroyer Codrington.

 

I can't make out much, but my very first guess is HMS Glowworm. Yep. Glowworm as seen from Hipper. I knew I'd seen that picture before. And I'm still having some computer difficulties, so Kevin, you're welcome to post another.

 

Correct.

Good job.

 

Ok, it's been over a month, time for a kick start.

Double points if you can name this vessel. It had two lives.

 

Fletcher class DD with six 3" 50s in place of 40mms and #3 5" mount. Also has the Mark 56 director aft. Hedgehogs in place of the 40mms each side of mount 52. By the hull number she's no longer in US sevice. We gave quite a few of these to other countries.

 

hmm...two lives as in? sunk twice or served two nations...My guess is the USS Wadleigh

 

Two nations. I'll be kind.

 

The Argentine destroyer Almirante Brown. Ex-USN DD 532 Heermann
Fate Stricken 1982 and scrapped.

 

TA get's it. Such a shame that a survivor of the Battle of Samar was sold, and later scrapped.

 

Name the large auxiliary vessel in this picture:

 

I didn't know the California was an auxiliary.....

But yes, ABSD 1 Artisan...

 

Omaha class cruiser, say Marblehead after bomb damage in early 1942, Dutch East Indies.

One of many oddities on this class, the 6" turrets were actually a late addition to the design. One consequence was that the large overhang visible at the rear, left of photo, extended over the side when trained abeam, making it subject to water damage.

On the plus side, I believe they were first ships to feature alternating boiler and engine rooms. Definitely among the first.

p.s. if correct I will be passing on my opportunity to post a new photo

 

White Ensign, large caliber side turrets, no secondary battery = HMS Dreadnought ?

 

I think TOS has it right. One other distinguishing feature is the tripod mast placed behind the forward funnel. This photo illustrates how that was a handy position for the booms which handled the ship's boats, but it had the disadvantage that the foretop spotting postion was often rendered uninhabitable by smoke. This was corrected in the followon classes, but the arrangement recurred in some later ships like the Orion class. It was particularly significant when they introduced director control, with the entire main armament controlled from the top.

 

TOS is correct.