USS Knight (DMS-40) returns to San Fransisco, 1946
Here we see the Gleaves class destroyer USS Knight (DMS-40/ DD-633) arriving at San Francisco on 5 April 1946, at the end of a tour of duty clearing mines in far eastern waters.
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
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Rickard, J (4 June 2021), USS Knight (DMS-40) returns to San Fransisco, 1946 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_USS_Knight_DMS40_San_Francisco_1946.html
