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Here we see the Clemson class destroyer USS Satterlee (DD-190) in an unknown port, c.1920-22. This was clearly a safe port, and the picture was taken on laundry day, with some of the cloths drying on the ship.
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.
