#USS Zeilin

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USS WOOD (DD-317), USS LA VALLETTE (DD-315), USS SHIRK (DD-318) and USS ZEILIN (DD-313) on maneuvers, laying down an intermittent smoke screen off San Pedro, California. USS TEXAS (BB-35), USS NEW YORK (BB-34) and USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37) were involved in the exercise

Photographed from USS IDAHO (BB-42) on January 11, 1928.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 109938, NH 109906

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Navy Gunner's Mates on board the USS Zeilin loading ammunition into M2 Browning Machine Guns for anti-aircraft purposes for the Battle of Tarawa. The USS Zeilin (Picture 2) acted as a transport ship during World War II, and carried Marines to the Battle of Tarawa. It was named after the seventh commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Jacob Zeilin. #HistoryQuickie #HistoriansUnion #History #HistoryMade #Historian #WorldWarII #WWII #WorldWar2 #WW2 #PacificWar #PacificTheatre #UnitedStates #US #Navy #USSZeilin #Zeilin #M2Browing #Browning #MachingGun #AntiAircraft #TheyShallNotGrowOld https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgK2ZTnNfM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ee7ho5yln7x7

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A Ship A Day: 13 MARCH 2017 Edition (3/13)

USS Zeilin (DD 313)

Photo: NHHC Photo # NH 917

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USS ZEILIN (DD-313) and plane dropping torpedo at the same time.

Photographed in 1936.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 917