80 years ago today, on 27 February 1945, the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) was seen in a series of period Kodachromes during a very wet replenishment near Japan alongside the fast battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64).
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How about the great view of the twin torpedo turnstiles. 80-G-K-3265
Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. Halsey Powell, widow of the late Captain Halsey Powell (USNA 1904); and commissioned on 25 October 1943, our destroyer still had enough time left in World War II to earn seven battle stars in the Pacific from the Marshall Islands to Okinawa– including sinking a Japanese submarine.
After picking up another two battle stars for Korean service, she ultimately transferred in 1968 to join the South Korean Navy as ROKS Seoul (DD-912), serving until 1982.