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U.S.S. STANSBURY DD-180 ORIGINAL SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPH 1945 SAN DIEGO WW 2
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ORIGINAL AS AHOWN8X10
Stansbury
served with the
Pacific Fleet
for over two years during which time she received the designation DD-180. On 27 May 1922, she was
decommissioned
and berthed at
San Diego
. She remained inactive for more than 12 years, but the onset of
World War II
in September 1939 necessitated her reactivation along with that of many of her
sister ships
. Accordingly,
Stansbury
was recommissioned at San Diego on 29 August 1940,
Lieutenant Commander
R. N. McFarlane
in command. From there, she moved to the
Mare Island Navy Yard
to begin her conversion to a high-speed
minesweeper
. In October, she proceeded to
Norfolk, Virginia
, where the conversion was completed. On 19 November, she was redesignated a
destroyer
minesweeper, DMS-8.