Keywords: USS Markab (AD-21) with destroyers c1944.jpg The U S Navy destroyer tender USS Markab AD-21 in a Pacific anchorage with five destroyers alongside circa 1944 or early 1945 The destroyer closest to Markab is of the round bridge Fletcher-class otherwise unidentified The others are from center to right USS Longshaw DD-559 ; USS Preston DD-795 ; USS Porterfield DD-682 ; and USS Cassin Young DD-793 Wartime censors have retouched the photograph to remove all radar antennas Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-99000/NH-99281 html NH 99281 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command ca 1944-12 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Markab AD-21 USS Longshaw DD-559 USS Porterfield DD-682 USS Cassin Young DD-793 USS Preston DD-795 Pacific War in December 1944 December 1944 photographs |