File:USS Purdy (DD-734) underway in Narragansett Bay in 1971.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Purdy (DD-734) underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (USA), on 24 October 1971. Note that Purdy received almost no modification. She is still equipped with the SPS-6 radar and is armed with hedehogs and carries a depth charge rack aft. The only modern armament are two Mark 32 torpedo lauchers amidships. Purdy trained naval reservists and served in that role until 1973.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 107140 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author PHC Frederick W. Gotauco, U.S. Navy

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