USS Bainbridge (DD-246) In New York Harbor, 19 August 1943, with the Manhattan skyline in the right distance.


Note that the ship carries a Hedgehog launcher just aft of her forward 3″/50 gun
The third USS Bainbridge (DD-246) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, who served in the War of 1812 and the First and Second Barbary Wars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bainbridge_(DD-246)

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