photo courtesy Bill Cook, ET2 USS Tidewater 62-65

his photo shows two destroyers tied up alongside at D & S Piers, Norfolk, VA in 1964. The hull numbers are clearly visible - anyone know who they are?

After doing some research on this, Bob Hall sent us this e-mail:

The two ships you wanted identified are USS Hoel DDG 13, and the DDG25 which was actually built for the Austrailian Navy in Bay City, MI. It must have been alongside before it was released to Austrailia and renamed HMAS Perth D-38. NOTE: Both ships were built at the same shipyard.

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