USS Prairie (AD-15) at Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 17 October 1943 (NH 94747)

The U.S. Navy destroyer tender USS Prairie (AD-15) at Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 17 October 1943. She was preparing to transfer to the Pacific. The ship was commissioned in 1940 with open mounts in number 2 and 3 positions, and splinter protection was soon fitted around all four 5"/38 mounts. Enclosed mounts were substituted and then protective tubs removed after the ship was damaged by a pier fire at Argentia, Newfoundland, in May 1942. Note that she is painted in the seldom used Camouflage Measure 13.