1940 Hand Painted HULA Scrapbook, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor

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1940 Hand made and hand painted Hula Scrapbook from a sailor on the Destroyer, the U.S.S. Dale stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii right before WWII. The cover is hand painted oil on masonite with a koa wood spline, back cover is plain with twine binding the pages in. The photos are are a mixed group of the sailors in Pearl Harbor and visiting Hawaii, doing what sailors do... peeling potatoes, relaxing, drawing, catching a big shark, posing on a gun barrel, wash day, their hangouts and a some scenics around Hawaii as well as some views of Pearl Harbor circa 1940.. The YMCA, Black Cat, Aunty with pineapple, other destroyers, a carrier and some of the pictures are hand tinted including some of Pearl Harbor. Some nice tourist shots of Honolulu. ALBUM SIZE: 10 inches wide X 12" Tall.... CONDITION: Album very nice hand paining on cover some slight scruffing but overall nice color and VG condition. Photos are clean almost all can be removed from holders without damaging. Most are 4-5 wide X 3.5 and 2-3/4 inches X 2 inches. Approx: 60 plus photos and a few cards. ...... Always looking for Hawaiian Surfing images, Trade or Buy! Listing lots of stuff this week, please look! Aloha ke Akua..................... I recommend you purchase insurance or tracking as we have had things get lost in the mail.... ............................................ ...... History on the USS Dale which was in Pearl Harbor during the attack. The fourth USS Dale (DD-353) was Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Richard Dale.Dale launched 23 January 1935 by Brooklyn Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. E. C. Dale; and commissioned 17 June 1935, Commander W. A. Corn in command.Dale made a southern cruise from 13 February to 6 March 1936, visiting Norfolk, Dry Tortugas, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, and acted as escort for President F. D. Roosevelt's cruise in the Bahamas before departing for the west coast. She took part in fleet problems, made a good will visit to Callao, Peru, served as training ship for the gunnery school at San Diego, and cruised to Hawaii, Alaska, and the Caribbean on exercises. On 5 October 1939 Dale departed San Diego to join the Hawaiian Detachment for training and patrol. She was moored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked 7 December 1941. The duty officer (an ensign) got her underway immediately to establish a patrol off the harbor entrance. She opened fire on the enemy planes, splashing at least one. From 14 December 1941 to 17 March 1942 Dale screened Lexington and Yorktown, covering the strikes on the Salamaua-Lae area of New Guinea on 10 March. Dale returned to Pearl Harbor on escort and training duty until 11 May when she departed for Mare Island and an overhaul. On 5 June she sailed from San Francisco, with others, to back up the task forces engaged in the Battle of Midway from 6 July to 17 August. She was assigned to convoy duty between Viti Levu, Fijis, and Efate and Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in preparation for the assault on Guadalcanal. She covered the landings, escorted transports loaded with reinforcements to the bitterly contested island from 18 August to 21 September, then sailed to Pearl Harbor for escort and training duty until 10 November. She sailed to screen battleships Washington and South Dakota into Pearl Harbor, continuing with South Dakota to San Francisco. On 9 January 1943 Dale sailed from San Francisco for duty in Aleutian waters. She supported the occupation of Amchitka between 23 January and 19 March, patrolling and repelling attacks by the Japanese. On 22 March her group sailed to patrol west of Attu to intercept and destroy enemy shipping bound for Attu or Kiska. Four days later the group engaged a numerically superior Japanese force screening reinforcements to Attu. In the resulting Battle of the Komandorski Islands, at one time or another Dale took all of the Japanese cruisers under fire as well as screening the damaged Salt Lake City. The Japanese reinforcements failed to reach Attu. She screened transports and fire support ships into Attu for... read more

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