From collection J. E. Perkins Collection
Barnam, Bailey, & Biddle [sic] WWI
Image of torpedo boats USS BAGLEY (TB-24), USS BARNEY (TB-25), and USS BIDDLE (TB-26) fitting out at Bath Iron Works. Visible in image: The three torpedo boats are tied up next to the Bath Iron Works ways without armament and are receiving boat davits, companionway ladders, and other hardware before speed trials. Note numerals chalked on stacks, and the after helm of the boat in center. A mass of logs float in the background, while a large sidewheel steamboat and a three-masted schooner are moored further down river.