The Coast Guard destroyer BEALE under way at sea. — Open the full imageJPG, 1600 × 1301 px, 0.3 MB

Coast Guard destroyer BEALE on patrol for rum-running vessels (12 March 1925)

National Archives Coast Guard photograph: per the catalog, the Coast Guard destroyer BEALE on patrol searching for rum-running vessels in the Atlantic. The record names the vessel only.

Date: 1925-03-12
Kind: photograph
Source: National Archives Catalog
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
NAID: 205590847
Rights: The National Archives catalog lists this item's Use Restriction status as "Unrestricted." Federal records are public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

The National Archives catalog titles this photograph “Coast Guard Destroyer BEALE” and describes the vessel on patrol searching for rum-running vessels in the Atlantic. The record names the vessel only: no crew, location or captured vessel is identified. Local identifier 26-G-03-12-25.

The item is in Record Group 26 (U.S. Coast Guard), series Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities, file unit “Prohibition Era 1924; Radio; Regattas & Parades; Refugees”. The Coast Guard Historian’s article filed here says refurbished Navy destroyers entered Coast Guard service in 1924.

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