- Titles Destroyers in Wet Basin, South Kearny, N.J. USS Radnor, Quick and Mervine, from U.S. Navy Ship Series (Proper)
- Artist John Taylor Arms, American, 1887 - 1953
- Medium etching
- Dimensions sheet: 15 1/16 × 21 11/16 in. (38.3 × 55.1 cm) plate: 10 × 17 5/16 in. (25.4 × 44 cm) mat (primary): 16 5/8 × 22 3/8 in. (42.2 × 56.8 cm) mat (secondary): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
- Credit Line Bequest of Miss Lila May Chapman, 1954.14
- Work Type print
- Classification Prints
- Signature Signed and dated in graphite, below plate right: John Taylor Arms 1943
- Marks None
- Inscription Recto, below plate left, in graphite, in artist's hand: III Below plate left, in graphite, in artist's hand: To Miss Lila May Chapman with affectionate regards / John Taylor Arms, 1944 Lower left, in graphite, in different hand: Destroyers outfitting in West Basin, South Kearney, N. J. / U. S. S. Radnor, Quick and Mervine Verso: none
- Provenance John Taylor Arms (1887-1953), 1943; Lila May Chapman (about 1870-1953), Birmingham, Alabama, 1944 [see note 1]; by bequest to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1954
1. Written underneath the platemark in graphite, the artist dedicates 1954.14 to Lila May Chapman. The inscription is dated 1944.