Durazzo bombardment

 On 2 October 1918, eleven submarine chasers took part in the Durazzo engagement, the one major offensive of the US Navy in WWI, in which the enemy submarine base at Durazzo, Albania (Durres) was destroyed. The story of the Durazzo engagement has been covered by a number of sources, including several of the contemporaneously published books on the subchasers such as United States Submarine Chasers, by Hilary Chambers.

Photos: G. S. Dole Collection; photos from David Imisson, whose grandfather was a Royal Navy submariner in WWI; and photos from Joe Brier, son of SC 179 crewman Charles I. Brier.

Photo Set - click to view large versions: 

Durazzo Harbor, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Durazzo Harbor: Ships in the harbor, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Durazzo Harbor: Ships in the harbor, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Italian destroyers during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Coming into firing range. The Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
War Ship Firing at Durazzo. Collection of David Imisson.
Firing, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Firing, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Firing, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
Firing, during the Durazzo engagement of 2 October 1918. G.S. Dole Collection.
HMS Weymouth, torpedoed by a submarine. Shown in Brindisi harbor following the engagement. G.S. Dole Collection.
Steaming ahead at Durazzo. Collection of Joe Brier
Firing on Durazzo. Collection of Joe Brier
Firing on Durazzo. Collection of Joe Brier