# Google Earth Question: What ship is this at Pearl Harbor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743 "2008-12-04T20:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743/1 "2008-12-04T20:56:41Z")
I was checking out Pearl Harbor on Google and came across the moth-ball fleet and what I think is a [cruiser and a destroyer anchored together.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Pearl+Harbor,+Hawaii&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.223579,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=21.378897,-157.986451&spn=0.003562,0.004828&t=h&z=18) My Google-Fu is off today; for the life of me I cannot find which cruiser (assuming I’m right) is sitting there. It looks like the pic was taken in 2008. Bonus points if you find out the destroyer/frigate w it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743/2 "2008-12-04T21:52:41Z")
The cruiser is the USS William H. Standley (DLG/DG-32). The destroyer is the USS Decatur (DD-936/DDG-31). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743/3 "2008-12-04T22:09:38Z")
Sorry, I got distracted and forgot to post the [link](http://wikimapia.org/53838/NISMF-Pearl-Harbor-Pacific-Mothball-Fleet). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743/4 "2008-12-05T00:04:26Z")
What does ‘loch’ mean in that context? Does it come from the Gaelic or Scots word ‘loch’, which would be perfectly cromulent though extremely surprising? You guys have probably heard of ‘Holy Loch’, yeah? ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743/5 "2008-12-05T14:03:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sorry, I got distracted and forgot to post the [link](http://wikimapia.org/53838/NISMF-Pearl-Harbor-Pacific-Mothball-Fleet). Thanks! That was my first look at wikimapia; I’ll be burning a lot of time there. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-question-what-ship-is-this-at-pearl-harbor/475743/6 "2008-12-05T14:36:13Z")
> [@Survey1215](#): > > Thanks! That was my first look at wikimapia; I’ll be burning a lot of time there. Ditto