Identified as destroyers. Probable identification: (first from right) Lofberg (DD-759) was laid down 4 November 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif; launched 12 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. G. B. Lofberg, Jr., widow of Lieutenant Commander Lofberg, and commissioned 26 April 1945, Comdr. R. O. Beer in command. After shakedown, Lofberg departed the west coast for the war zone. Since the formal surrender of Japan occurred almost 6 weeks before she arrived Tokyo Bay, 13 October, this trim fighting ship turned to occupation duty. First came the clearing of mines from Japanese harbors, then a series of shuttle runs between Okinawa and Shanghai, and finally her return to San Francisco 28 March 1946 with a group of marines embarked at Tsingtao, China. Lofberg was now temporarily assigned to the 3d Reserve Fleet During the next year she restricted her sailing to short 2-week coastal cruises to train Naval Reserves. On 1 July 1947 Lofberg resumed operations with the Pacific Fleet as flagship for DesRon 7. (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lofberg.html) (second from left) John R. Pierce (DD-753) was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., 24 March 1944, launched 1 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Taylor Pierce, widow of Lt. Comdr. Pierce, and commissioned 30 December 1944 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Comdr. C. R. Simmers in command. Following shakedown off Bermuda, John R. Pierce operated out of Norfolk during the spring of 1945, training destroyer crews and conducting ASW patrols along the eastern seaboard. She sailed 17 June for duty in the Pacific, arrived Pearl Harbor 6 July. Departing 12 August as escort for a carrier-cruiser striking force sent to attack Wake Island, she was ordered to cease offensive operations on the 15th. She then proceeded via Eniwetok to Japan and arrived Wakayama, Honshu, 15 September as escort for a convoy of occupation troops. For the next 3 months she operated in the Japanese Inland Sea, covering occupation landings and assisting in the liberation of Allied POWs. She sailed 21 December from Kure, Honshu, to Shanghai, China, to support the Chinese Nationalists in their struggle with the Communists for control of the mainland. She also conducted the North China Omnibus Courier Run between China and Korea until 6 March 1946, when she departed Tsingtao, China, for the United States. Arriving San Francisco 27 March, she deactivated 16 September. John R. Pierce then sailed for San Diego 17 January 1947, decommissioned 24 January and entered the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, 1 May. (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/john-r-pierce-dd-753.html) (third from left) This ship cannot be identified. The number appears to be 247, but the destroyer with that number, the Goff, is not listed as ever having served in the Pacific.