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Photo # NH 46217:  Waves pound USS Memphis' wreck, after it had been stripped of guns and equipment

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1910s -- 1916

Loss of USS Memphis, 29 August 1916 --
Views of the Wreck taken in 1917 and Later


This page features all the views we have of USS Memphis' wreck in 1917 and afterwards.

For other views related to the loss of USS Memphis, see:

  • Loss of USS Memphis, 29 August 1916.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 46217

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    The ship's beached hulk is pounded by waves at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, many months after she was washed ashore by tidal waves on 29 August 1916.
    The ship had been stripped of guns and equipment by the time of this photograph.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49912

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in July 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49915

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in August 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49910

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, circa mid-1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.
    Note that the rear of her forward turret is missing, facilitating removal of its two ten-inch guns.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49909

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in July 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.
    Note walkway on cables leading from shore to the ship's boat deck and chute running out from theafter port main deck six-inch gun casemate.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49911

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 30 July 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49908

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, circa mid-1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of topside gear, guns and other supplies and equipment.
    Note walkway on cables leading from shore to the ship's boat deck.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49913

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View on the ship's after deck, looking forward, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 30 July 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.
    Note the after ten-inch gun turret, with guns removed, in the center of the photograph.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 49914

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    View on the ship's boat deck, looking forward on the port side, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in August 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment.
    Note the port boat crane in the center of the photograph.

    Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99950

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Ship's stripped hulk at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where she was wrecked by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916. Photographed in early 1919.

    Collection of George K. Beach, who was serving in USS SC-331 when this photograph was taken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59922

    USS Memphis
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in February 1929.
    She had been stranded by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916. Though her wreck had been sold years before this photograph was taken, not made much progress had been made in breaking her up.
    Photographed by the U.S. Minister to the Dominican Republic.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of the wreck of USS Memphis, taken after it had been stripped of guns and equipment. The following list features this image:

    The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • Photo #: 80-G-1025898
    Wreck of USS Memphis at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, circa 1917 or later, showing the ship after the removal of her guns.
    Port quarter surface view, with the title "U.S.S. Memphis on the Rocks, Santo Domingo, R.D." hand-written on the image's lower portion.

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • For other views related to the loss of USS Memphis, see:

  • Loss of USS Memphis, 29 August 1916.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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