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Photo # NH 105491:  USS Texan in port, 1919

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USS Texan (ID # 1354), 1918-1919

USS Texan, a 8615 gross ton cargo ship and troop transport, was built at Camden, New Jersey, in 1902 as S.S. Texan. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in March 1918 and placed in commission as USS Texan (ID # 1354). Initially assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service as a cargo ship, she made three round-trip voyages to France during the remaining months of World War I and another soon after the 11 November Armistice. Beginning in January 1919 Texan was converted to a troop transport and used to bring American veterans home from the former European war zone. She was decommissioned in August 1919 and turned over to the U.S. Shipping Board for return to her owners, the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. S.S. Texan was sunk off Cuba on 11 March 1942 by the German submarine U-126.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS Texan (ID # 1354).

For more images related to this ship, see:

  • S.S. Texan (American Freighter, 1902).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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

    Photo #: NH 105491

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    In port, 1919.
    Photographed by Gorodess.
    This image is one of a group of views from the collection of a serviceman who apparently returned to the United States in USS Texan.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 900 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104077

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    Arriving at Newport News, Virginia, with troops brought home from France, 1919.
    The tug Britannia is at left.
    Panoramic photograph by the Ralph W. Dickinson Photo Co., Newport News, Virginia.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 1200 x 345 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105516

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    At Newport News, Virginia, with her decks crowded with troops arriving home from France, 1919.
    Panoramic photograph by the White (? -- name is only partially legible) Studio, Newport News.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 95KB; 2000 x 385 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 107059

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    Homeward-bound troops boarding the ship at St. Nazaire, France, 1919.
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 900 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103931

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    Troops and Sailors on deck amidships, while she was employed bringing servicemen home from Europe, 1919.
    The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104606

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    View amidships, showing the ship's pilothouse and starboard bridge wing, 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104607

    USS Texan
    (ID # 1354)

    Ship's officers, circa 1918-1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105486-KN (color)

    USS Texan (ID # 1354)

    Front side of a Troop Billet card, issued in May 1919 to troops embarked on Texan for passage home from France.
    This image is one of a group of items from the collection of a serviceman who apparently returned to the United States in USS Texan.
    See Photo # NH 105486-A-KN for the reverse side of this card.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105486-A-KN (color)

    USS Texan (ID # 1354)

    Reverse side of a Troop Billet card, issued in May 1919 to troops embarked on Texan for passage home from France.
    This image is one of a group of items from the collection of a serviceman who apparently returned to the United States in USS Texan.
    See Photo # NH 105486-KN for the reverse side of this card.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104078-KN (color)

    Jewish Welfare Board Post Card for Returning Troops, 1919

    Front side of a card used by returning troops to report their arrival in the United States from Europe. This example was sent on 6 August 1919, reporting the arrival of a member of the 34th Engineer Regiment at Norfolk, Virginia, on USS Texan (ID # 1354). It was mailed to his mother, Mrs. Arthur Dean of Nevada, Iowa.
    The reverse side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 104078-A-KN.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104078-A-KN (color)

    Jewish Welfare Board Post Card for Returning Troops, 1919

    Reverse side of a card used by returning troops to report their arrival in the United States from Europe. This example was sent on 6 August 1919, reporting the arrival of a member of the 34th Engineer Regiment at Norfolk, Virginia, on USS Texan (ID # 1354). It was mailed to his mother, Mrs. Arthur Dean of Nevada, Iowa.
    The front side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 104078-KN.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     


    Related views: Photo #s NH 105487, NH 105488, NH 105489 and NH 105490 are images from the collection of a serviceman who apparently returned to the United States in USS Texan. Three of these views show groups of U.S. Soldiers in a French city. The other is of the waterfront of a southern European city, possibly on the French Mediterranean coast. All were taken circa 1918-1919.


    For more images related to this ship, see:

  • S.S. Texan (American Freighter, 1902).


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    New image added 26 December 2010