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Album S-583 page 39: Two views taken on board USS Scranton, 1919

Online Library of Selected Images -- Photo Albums

USS Scranton (ID # 3511) Photo Album --
General Description, Part II: Subject Listings


This page provides a list of subjects seen in USS Scranton's 1919 photographic album.

For introductory information on this album, see:
USS Scranton (ID # 3511) Photo Album -- General Description.

To quickly locate relevant entries in pages, use "Ctrl-f" to open the "FIND" dialog box, type in the subject word(s) you want and click "find next".

Click on the linked page numbers to see small pictures ("thumbnails") of those pages.
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


SUBJECTS SEEN IN THIS ALBUM:

USS SCRANTON (ID # 3511):

  • Views of the ship: Frontispiece, Page 1, Page 2a, Page 3; Page 8 and Page 29

  • Views on board the ship:
    -- Looking forward from the foremast -- Page 3a; Page 39 (these are identical images)
    -- Looking forward from the mainmast -- Page 2 & Page 3; Page 36 (same as Page 3 image)
    -- Looking aft from the mainmast -- Page 3a; Page 39
    -- Looking aft from on deck -- Page 27
    -- Emergency Rudder -- Page 34
    -- Boats -- Page 12, Page 34 and Page 37
    -- Atlantic seascapes -- Page 11 and Page 32

  • Ship's Officers and Crew -- posed groups and activities:
    -- LCdr Robert M. Tapley, USNRF, Commanding Officer (probably) -- Page 1
    -- Officers in ward room -- Page 4
    -- Radio Room -- Page 6
    -- Engine Room and Refrigeration Plant -- Page 5a
    -- Deck Force coiling line & operating winches -- Page 30
    -- Medical Staff -- Page 4, Page 4a
    -- Canteen, Pay Office & Provisions Store Room -- Page 5, Page 6
    -- Commissary Staff, Galley Force and Bakers -- Page 8, Page 31 and Page 38
    -- Men relaxing on deck -- Page 3a
    -- Seasick Sailor (probably) -- Page 37
    -- "Survivors" (possibly of a boat accident on 28 March 1919) -- Page 12

  • Ship's Activities:
    -- Troops boarding the ship -- Page 2a, Page 15 and Page 28
    -- Steering or machinery casualty at sea, and boat accident, circa 28 March 1919 --
    Page 12, Page 13, Page 20, Page 27, Page 34, Page 36 and Page 37


    PLACES:

  • New York City and New York Harbor area:
    -- Skyscrapers, seen from Woolworth Building: Page 10
    -- Shipping in New York Harbor: Page 7, Page 9, Page 10, Page 21, Page 23 and Page 35
    -- Statue of Liberty: Page 7
    -- Bush Terminal: Page 33
    -- Hoboken Yards (across Hudson River from New York City): Page 9
    -- Morse Dry Docks: Page 33
    -- Unidentified dry dock facility: Page 3, Page 8

  • Scenes in Western France:
    -- Bassens: Page 28 and Page 29
    -- Bay of Biscay: Page 20, Page 25
    -- Farm house near Bordeaux: Page 17
    -- Scenes along the Gironde River: Page 14, Page 16 and Page 17
    -- Factories at Paulliac: Page 22
    -- St. Nazaire harbor (aerial photo): Page 25
    -- Undentified Port and River scenes: Page 2a, Page 15, Page 23 and Page 24


    OTHER SHIPS:

  • U.S. Navy Warships:
    -- Battleship Delaware or North Dakota: Page 10
    -- Battleship Pennsylvania or Arizona: Page 21
    -- Armored Cruiser Seattle: Page 21
    -- Minesweeper Penguin: Page 13, Page 27

  • U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships:
    -- Cargo ship El Sol (ID # 4505): Page 12, Page 13, Page 20, and Page 36
    -- Transport Graf Waldersee (ID # 4040): Page 19
    -- Transport Great Northern: Page 18
    -- Transport Henderson: Page 18
    -- Transport Leviathan (ID # 1326): Page 26
    -- Transport Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (ID # 4063): Page 26
    -- Transport Sierra (ID # 1634): Page 20
    -- Transport Walter A. Luckenbach (ID # 3171): Page 23
    -- Unidentified U.S. Navy troop transports: Page 23 and Page 29

  • Civilian Ships:
    -- Passenger liner marked "Belgian Relief": Page 19
    -- Camouflaged freighters: Page 9 and Page 33
    -- Unidentified sunken ship: Page 35
    -- Ferry boats: Page 9 and Page 35
    -- Harbor tug C.P. Raymo_?_: Page 9
    -- Unidentified harbor tugs: Page 23 and Page 26
    -- Large schooner: Page 9
    -- Railway car float: Page 7
    -- French dredge: Page 24
    -- French yawl-rigged fishing vessels: Page 24, Page 25


    MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS:

    -- U.S. Navy blimp (seen distantly): Page 35
    -- Mule, mascot of the 82nd Division: Page 28 .


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


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