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Online Library of Selected Images -- Photo Albums --
(Naval History and Heritage Command Photographic Lot # S-586)

Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan (ID # 3013) Photo Collection
-- Pages 1-9


This page provides textual information, thumbnail images, and links to larger images of pages 1-9 of Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan photo collection.

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  • Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan (ID # 3013) Photo Collection -- General Description.

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    S-586, Page 1:
  • Upper left photo: USS Powhatan in "dazzle" camouflage, circa 1918. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106331
  • Lower left photo: USS Powhatan arriving at Charleston, S.C., 10 April 1919. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106332

  • Upper right photo: Commercial letterpress postcard with a half tone image of USS Powhatan in 1919. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106333
  • Lower right photo: USS Powhatan at Pauillac, France in 1919. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106334
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    S-586, Page 2:
  • Upper left photo: USS Powhatan at St. Nazaire, France in May 1919. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106335
  • Lower left photo: USS Martha Washington underway in 1919. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106336

  • Upper right photo: USS Leviathan in New York Harbor, 1919. Ferry steamer Prince is in the left foreground.
  • Lower right: Blank space
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    S-586, Page 3:
  • Upper left photo: USS Powhatan in dry dock at Newport News, Virginia, 1919, showing her starboard propeller and rudder. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106337
  • Lower left photo: USS Powhatan in dry dock, with her port propeller shaft pulled out Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106338

  • Upper right photo: View in dry dock at Newport News, Virginia, 1919. Probably taken from on board USS Powhatan.
  • Lower right photo: "Battle ship leaving for sea from Hampton Roads, Va.", 1919. Probably taken from on board USS Powhatan.
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    S-586, Page 4:
  • Upper left photo: Crew members on board USS Powhatan, 1919. Written on the reverse: "Taken on more than a deep six". This card, and that below, are postmarked "Recd from Army, Bordeaux, Feb 15 1919".
  • Lower left photo: Same image as above, but somewhat lighter exposure and cropped slightly differently. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106339

  • Upper right photo: One of USS Powhatan's officers standing on a gangway, 1919, with troops and crew members beyond him. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106340
  • Lower right photo: USS Powhatan crew members with a mascot dog, 1919.
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    S-586, Page 5:
  • Upper left photo: Crew members on board USS Powhatan, 1919.
  • Lower left photo: Powhatan crew members standing by the ship's rail, 1919. Written on the reverse: "This was taken while we were in Charleston, R.H.H.". The card is postmarked 5 May 1919.

  • Upper right photo: Scene on USS Powhatan's promenade deck, 1919
  • Lower right photo: USS Powhatan crew members on her after superstructure, 1919.
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    S-586, Page 6:
  • Upper left photo: Two Sailors on board USS Powhatan, 1919. Note belaying pin rack on the mast at right.
  • Lower left photo: Three views of USS Powhatan mascots, including two dogs (possibly the same one) and a cat, 1919.

  • Upper right photo: Five crew members on board USS Powhatan, 1919. They are identified as: Burgess, Muller, Sparkowski, Jenson and Maresca. Note: For an individual greyscale reproduction of this image, see Photo # NH 106341
  • Lower right photos:
    Left -- Sailors resting on one of USS Powhatan's life rafts, 1919. Some of them are identified (on the reverse of the original print) as Ketcham, Hough, Muller and Nyzynski, of the ship's "C & R Division".
    Right -- Robert H. Helm on board USS Powhatan, June 1919.
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    S-586, Page 7:
  • Upper left photo: Sailors Jenson and Sparkowski on board USS Powhatan.
  • Lower left photo: Three USS Powhatan crew members with a mascot puppy, 1919.

  • Upper right photo: Sailors George F. Muller and Leo Lucas on board USS Powhatan.
  • Lower right photo: Chief Petty Officers Cook and Bryceland on board USS Powhatan.
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    S-586, Page 8:
  • Upper left photo: USS Powhatan Sailor A.S. Jenson ashore with a cat. Note the Victory Liberty Loan poster in the background.
  • Lower left photo: USS Powhatan crew member S.W. Moury (in working dungarees) on board the ship, 1919.

  • Upper right photo: Two Soldiers on board USS Powhatan, 1919. Written on the reverse: "Eddie Ruch (or 'Kuch'). Water man. Saint Nazaire, France".
  • Lower right photo: USS Powhatan crew member S.W. Moury, Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, (in "Whites") on board the ship, 1919.
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    S-586, Page 9:
  • Upper left photo: Chief Carpenter's Mate and other enlisted members of USS Powhatan's "C & R Division", 1919.
  • Lower left photo: Different view of the same group as above.

  • Upper right photo: USS Powhatan Sailors sitting on deck.
  • Lower right photo: Wrestling match between Soldiers on board USS Powhatan, 1919.
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    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.

  • If reproduced, images featured on these pages should be credited to the "U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command".


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