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Album S-591, page 8: Views on board USS Edward J. McKeever Jr.

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(Naval History and Heritage Command Photographic Lot # S-591)

Donald R. Cochran's USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) and USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) Photo Album, 1917-1919
-- General Description, Part II: Subject Listings


This page provides a list of subjects seen in Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan photographic collection.

For introductory information on this album, see:

  • Donald R. Cochran's USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) and USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) Photo Album, 1917-1919 -- General Description.

    To quickly locate relevant entries in pages, use "Ctrl-f" to open the "FIND" dialog box (in "Windows" type computers), 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.
    Click on the thumbnails to access larger images of the pages.

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


    SUBJECTS SEEN IN THIS ALBUM (all apparently taken in 1917-1919):

    SHIPS and CRAFT:

  • USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) (views of ship, crew members and activities) -- Pages 1, 2, 6-8, also POSSIBLY Pages 21-22.

  • USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) (views of ship) -- Pages 9 and 11;
    (Views taken on board, showing ship structure & fittings, officers and passengers) -- Pages 12-16, Pages 17, 19-20, 23.

  • USS Anniston (Cruiser # 9, ex-Montgomery) -- Page 9
  • USS Arizona (Battleship # 39) circa 1916-1917 -- Page 26
  • USS Delaware (SP-487) signalman at work -- Page 6
  • USS Georgiana III (SP-83) -- Page 3

  • USS Huron (ID # 1408) -- Pages 9, 11 and 13
  • USS Juniata (SP-602) -- Page 5

  • Submarine Chaser SC-61 -- Page 9
  • Submarine Chasers SC-71, SC-72 and SC-210 -- Page 4
  • USS Stephen W. McKeever Jr. (SP-1169) -- Page 1
  • USS Sybilla III (SP-104) -- Page 3

  • Unidentified three-stack Paulding/Monaghan class destroyer (in camouflage paint) -- Page 4
  • Unidentified submarine chaser under construction -- Page 5
  • Unidentified "menhaden fisherman" type mine sweepers -- Pages 1 and 8
  • U.S. Navy transport (one of the four former minelayers converted for this purpose) -- Page 11

  • Japanese freighter (in camouflage paint) -- Page 9
  • Light ship off the U.S. East Coast (very distant) -- Page 21


    PLACES:

  • Mathis Yacht Building Company yard, Camden, New Jersey -- Page 4
  • Camden, New Jersey waterfront facilities and other locations on Delaware Bay and/or the Delaware River -- Pages 1, 4 and 5
  • Charleston, South Carolina (Navy Yard, Port Terminal waterfront, street scenes) -- Pages 9, 10, 13

  • St. Nazaire, France (harbor, waterfront, Loire River, locks, city scenes) -- Pages 11-12, 14-16 and 17-18


    SHIPS' EQUIPMENT, WEAPONS and ACTIVITIES:

  • Three-pounder Guns (probable type) -- Pages 2 and 8
  • Depth Charge explosions -- Page 21

  • Minesweeping cable winch -- Page 8
  • Life rafts -- 13 and 16
  • Pilot house and ships' bridge scenes -- Pages 6, 13 and 23

  • Signalmen using semaphore flags -- Page 6
  • Officers using sextants -- Page 16
  • Storm at sea in the North Atlantic -- Page 19


    PEOPLE:

  • Donald Robb Cochran (as an enlisted Sailor) -- Page 2 and Page 22
    As a U.S. Navy Officer (Ensign) -- Page 13, Pages 23-26.

  • Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Wallace H. Collins -- Page 16
  • Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Warren C. Du Bois -- Page 20
  • Gilbert (mess boy) -- Page 6
  • Ensign Raymond A. Gore -- Pages 16, 20 and 23

  • Lieutenant John C. Heck -- Page 16
  • Humes (Sailor) -- Page 6
  • Ensign Henry V. Jacobson -- Page 20

  • Lieutenant Thomas Nilsen -- Page 16
  • Commander Stephen C. Rowan -- Page 23
  • Paymaster Frederick S. Sullivan -- Page 12

  • Woman named "Miriam" -- Pages 24 and 25
  • Woman named "Olga" -- Page 24

  • U.S. Army passengers on USS Madawaska -- Pages 12, 16 and 20
  • U.S. Army aviator (identified as "An Ace") on USS Madawaska -- Page 20
  • Women passengers on USS Madawaska -- Page 15


    Click on the linked page numbers to see small pictures ("thumbnails") of those pages.
    Click on the thumbnails to access larger images of the pages.


    For introductory information on this album, see:

  • Donald R. Cochran's USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) and USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) Photo Album, 1917-1919 -- General Description.


    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".


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


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    Page made 17 October 2010
    Minor formatting corrections made 21 October 2010