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Yeoman 2nd Class (F) Mabel Nora Croft, USNRF (in service, 1918-19).
Later, Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham

Mabel Nora Croft enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in September 1918. She served during and after the First World War with two other Yeomen (F) who had joined the Navy with her, Cora Dell Croft and Frances Gormley, at the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C. Mabel Croft received her formal discharge from the Naval service at New Orleans on 20 December 1920.

This page features photographs of Yeoman (F) Mabel Nora Croft and provides links to other views relevant to her Navy service.

For other pictures of Mabel Nora Croft, see: Yeoman 2nd Class Mabel Nora Croft, USNRF -- Part II


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 65583

Yeoman 2nd Class (F) Mabel Nora Croft, USNRF


Portrait photograph in uniform, with hat, circa 1918-19.
She enlisted at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 16 September 1918 and was discharged on 20 December 1920.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65584

Yeoman 2nd Class (F) Mabel Nora Croft, USNRF


Portrait photograph in uniform, uncovered, circa 1918-19.
She enlisted at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 16 September 1918, initially in the rating of Yeoman 3rd Class (F) and was discharged on 20 December 1920.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 66KB; 500 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65567

Yeoman (F) Mabel Croft, USNRF


Photographed in March 1919.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 450 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65805

Yeoman (F) Mabel Nora Croft
(seated) and
Yeoman (F) Frances Gormley (standing)

Photographed circa 1918.
Their beret-style hats appear to be standard Navy enlisted "flat hats" with the grommets removed.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 43KB; 410 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65571

Yeomen (F) Cora Dell Croft, Mabel Nora Croft and Frances Gormley
(listed left to right)

Standing near the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., December 1918.
They enlisted in the Navy on the same day, spent their entire service time together and were discharged at the same time.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 470 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65570

Yeoman (F) Mabel N. Croft
(left)

On board the steamer Charles McAllester, bound from Washington, D.C., to Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1918.
Note her beret-type hat, with "U.S. Navy" ribbon.

Courtesy of Mrs. Mabel Croft Graham, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 

For other pictures of Mabel Nora Croft, see: Yeoman 2nd Class Mabel Nora Croft, USNRF -- Part II


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


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5 May 2000