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Photo # NH 103833:  Signal boys and Quartermasters of USS Yorktown, Abraham DeSomer among them, 1902

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Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN (Retired), (1884-1974) --
Group Photographs and Miscellaneous Images


This page features selected group photographs and miscellaneous images concerning Abraham DeSomer

For other photographs concerning Abraham DeSomer, see:

  • Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN (Retired), (1884-1874).


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    Photo #: NH 103833

    USS Yorktown
    (Gunboat # 1)

    Ship's signal boys and Quartermasters, 1902
    Abraham DeSomer is sitting at the left in the bottom row.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.. S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81899

    USS Monadnock
    (Monitor # 3)

    Ship's crew in 1903. Among them is Abraham DeSomer.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82100

    USS Monadnock
    (Monitor # 3)

    Crew posing with 10" guns, right after target practice in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa March-April 1905. Note the "Clean Sweep" banner.
    Man holding it on the left is Abraham DeSomer

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103835

    USS Utah
    (Battleship # 31)

    Number One Turret's crew posing under their turret's 12"/45 guns in 1913.
    Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer seated at right in the center of the front row. To his right is the Turret Officer, Ensign Arthur S. Carpender.
    DeSomer received the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism" during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22 April 1914.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103836

    USS Utah
    (Battleship # 31)

    Chief Petty Officers, photographed on board the ship at Vera Cruz, Mexico in May 1914.
    Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, bottom row right, received the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism" during the seizure of Vera Cruz on 21 and 22 April 1914.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103839

    USS California
    (BB-44)

    Officers pose with silent-film actress Dorothy DeVore, on board the ship at San Pedro, California, 1925.
    Lieutenant Abraham DeSomer is third from right.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81897

    Lieutenant Abraham DeSomer, USN


    Being surrounded by a flowered ring held by his fellow officers at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during his retirement ceremonies in September 1931. He was completing over thirty years' continuous service.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104054

    Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN (Retired)


    Shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy at the White House, Washington, D.C., during ceremonies commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Medal of Honor, 2 June 1962.
    DeSomer had been awarded the Medla of Honor for heroism during the April 1914 Vera Cruz operation.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104055-KN (color)

    Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, USN

    Memorandum of 13 June 1914, signed by Secretary of the Navy Josepheus Daniels, awarding DeSomer the Medal of Honor for his"extraordinary heroism" during the intervention at Vera Cruz,Mexico, 21-22 April 1914.
    Chief Turret Captain DeSomer was then serving in USS Utah (Battleship # 31).

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Courtesy of Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 575 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103843

    U.S. Navy Medal of Honor


    Reverse of Medal of Honor awarded to Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer for "extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession" during the intervention at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22 April 1914.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 36KB; 580 x 765 pixels

     


    For other photographs concerning Abraham DeSomer, see:

  • Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN (Retired), (1884-1874).

    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 13 June 2006
    New images added 13 December 2006