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Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 --
Scenes on board Ships

This page features views of nurses on board ships during the World War I era.

For more images of Nurses and the United States Navy during the World War I era, see:

  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919;
  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 -- Group Photographs;
  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 -- Scenes in Nurses' Quarters;
  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 -- Nurses' Uniforms;

    For additional pictorial coverage on Nurses and the United States Navy, see:

  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    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 100645

    USS George Washington (ID # 3018)


    Officers, nurses and men of the transport's Medical Department, circa 1918-19.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 690 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: 111-SC-47436

    U.S. Navy Nurses


    On board the transport USS George Washington, December 1918.
    The collars of their coat-capes bear the leaf, acorn and anchor insignia of the Navy Nurse Corps.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 78KB; 580 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 82963

    USS Pocahontas (ID# 3044)


    Nurses and ship's officers, photographed while the transport was en route to France during World War I.
    Headgear indicates that the four women at right are U.S. Army Nurses.

    Donated by the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51406

    USS Leviathan (ID # 1326)


    Nurses aboard the transport pose in rubber survival suits, during a World War I Atlantic crossing.
    The Navy officer with them is wearing a life vest.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 600 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105027

    Ensign Edward D. Porges, USN


    Poses with a nurse on board USS Patricia, circa May-June 1919.
    Ensign Porges was one of the ship's officers, while the nurse was a passenger.

    Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104684

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Ship's Officers and Crew pose on her foredeck, at Hoboken, New Jersey, 14 July 1919.
    Panoramic photograph by Hughes & Estabrook, 251 West 42nd Street, New York City.
    The ship's Commanding Officer, seated in the front row immediately to the right of the anchor chain in center, is Captain Edward H. Durell, USN.
    Seven nurses are present in the second row, to left and right of the center.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 221KB; 1200 x 560 pixels

     

    For more images of Nurses and the United States Navy during the World War I era, see:

  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919;
  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 -- Group Photographs;
  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 -- Scenes in Nurses' Quarters;
  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1919 -- Nurses' Uniforms;

    For additional pictorial coverage on Nurses and the United States Navy, see:

  • Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    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 2 April 2000
    New image added 12 September 2007