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Photo # NH 105432:  USS America arriving in New York Harbor, 1919

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919;
and U.S. Army Transport America (1919-1920)
-- Views taken in 1919-1920


This page features all the views we have of USS America and U.S. Army Transport America that were taken in 1919 and 1920.

For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919. Originally the German passenger liner Amerika (1905-1917). Later the U.S. Army Transport America (1919-1920), the U.S. passenger liner America (1921-1940) and the U.S. Army Transport Edmund B. Alexander (1940-1957).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 105432

    USS America
    (ID # 3006)

    Arriving in New York Harbor, with her decks crowded with troops returning home from France, 1919.
    Photographed by E. Muller, Jr., New York.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 114KB; 900 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105960

    USS America
    (ID # 3006)

    With a boat alongside, 1919.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102869

    USS America
    (ID # 3006)

    Underway in 1919.

    Courtesy of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105777

    USS America
    (ID # 3006)

    Arriving at an East Coast port at sunrise, bringing New England troops home from France, 1919.
    Note the submarine chaser (left foreground) and other welcoming craft.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 67KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57602

    USS America (ID # 3006)


    Steams up Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, upon arrival from France with troops of the 26th Division on board, 5 April 1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54586

    USS Don Juan de Austria
    (1900-1919), in the foreground

    Leading USS America (ID # 3006) up Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, on 5 April 1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78268

    USAT America
    (U.S. Army Transport)

    Photographed circa 1919. Completed as the German passenger liner Amerika in 1905, she was USS America (ID # 3006) in 1917-1919.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105961

    U.S. Army Transport America

    Previously USS America (ID # 3006)

    In port, circa 1919-1920.
    Note the flag flying from the top of her second mast.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     


    For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919. Originally the German passenger liner Amerika (1905-1917). Later the U.S. Army Transport America (1919-1920), the U.S. passenger liner America (1921-1940) and the U.S. Army Transport Edmund B. Alexander (1940-1957).


    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.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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