This page features miscellaneous images related to USS America (ID-3006).
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Photo #: NH 104239-KN (color) USS America (ID # 3006) Troop Billet Ticket, used circa 1917-1919, while the ship was transporting service personnel between the United States and Europe. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 80KB; 405 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 82951 "The Original U.S. Troop Transports" Chart compiled 16 August 1919, showing the number of trans-Atlantic "turn arounds" and their average duration for thirty seven U.S. Navy troop transports employed during and immediately after World War I. Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 157KB; 690 x 655 pixels Click here to rotate chart 90 degrees clockwise |
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The following images show a postcard that was mailed by a man who may have been a passenger on USS America in August 1919:
Photo #: NH 105778-KN (color) YMCA Postcard for Returning Troops Front side of a card provided to Soldiers and Sailors for use in reporting their arrival in the United States from Europe. This example, postmarked Hoboken, New Jersey, 14 August 1919, was sent to his family by Richard McLaughlin. He may have been a passenger on USS America (ID # 3006), as this card was obtained with Photo # NH 105777, which is a photograph of that ship. The reverse side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 105778-A-KN. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 105778-A-KN (color) YMCA Postcard for Returning Troops Reverse side of a card provided to Soldiers and Sailors for use in reporting their arrival in the United States from Europe. This example, postmarked Hoboken, New Jersey, 14 August 1919, was sent to his family by Richard McLaughlin. He may have been a passenger on USS America (ID # 3006), as this card was obtained with Photo # NH 105777, which is a photograph of that ship. The front side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 105778-KN. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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Page made 19 December 2009