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Photo # NH 104239-KN:  Troop Billet Ticket used on board USS America, circa 1917-1919

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USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919 -- Miscellaneous images


This page features miscellaneous images related to USS America (ID-3006).

For more pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919.


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

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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

     
    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

     


    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

     
    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

     


    For more pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS America (ID # 3006), 1917-1919.


    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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