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Photo # NH 56575:  USS Bridge anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1930

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Bridge (Supply Ship # 1, later AF-1), 1917-1947

USS Bridge, a 5207-ton (displacement) store ship built by the Boston Navy Yard, was commissioned in early June 1917. During the remainder of World War I, as a unit of the Atlantic Fleet Train and the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, she made four voyages to and from the European war zone as well as carrying supplies to ports and fleet units in the Western Hemisphere. Following the conflict's end she continued service with the Atlantic Fleet, and later the U.S. Fleet's Base Force, and was designated AF-1 in July 1920. Bridge deployed to the eastern Mediterranean area in 1922 and 1923. A decade and a half later, she was temporarily assigned to the Asiatic Fleet. As the United States built up its Naval strength in the central Pacific in 1940 and 1942, the ship kept busy taking supplies to Hawaii, Midway, Wake and Guam.

During World War II Bridge was actively employed supporting U.S. and Allied forces throughout the Pacific, steaming as far south as New Zealand and in the northern waters of Alaska. Following the end of fighting she participated in occupation efforts in Japan and Korea. On 1 November 1945, while off Korea, the ship was badly damaged by a mine. Following repairs, she continued her occupation work until decommissioned at Sasebo, Japan, in late June 1946. USS Bridge was sold at Manila, Philippines, in December 1947. After several years as the commercial steamer Don Jose she was scrapped in 1953.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Bridge (Supply Ship # 1, later AF-1).


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

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 104459

USS Bridge
(Supply Ship # 1)

At Queenstown, Ireland, while wearing pattern camouflage, circa 1918.
Possibly taken from USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2).
The original photograph is printed on postcard stock.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 460 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 104939

USS Bridge
(Supply Ship # 1)

In harbor, circa 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage.

Collection of Arthur J. Rozette.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 480 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 56574

USS Bridge
(Supply Ship # 1)

Anchored in the Hudson River off New York City, 27 December 1918.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 56575

USS Bridge
(Supply Ship # 1)

At anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 1920.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 56576

USS Bridge
(Supply Ship # 1)

Anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1920.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-179333

USS Bridge
(AF-1)

Loading provisions at Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia, in October 1922, before she accompanied destroyers to Turkish waters.
Note her tall topmasts, with long-range radio antennas suspended between them.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 565 pixels

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

 
Photo #: NH 105949

USS Bridge
(AF-1)

Photographed circa the late 1920s or early 1930s.

Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2008.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 620 pixels

Note: The same photo may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 80-G-456560 and/or 80-G-1025893.

 


In the following views USS Bridge (AF-1) is seen distantly, or in the background of an image of another subject:

Photo #: NH 76558

"Victory Over Sea{s} Fleet in New York Harbor April 1919"


Panoramic photograph by The Pictorial News Service, 225 W. 36th St., New York City, showing Atlantic Fleet battleships and other vessels anchored in the Hudson River.
Ships present, as identified on the original print, are listed on Photo # NH 76558 (complete caption).

Collection of Colonel J. Willcox, USMC (Retired).

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 133KB; 2000 x 390 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 86082-C

"Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay, Jan. 21st 1921"


Right section (of three) of a panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana. Other views in the series are Photo #s: NH 86082-A and NH 86082-B.
Among the ships present in this image are (from left to right): USS Sicard (DD-346), USS Hatfield (DD-231), USS North Dakota (BB-29), USS Delaware (BB-28), USS Brazos (AO-4), USS Prometheus (AR-3), USS Utah (BB-31), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), USS Bridge (AF-1), USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Schenck (DD-159), USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Black Hawk (AD-9), USS Dickerson (DD-157), USS Dahlgren (DD-187), USS Herbert (DD-160), USS Columbia (CA-16), USS Cleveland (PG-33), USS Tacoma (PG-32), USS Semmes (DD-189) and one other destroyer.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, D.H. Criswell Collection.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 43KB; 740 x 340 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-455970

USS Bridge
(AF-1)

Towing the floating drydock ARD-1 in Colon Harbor, Panama Canal Zone, on 28 October 1934.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

 
Photo #: NH 84944

USS Sacramento
(PG-19)

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John D. Bulkeley, USN, (seated, center) with the men of the ship's "E" Division, at Shanghai, China, 15 February 1938.
Photographed by Skvirsky, Shanghai.
Seated to the right of LtJG Bulkeley is Chief Machinist's Mate Herman W. Koch, USN.
In the left background is USS Bridge (AF-1).
Note the life ring, pair of captstans and Sacramento's forward 4"/50 gun.

Courtesy of Mr. R.W. Koch, 1976.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 470 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Bridge (AF-1). The following list features some of these images:

The images listed below are NOT in the Naval History and Heritage Command's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-1025894
    USS Bridge (AF-1) during the 1920s or 1930s.
    Starboard broadside surface view.

  • Photo #: 80-G-454025
    Bridge (AF-1) photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Virginia, during the 1920s or 1930s
    Starboard broadside aerial view (slightly toward the stern).

  • Photo #: 80-G-1025962
    Bridge (AF-1) at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., November 1931.
    Starboard bow surface view (rather tight on the bow). Two much smaller vessels are tied up to Bridge's starboard side, amidships.


    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval History and Heritage Command's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • 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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    Page made 19 August 2007
    New image added 16 February 2009