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Photo # NH 101372:  Two Chief Petty Officers play 'Acey-Deucy' on board USS Baltimore, circa 1904-1906

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USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3), 1890-1942 --
Views on Board


This page features selected views on board USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3), up to 1913.

For more images of and related to USS Baltimore, see:

  • USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1), 1890-1942.


    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 56324

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    Scene on the ship's main deck, during the 1890s.
    This view looks forward on the starboard side, showing the mainmast yard lowered nearly to the bulwarks.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), November 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54428

    Rear Admiral John Crittenden Watson, USN
    ,
    Commanding the Asiatic Station

    With members of his staff and other officers on board his flagship, USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3) in Asiatic waters, 1899.
    Those present include (left to right, seated):
    Captain James M. Forsyth, ship's Commanding Officer;
    Rear Admiral Watson;
    Lieutenant Commander Chauncey Thomas, Jr.
    (left to right, standing):
    Naval Cadet Walter B. Tardy;
    Lieutenant Frank Marble, Flag Lieutenant;
    Ensign Albert W. Marshall;
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Walter S. Crosley, Flag Secretary;
    Ensign Edward H. Watson, Aide.
    Note black mourning arm bands.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101338

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    Local peddlers on board the cruiser, at Tangier, Morocco, circa May 1904.
    Note the adjustable boat cradles overhead, and ventilation fittings in the hammock stowage bulwark at left.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 3.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101340

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    Engineer's Force at Christmas dinner, off Chefoo, China, December 1904.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 13.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95652

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    Ship's Marines in "heavy marching order", on board the cruiser during her Asiatic Fleet deployment, circa 1904-1906.
    These Marines are equipped for winter expeditionary party duty, with "horseshoe" rolls containing their blankets rolled in rubber ponchos. They are armed with Krag rifles (M1898) and bayonets, and are wearing woven double loop cartridge belts.
    Two of the Marines in the back row appear to be of oriental extraction.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Nathan Sargent.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101343

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    Commander Nathan Sargent (left), Ship's Commanding Officer, and Rear Admiral William M. Folger, Commander Cruiser Squadron, Asiatic Fleet, in the Flag Cabin, circa 1905-1906.
    Note the map of Japan, Korea and the Yellow Sea on the bulkhead behind them.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 27.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101345

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    Crewmen pose with cleaning equipment, circa 1904-1906.
    About half of these men appear to be smoking pipes.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 28.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101372

    USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3)


    Two Chief Petty Officers enjoy a game of "Acey-Deucy" on deck, circa 1904-06. The man at left wears an Ex-Apprentice's "figure-eight knot" badge on his right sleeve.
    Note coiled fire hose and sewing machine in the background.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 42.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101373

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    "Ping-Pong" gunnery sighting practice on one of the ship's three-inch rapid-fire guns, circa 1904-1906.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 47.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101374

    USS Baltimore
    (Cruiser # 3)

    "The Wireless Office and Operators", circa 1904-1906.
    Note the early radio equipment, and the rating badge of the First Class Electrician's Mate seated in center.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 47.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     

    For more views of and related to USS Baltimore, see:

  • USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1), 1890-1942.


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


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