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Photo # NH 98898:  USS Galveston crewmembers pose with one of her motor launches, circa 1924-1927

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19), 1905-1933 --
On Board Views and Crewmembers


This page features views taken on board USS Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19), and photos of her crewmembers.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19), 1905-1933.


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

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    Photo #: NH 50275

    Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, USN
    (center)

    On board USS Galveston (Cruiser # 17) at Novorossisk, Russia, in March 1920.
    Note caissons for 3-inch landing force guns in the foreground.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Leonard Doughty, USN, 1929.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98899

    USS Galveston (CL-19)


    View on deck, looking forward from near the stern, probably while she was operating in Central American waters, circa 1924-1927.

    Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98896

    USS Galveston (CL-19)


    Well-soiled "Polliwogs" showing off, during an Equator crossing ceremony on board Galveston on 11 June 1926, while she was en route to Arica, Chile.

    Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98897

    USS Galveston (CL-19)


    King Neptune's "Royal Police" with another member of the King's Court, during an Equator crossing ceremony on board Galveston on 11 June 1926, while she was en route to Arica, Chile.

    Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98898

    USS Galveston (CL-19)


    Members of the ship's crew with one of her motor launches, probably in Central American waters, circa 1924-1927.

    Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19), 1905-1933.


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


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