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Photo # NH 83673:  USS Galveston in Manila Bay, 12 July 1908

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

USS Galveston, a 3200-ton Denver class protected cruiser built at Richmond, Virginia, was commissioned in February 1905. During the next eight months she visited Galveston, Texas, crossed the Atlantic to France to participate in the return of the remains of John Paul Jones to the United States, helped host the Russo-Japanese peace conference, and carried State Department representatives to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In late December 1905 the cruiser left the U.S. for service in the Mediterranean and the Far East, where she remained until February 1910. After operating off the U.S. West Coast and in Alaskan waters during 1912-1913, Galveston was back on the Asiatic Station from November 1913 to late 1917.

Galveston next performed World War I convoy escort and training duties in the Atlantic, taking part in an engagement with the German Submarine U-152 while en route to the Azores on 30 September 1918. In March 1919 she began service in European waters, initially carrying troops to northern Russia. From July 1919 until July 1920 she was station ship at Constantinople. Among her functions there was the transportation of refugees, Red Cross officials and senior officers in the troubled Black Sea region.

Reclassified as a gunboat in July 1920, with the hull number PG-31, Galveston became a light cruiser (CL-19) in August 1921. She operated with the Special Service Squadron in the Caribbean and off Central America for nearly all of the 1920s, landing forces in Nicaragua during that Nation's revolution in 1926. USS Galveston concluded her two and a half decades of service in early September 1930, when she was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Stricken from the Navy list a few months later, she was sold for scrapping in September 1933.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19).

For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19) -- On Board Views and Crewmembers.


    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 67685

    USS Galveston
    (Cruiser # 17)

    Underway soon after completion, circa 1905.
    Note that her topmasts are partially lowered.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 83673

    USS Galveston
    (Cruiser # 17)

    In Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, 12 July 1908.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55901

    USS Galveston
    (Cruiser # 17)

    On the target range in Manila Bay, Philippines, in May 1916.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Fred Iverson, 1959.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69717

    USS Galveston
    (Cruiser # 17)

    In the Dewey Drydock, Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines, circa 1916.

    Courtesy of Arthur B. Furnas, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 88587

    Asiatic Fleet warships off Chefoo, China
    , circa 1914-1916

    Ships present are (from left to right):
    USS Galveston (Cruiser # 17);
    USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1); and
    USS Saratoga (Armored Cruiser # 2).

    Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86264

    USS Galveston
    (Cruiser # 17)

    Moored in an Italian port, circa 1919-1920.
    This photograph was mounted in a Christmas calendar for the year 1922, given by Arthur A. Wright to his mother in December 1921. See Photo # NH 86264-A for a view of this calendar.

    Collection of Arthur A. Wright, 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 400 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53806

    USS Galveston (CL-19)


    At anchor, 1922.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101152

    USS Galveston (CL-19)


    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: 43KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101153

    USS Galveston (CL-19)
    (center)
    with
    USS Quail (AM-15) (at left)

    Probably at Corinto, Nicaragua, in December 1926 -- February 1927, during the Nicaraguan revolution.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     


    USS Galveston (CL-19) is seen in the background of the following photograph of her sister, USS Cleveland (CL-21):

    Photo #: NH 99723

    USS Cleveland
    (CL-21), closest to camera,
    and
    USS Galveston (CL-19)

    Seen from USS Hannibal (AG-1), circa 1923, probably in Cuban waters.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     

    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • Galveston (Cruiser # 17, later PG-31 and CL-19) -- On Board Views and Crewmembers.


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


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    Page made 8 October 2003
    New image added 17 November 2004