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Photo # NH 100633:  USS George Washington's band, circa 1918-1919

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919 --
On Board and Close Up Views


This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have taken on board or close to USS George Washington (ID # 3018), with the exception of ones made during her voyages with President Wilson on board.

For other pictures taken on board or close to this ship, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part II);
  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part III); and
  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- Views taken during President Wilson's European Voyages.

    For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919.


    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 53713

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Ship's Officers and Crew pose with President Woodrow Wilson, during his return voyage from France, June 1919.
    Seated in the center of the photograph are (from left to right, just to left of the line running from the mast to the deck) are:
    Rear Admiral Cary Grayson, USN (MC), the President's physcian;
    Captain Edward McCauley, ship's Commanding Officer; and
    President Woodrow Wilson.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 160KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104104

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship's senior officers, circa 1918-1919. It was published in 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS George Washington.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100645

    USS George Washington (ID # 3018)


    Officers, nurses and men of the transport's Medical Department, circa 1918-19.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 690 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: 111-SC-47436

    U.S. Navy Nurses


    On board the transport USS George Washington, December 1918.
    The collars of their coat-capes bear the leaf, acorn and anchor insignia of the Navy Nurse Corps.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 78KB; 580 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 53712

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    "Ten minutes before sailing time of the George Washington, the White Star liner Lapland from Liverpool, carrying 2000 American soldiers (mostly Aero Service units which had been training in England) came up the North River. The photo shows some of the crew of the George Washington cheering the home coming soldiers." (quoted from the original World War I era caption). This photo may have been taken in February 1919. Location is apparently New York City.
    Note the banner hung over the ship's reading "U.S. Naval Transport George Washington", and her stern decoration.

    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100643

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Members of the ship's crew pose by the breech of one of her five-inch guns, circa 1918-1919.
    Most of these men appear to Musicians.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100633

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Ship's band, circa 1918-1919.
    Note the different types of ventilators on deck.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100638

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Cast of the shipboard play "Every Sailor", circa 1918-1919.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100637

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    A Lieutenant and four Sailors posing by a stack of life rafts and a ventilator, circa 1918-1919.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100636

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Four crew members clowning with a life ring, circa 1918-1919.
    Note the plugs in process of installation in deck planking in the foreground.

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 515 x 765 pixels

     


    The following photograph MAY have been taken on board USS George Washington:

    Photo #: NH 100641

    Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, USN
    (center),
    Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

    On board a U.S. Navy transport with a Navy Captain and an Army Major General, circa 1918-1919.
    The ship may be USS George Washington (ID # 3018).

    Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     


    For other pictures taken on board or close to this ship, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part II);
  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part III); and
  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- Views taken during President Wilson's European Voyages.

    For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919.


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


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    Page made 18 December 2005
    Images added and page divided 28 May 2007