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Photo # NH 99382:  USS Henderson landing Marines at Corinto, Nicaragua, in March 1927.

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USS Henderson (AP-1), 1917-1948 --
Post-World War I Transport Activities


This page features views of transport activities carried out by USS Henderson (AP-1) after World War I.

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Henderson (Transport # 1, later AP-1), 1917-1948.


    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 99413

    USS Pittsburgh
    (CA-4)

    Crewmen preparing to leave the ship in Ragusa, Italy, in 1923 for transportation home on USS Henderson (AP-1).
    The U. S.-flagged yacht alongside serving as tender is probably USS Scorpion (PY-3).

    Collection of Chief Boatswain Mate George Behrens.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99414

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    Departing Ragusa, Italy, in 1923 with crewmen of USS Pittsburgh and other personnel on board for transportation home.
    The forecastle of Pittsburgh is in the foreground.

    Collection of Chief Boatswain Mate George Behrens.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99415

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    A smoker on board the ship while underway ca. 1923.
    Note the boxers in the foreground with a Marine serving as referee.

    Collection of Chief Boatswain Mate George Behrens.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99416

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    Holding liberty call for Marines at Balboa, Canal Zone, ca. 1923.
    Note the base of the ship's large crane, which was located at the after end of the main superstructure.

    Collection of Chief Boatswain Mate George Behrens.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99417

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    Divine services at sea in ca. 1923.
    The services are taking place in the well at the after end of the main superstructure.

    Collection of Chief Boatswain Mate George Behrens.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 93434

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    A view from the forecastle looking aft during a voyage to China in around 1926.
    Note the Marines on deck with fur headgear.

    Courtesy of Wiley H. Smith, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99382

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    Landing Marines at Corinto, Nicaragua, in March 1927.

    Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector in 1976.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99383

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    Preparing to land Marines at Corinto, Nicaragua, in March 1927.
    Note the base of the ship's large crane at the after end of the main superstructure.

    Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector in 1976.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99673

    USS Henderson
    (AP-1)

    View looking forward from the ship's bridge, while she was at San Diego, California, circa the later 1930s.

    Collection of Jack L. Wheat.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Henderson (Transport # 1, later AP-1), 1917-1948.


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


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    Page made 15 July 2004
    New image added 28 October 2004