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Photo # NH 102415:  USS Jason afloat just after launching, at Sparrows Point, Maryland, 16 November 1912

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USS Jason (Collier # 12, later AC-12 and AV-2), 1913-1936 -- Part II


This page features additional views concerning USS Jason.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Jason (Collier # 12, later AC-12 and AV-2), 1913-1936.


    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 73774

    USS Michigan (BB-27)


    Taking on coal from USS Jason (Collier # 12), while off Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April-June 1914.
    Note ship's band atop Turret # 2, playing to encourage the crewmen at work moving coal.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78281

    USS Jason
    (AC-12)

    Entering Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, with a deck load of seaplane barges, during the early 1920s.
    The barges are (from the front) YV-21, YV-23 and YV-24.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94175

    USS Jason
    (AV-2)

    View on the well deck, port side looking forward, in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932. Planes on deck are Martin T4M-1s of Torpedo Squadron Five.

    Collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94188

    Vought O2U-3 or O2U-4 "Corsair"
    floatplane,
    of Scouting Squadron Eleven

    Is catapulted from USS Houston (CA-30), in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932.
    USS Jason (AV-2) is in the left distance.

    Collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102780

    USS Jason
    (AC-12)

    At Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1924.
    Several submarines are in the foreground, including (from left to right):
    USS S-19 (SS-124);
    USS O-9 (SS-70);
    USS R-26 (SS-103) -- probably--; and
    USS O-2 (SS-63).

    Courtesy of Chief Boatswain's Mate George Behrens, USN (Retired), 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100770

    USS Orion
    (AC-11) or USS Jason (AC-12)

    At a Caribbean area base, probably the Coco Solo Submarine Base, Panama Canal Zone, circa the mid-1920s.
    USS O-2 (SS-63) is at right.

    Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45236

    Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


    Aerial photograph taken in the mid-1930s.
    Alongside the pier in center are the aircraft tender (ex-collier) Jason (AV-2), laid up in 1932 and sold in 1936, and the crane ship Kearsarge.
    Also present are the aircraft carriers Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102415

    USS Jason
    (Collier # 12)

    Afloat just after launching, at the Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland, 16 November 1912.
    Tugs are en route to take her to the fitting out berth.

    Donation of Mrs. William E. Votruba, 1990.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99082-KN (color)

    USS Jason (AV-2)

    Menu cover for the Commander Aircraft, Asiatic Fleet Christmas dinner, held on board the ship at Manila, Philippine Islands, on 25 December 1931.

    Collection of Oscar W. Levy, who served in USS Houston (CA-30) in 1931-1933, while she was flagship of the Asiatic Fleet.

    U.S. Navy Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 480 x 765 pixels

     

    A collier that is probably USS Jason is seen in the background of the following photograph:

  • Photo # NH 44071 -- USS Sara Thompson (AO-8) at anchor, probably off Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, during the 1920s.

    The following photograph was taken from an airplane based on USS Jason:

  • Photo # NH 56399 -- USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at Chefoo, China, with two destroyers alongside, 21 July 1924.

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Jason (Collier # 12, later AC-12 and AV-2), 1913-1936.


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


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    Page made 13 January 2004
    New image added 10 October 2005