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Photo # NH 51006:  'Viga', the ship's Belgian police dog mascot, poses with a life ring, 23 March 1919

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919 --
Miscellanous Shipboard Scenes


This page features various views taken on board USS Kroonland (ID # 1541).

For additional images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919.


    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 51077

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    View on board, looking aft, while she was steaming in heavy seas during a trans-Atlantic passage, circa March 1919.
    Note the crates piled on deck, and whaleboat on davits at left.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51065

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Steaming in heavy seas during a trans-Atlantic passage, circa March 1919.
    Note the life raft.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 445 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41701

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Four-inch gun mounted on the ship's starboard quarter, with the National Ensign flying from the flagstaff beyond, 21 March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105418

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Removing one of the ship's deck guns in 1919.
    Note the Battle Efficiency "E" and the ship's name painted on the gun's shield.
    The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 410 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51010

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Pay day for the ship's crew, 23 March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51006

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    "Viga", the ship's Belgian police dog mascot, poses with a life ring, 23 March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 415 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63691

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    View of a corner of the Commanding Officer's office, showing the desk of the Captain's Writer, 23 March 1919.
    Note "Cable Crossing - Do Not Anchor Here" sign on the bulkhead.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51009

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Executive Officer's cabin, 23 March 1919.
    Note the foul weather jacket hanging at left.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     

    For additional images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919.


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


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    Page made 7 October 2005
    New image added 21 January 2008