Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Photo # NH 51402:  Crew members coaling USS Leviathan

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919 --
On Board and Close Up Views (Part IV: Crew Activities)


This page features views of the activities of USS Leviathan's crew.

For more on board and close up views of USS Leviathan, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part I: Ship's Exterior).

    For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 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 103162

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Taking the muster on a superstructure deck, 1918.
    The officer receiving the muster report is Commander John H. Blackburn, who was Leviathan's Executive Officer and Navigator during World War I.
    Note life jackets worn by the enlisted men.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51410

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Commander John H. Blackburn (right center, back to camera) issuing instructions to his staff, circa 1918-1919. Cdr. Blackburn was Leviathan's Executive Officer and Navigator at different periods during this time.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51409

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Commander John H. Blackburn (center, back to camera) issuing instructions to his staff, circa 1918-1919. At different periods during this time Cdr. Blackburn was Leviathan's Executive Officer and Navigator.
    Note the Sailor in left center, holding a bugle.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51402

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Crew members coaling the ship from a barge moored alongside, at Brest, France, in 1918.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51403

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Crew members coaling the ship from a barge moored alongside, at Brest, France, in 1918.
    Note camouflage paint pattern on Leviathan's hull side.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63693

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Crew members coaling the ship from a barge moored alongside, at Brest, France, in 1918.
    Note wicker baskets used for moving the coal from barge to ship.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51404

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Officers in charge of coaling the ship, at Brest, France, in 1918.
    Note their uniforms, well soiled with coal dust.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51337

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Men working on barges alongside, as the ship takes on coal at Brest, France, in 1918-1919.
    Photographed by Zimmer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 152KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51338

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Men working on barges alongside, as the ship takes on coal at Brest, France, in 1918-1919.
    Note lifeboats at left.
    Photographed by Zimmer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     

    For more on board and close up views of USS Leviathan, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part I: Ship's Exterior).

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919.


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


    Return to Naval Historical Center home page.

    Page made 30 October 2005
    Image relocated 18 November 2005