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Photo # NH 2422:  Gun crew resting beside one of the ship's six-inch guns, 1918

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919 --
On Board and Close Up Views (Part VI: Ship's Armament)


This page features views of USS Leviathan's guns.

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 41703

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    "One of the six-inch stern guns on the USS Leviathan, the biggest ship in the World. The former German liner carried a battery of eight of these guns for protection against the U-boats, as well as two 'Y' guns which hurled depth bombs loaded with TNT. She was attacked several times by the undersea pirates and according to officers of the vessel one attacking sub was sunk by a shell from one of the six inch guns." (Quoted from the original picture caption, dated 19 December 1918)

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41707

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Gun crew preparing to load one of the ship's six-inch guns, circa 1918.
    Photographed by Zimmer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41706

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Gun crew with one of the ship's six-inch guns, circa 1918.
    Photographed by Zimmer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2422

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Gun crew resting beside one of the ship's six-inch guns, 1918.
    Photographed by Zimmer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41708

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Gun crew resting by the ship's # 3 six-inch gun, circa 1918.
    Photographed by Zimmer.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 525 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."


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