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Photo # NH 91642:  USS Mercury underway in 1919

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

USS Mercury (ID # 3012), 1917-1919
-- Views taken in 1919


This page features all the views we have of USS Mercury (ID # 3012) that were taken in 1919, or which were probably taken in that year.

For other pictures concerning USS Mercury, see:

  • USS Mercury (ID # 3012), 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 46230

    USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


    In harbor, with a full load of troops, circa 1918-1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 515 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103577

    USS Mercury
    (ID # 3012)

    In harbor, with a full load of troops, circa 1918-1919.
    This is the same image as Photo # NH 46230, but oriented horizontally rather than vertically.
    The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98574

    USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


    In a harbor, circa 1919

    Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98573

    USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


    In a harbor, circa 1919

    Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106017

    USS Mercury
    (ID # 3012)

    Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia, while underway in 1919.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 900 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91642

    USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


    Underway in 1919, while bringing U.S. troops home from France.
    Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia.

    Courtesy of James Russell, 1980.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103287

    USS Mercury
    (ID # 3012)

    In port while engaged in transporting World War I veterans from Europe to the U.S., 1919.
    The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
    See Photo # NH 103287-A-KN for a photograph of the reverse of the original postal card, which was mailed from Camp Stuart, Newport News, Virginia, on 7 July 1919.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106378-A

    USS Mercury
    (ID # 3012)

    At Newport News, Virginia on 5 July 1919, after arriving from Europe with troops of the American Expeditionary Force.
    This image is cropped from Photo # NH 106378.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 900 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106378

    USS Mercury
    (ID # 3012)

    "American Soldiers -- A.E.F. Disembarking at Newport News, July 5 1919."
    Panoramic photograph, showing American Expeditionary Force troops ashore at Newport News, Virginia on 5 July 1919, after arriving from Europe on USS Mercury (in the background, left center).
    See Photo # NH 106378-A for a cropped version of this image, emphasizing the ship.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 201KB; 2000 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98576

    USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


    In drydock, circa 1919
    Note men painting the ship's side, amidships.

    Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98577

    USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


    In drydock, circa 1919
    Note the decoration on the ship's stern, and the fire control structure erected above her after deckhouse.
    Men are painting the ship's side from stages suspended amidships.

    Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 151KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     


    For other pictures concerning USS Mercury, see:

  • USS Mercury (ID # 3012), 1917-1919.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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    Page made 27 June 2003
    New images added 27 February 2009