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Photo # NH 42786:  U.S. and British ships at Ponta Delgada, Azores, March 1918

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

USS Margaret (SP-527), 1917-1921 --
Views seen from the Ship while in the Azores


This page features photographs of other subjects taken from USS Margaret (SP-527) while she was in the Azores from late 1917 into 1918.

For more photographs related to USS Margaret, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527), 1917-1921.


    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 46598

    Shovel Race


    Crewmen of USS K-6 (Submarine # 37) paddle their dory to victory with coal shovels, during a race with the crew of USS Margaret (SP-527) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1917.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52391

    USS K-6
    (Submarine # 37)

    Coming alongside USS Margaret (SP-527) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 420 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52388

    USS K-6
    (Submarine # 37)

    At Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52393

    USS K-6
    (Submarine # 37)

    At Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52394

    USS K-6
    (Submarine # 37)

    Moored to a buoy at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in January 1918, with a boat alongside.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53801

    USS Galatea
    (SP-714)

    At Ponta Delgada, Azores, in February 1918.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527).
    Note Galatea's camouflage.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55003

    USS Caldwell
    (Destroyer # 69)

    Taking on fuel oil from the French four-masted barque Quevilley, at Ponta Delgada, Azores, 27 February 1918.
    Caldwell appears to be painted in a Mackay low visibility camouflage pattern.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.
    Quevilley was one of the World's few sailing oil tankers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42786

    Ponta Delgada, Azores


    U.S. and British ships inside the breakwater in March 1918.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.
    The ship whose stack, ventilators and mainmast are visible in the foreground is USS Galatea (SP-714). Immediately beyond her are a U.S. Navy submarine chaser and tug. To the right are two Canadian-built British Admiralty wooden drifters, CD.8 (1917-1920) and CD.7 (1917-1921).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42515

    USS Tonopah
    (Monitor # 8)

    In the harbor at Ponta Delgada, Azores, in April 1918. She is painted in what appears to be Mackay type camouflage.
    Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     

    For more photographs related to USS Margaret, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527), 1917-1921.


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


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