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Photo # NH 101410:  USS Nokomis crewmen assigned to erect survey towers, circa 1925-1927

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

USS Nokomis (SP-609, later PY-6), 1917-1938 --
Post-World War I Surveying Activities


This page features selected views related to the 1920s and 1930s survey operations of USS Nokomis (PY-6).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Nokomis (SP-609, later PY-6), 1917-1938.


    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 101034

    Cuban Survey, 1925-1926


    Anemometer and windgage tower on a Cuban beach, with USS Nokomis (PY-6) in the background, during survey operations conducted by the ship's crew.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 101410

    USS Nokomis
    (PY-6)

    Party of crewmen assigned to erect survey towers, in support of the ship's surveying operations along the Cuban coast, circa 1925-1927.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album # 2. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101033

    Cuban Survey, 1925-1926


    Sailors from USS Nokomis (PY-6) load a truck with lumber in a Cuban town. The wood is to be used for constructing a 100-foot survey tower.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101035

    Cuban Survey, 1925-1926


    Personnel from USS Nokomis (PY-6) take magnemeter measurements at Isabela, Cuba.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101036

    Cuban Survey, 1925-1926


    Lighthouse at Matanzas, Cuba, with a tower at left erected by USS Nokomis (PY-6) crewmen for survey purposes. Note the men in the upper part of the tower.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     


    The following photographs show an aircraft and USS Aramis (PY-7), both of which worked closely with USS Nokomis during her survey work:

    Photo #: NH 101037

    Loening OL-2
    amphibian aircraft
    (Bureau # A-6980)

    In flight in the Cuban area, while on aerial survey duty in association with USS Nokomis (PY-6), circa 1926.
    This aircraft had been purchased by the Navy for use with the 1925 MacMillan Arctic expedition.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 42KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101411

    USS Aramis (PY-7)


    In Cuban waters on surveying duty, circa 1925-1926, while serving as tender to USS Nokomis (PY-6).

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album # 2. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101032

    USS Aramis (PY-7)


    Photographed circa 1925-1926, while serving as tender to USS Nokomis (PY-6) during surveying duty in Cuban waters.

    Copied from the USS Nokomis Cuban Survey album. Donation of Carter Rila, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Nokomis (SP-609, later PY-6), 1917-1938.


    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 may 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 30 April 2005
    Coding updated 30 November 2009