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Photo # NH 71964:  Forward gun turret and bridge of USS Pittsburgh.

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

USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4, later CA-4), 1905-1931. Renamed Pittsburgh in 1912 --
On Board & Miscellaneous Views


This page features selected views taken on board USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4, later CA-4), which was renamed Pittsburgh in 1912, plus miscellaneous views related to her.

For more pictures of this ship, see:

  • USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4, later CA-4), 1905-1931. Renamed Pittsburgh in 1912


    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 85076

    USS Pennsylvania
    (Armored Cruiser # 4)

    Ship's Complement posed on her foredeck and forward superstructure, 1911. Her Commanding Officer, Captain Charles F. Pond, is seated in the second row, just to the right of center.
    Photographed by C.E. Waterman.

    Donation of Captain R.W. Pond, USN (Retired), 1976.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-1051558

    Curtiss "Hydroaeroplane"


    Being prepared for hoisting aboard USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), during experiments in San Diego Bay, California, on 17 February 1911.
    Glenn Curtiss is standing atop the aircraft.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 50072

    USS Pittsburgh
    (Armored Cruiser # 4)

    Ship's race boat crew poses on her upper deck, with oars and a life ring, circa 1917-1918.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50065

    USS Pittsburgh
    (Armored Cruiser # 4)

    View on deck, looking aft at other armored cruisers of the South Atlantic Squadron, while they were underway at sea, circa 1917-1918.
    Note Pittsburgh's deep roll to port, and canvas covers over her afterdeck skylights.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42725

    USS Pittsburgh (CA-4)


    Ship's officers and crew, posed on her after superstructure and deck, circa the early 1920s.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 550 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81580

    Vice Admiral Philip Andrews, USN,
    (seated, center)
    Commander, Naval Forces Europe

    With members of his staff, on board his flagship, USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), circa Summer 1923.

    Courtesy of Chief Boatswain's Mate George Behrens, USN (Retired), 1975.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95656

    USS Pittsburgh (CA-4)


    Panoramic photograph of the Ship's Complement posed on a wharf beside her, at Belfast, Northern Ireland, in August 1925.
    Taken by the Panograph Company, Belfast.

    Courtesy of Robert M. Ramsey, 1981.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 1200 x 225 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50794

    USS Pittsburgh (CA-4)


    Members of the ship's landing force in a boat, off Shanghai, China, in 1927.
    Note steel helmets and M1910 infantry equipment worn by these men. Several picks are in evidence, but few spades. Sailor on the left of the group seated on the gunwale has a non-standard entrenching axe on his pack. There are also three litter bearers present (at left), and a number of men of Oriental appearance on the far side of the boat.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51807

    Shanghai, China


    Color guard leads the landing party from USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) in a parade on the Shanghai Bund, circa 1927.
    These Sailors are armed with M1903 "Springfield" rifles and M1911 pistols.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 580 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84500

    Admiral Mark L. Bristol, USN,
    (left)
    Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet

    On board his flagship, USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), while en route from Guam to Manila, Philippine Islands, circa early 1928.
    With him are his Chief of Staff, Captain Kenneth G. Castleman, (center) and Assistant Chief of Staff, Commander William Baggaley.
    Note binoculars and the staff officers' aiguillettes.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 93452

    USS Pittsburgh (CA-4)


    A U.S. Marine poses with a nicely decorated locker, in the ship's Marine berthing area, circa 1929.
    This man may be R.H. Galvin, whose name is stencilled on the locker door.

    Courtesy of Wiley H. Smith, 1981.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71964

    USS Pittsburgh (CA-4)


    View of the ship's forward 8"/45 gun turret and bridge, seen from her forecastle, 1930.
    The photograph appears to have been taken while the ship was off Shanghai, China.
    Note non-standard tampions closing the gun muzzles.

    Courtesy of W.G. Kelly, 1970.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     


    For an image of a postcard accompanying a letter sent from Naples, Italy on 31 March 1921 by a USS Pittsburgh crew member, see:

  • Photo # NH 105902-KN. The card features a color-tinted photograph of a 1-pounder Maxim anti-aircraft machine gun, of middle or later 1910s vintage.

    For a photograph of a Sailor who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" on board USS Pittsburgh in July 1917, see:

  • Gunner's Mate Second Class Ora Graves, USN, (1896-1961).


    For more pictures of this ship, see:

  • USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4, later CA-4), 1905-1931. Renamed Pittsburgh in 1912


    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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