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

USS Prometheus (AR-3), Workshop Scenes

This page features views taken aboard the repair ship USS Prometheus in about 1919-20, showing scenes in her industrial shops.

For other views on board this ship, see: USS Prometheus Onboard and Closeup Views.

For overall views of this ship, see: USS Prometheus (AC-2, AR-3).

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 3054

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Scene in a machine shop, circa 1919-20.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3055

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Machine shop scene, circa 1919-20, with toolroom in the background.
Note working uniforms of Chief Petty Officer and other sailors; "Keep Out, This Means You" sign over toolroom door.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3056

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Scene in a Carpenters' shop, circa 1919-20, with two Chief Petty Officers and another sailor at work.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3057

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Scene in a forge shop, circa 1919-20.
Note Chief Petty Officer at right, holding sledge hammer, with other tools and work nearby. An anvil is in the foreground.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3060

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Sailors at work in a forge shop, circa 1919-20.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3061

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Foundry scene on board, circa 1919-20.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3058

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Scene in a welding shop, circa 1919-20.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 3059

USS Prometheus (AR-3)


Sailors working on gunsight telescopes in the ship's Optical Shop, circa 1919-20.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

 

For other views on board this ship, see: USS Prometheus Onboard and Closeup Views.

For overall views of this ship, see: USS Prometheus (AC-2, AR-3).

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24 November 1998