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Photo # NH 86964:  USS Piscataqua off Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines, prior to 1920

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Piscataqua (1898-1931, later AT-49).
Previously W.H. Brown (American Tug, 1897)

The 854-ton commercial tug W.H. Brown was built in 1897 at Bay City, Michigan. She was purchased by the Navy in May 1898, placed in commission a month later as USS Piscataqua and employed off Cuba during the remainder of the Spanish-American War. In late 1900 and early 1901 the tug voyaged eastward through the Mediterranean Sea to the Philippines. She served for the rest of her Navy career with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. Designated AT-49 in July 1920, Piscataqua was decommissioned in April 1922. She was stricken from the list of Navy ships in August 1930 and sold for scrapping early in 1931.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Piscataqua (1898-1931, later AT-49) and the civilian tug W.H. Brown of 1897.


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Photo #: NH 43685

W.H. Brown
(American Tug, 1897)

Photographed in 1897 or 1898.
This tug became USS Piscataqua in 1898 and was designated AT-49 in 1920.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103626

USS Piscataqua
(1898-1931, later AT-49)

Fine screen halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1899.
Copied from "The New Navy of the United States", by N.L. Stebbins, (New York, 1912).

Donation of David Shadell, 1987.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 37KB; 740 x 280 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 83867

USS Wompatuck
(1898-1942, later YT-27), at left,
and
USS Piscataqua (1898-1931, later AT-49), at right

At Algiers, Algeria, circa January 1901, while en route from the U.S. to the Philippines.
The original print was a halftoned image.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 86964

USS Piscataqua
(1898-1931, later AT-49)

Off Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, prior to 1920.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103638

USS Piscataqua
(1898-1931, later AT-49)

At Guam, circa the 1910s.
The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. The reverse of the original card bears the inscription "Joe Chapman was on this ship going to Guam W.W. I".

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 88559

Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines


View of the waterfront, circa 1914-1916.
Ships present are (from left to right):
USS Monadnock (Monitor # 3);
USS Monterey (Monitor # 6);
USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1);
USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5);
USS Pampanga (1899-1928); and
USS Piscataqua (1898-1931).

Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103623

Asiatic Fleet Ships dressed with flags


In honor of George Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1915, probably in a Philippine Islands harbor.
The three ships in the distance are (from left to right):
USS Cincinnati (Cruiser # 7);
USS Piscataqua (1898-1931, later AT-49); and
USS Dale (Destroyer # 4).

Collection of C.A. Shively.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 


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