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Photo # NH 103580:  Local residents bid farewell to men embarked on USS Powhatan, as she leaves Antwerp, Belgium in 1919

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Powhatan (ID # 3013), 1917-1919 --
Ship's Activities and Crew


This page features all the views we have the activities and crew of USS Powhatan (ID # 3013).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Powhatan (ID # 3013), 1917-1919; and
  • Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan (ID # 3013) Photo Collection.


    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 106340

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    One of the ship's officers stands at the head of a gangway, with troop passengers and crew members beyond him, 1919.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106350

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Troops and crew members on the ship's after deck, during a voyage from France to the United States in 1919.
    Note the windsail and cowl ventilators, and stacks of life rafts.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106352

    USS SC-200


    Comes alongside USS Powhatan (ID # 3013) at Charleston, South Carolina, 1919.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106354

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Crane removing one of the ship's six-inch guns, at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, April 1919.
    The tug alongside Powhatan is Sebago (Harbor Tug # 23).
    USS McCall (Destroyer # 28) is in the middle distance.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104235

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Leaving a French port with homeward bound U.S. service personnel on board, 1919.
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104700

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Close up view of the ship's starboard after superstructure and well deck, as she was leaving France for the United States with troops on board, 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103580

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Local residents bidding the ship's crewmen and embarked troops farewell as they leave Antwerp, Belgium for home, 1919.
    The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106342

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Ship's officers and crew prepare for a group portrait on board, while she was at Newport News, Virginia, 3 April 1919.
    Note: Though the original print gives the 3 April date for this photograph, its details strongly resemble those of other views that are dated 3 June 1919.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106343

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Ship's officers and crew prepare for a group portrait on board, while she was at Newport News, Virginia on 3 June 1919.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106344

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Ship's officers and crew prepare for a group portrait on board, while she was at Newport News, Virginia on 3 June 1919.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106339

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Some of the ship's crew members, circa 1919.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106341

    USS Powhatan
    (ID # 3013)

    Five members of the ship's crew pose on her deck, circa 1919.
    These men are identified on the original print as (from left to right): Burgess, Muller, Sparrowski, Jenson and Maresca.

    Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Powhatan (ID # 3013), 1917-1919; and
  • Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan (ID # 3013) Photo Collection.


    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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    Page made 31 January 2006
    New Image added 11 February 2009