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Photo # NH 64930:  Transferring wounded men from an ambulance to USS Siboney, 24 December 1918

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USS Siboney (ID # 2999), 1918-1919 --
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    Photo #: NH 43473

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Troops boarding the ship, at the Norfolk Army docks, Virginia, 28 May 1918.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43474

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Troops waiting on the Norfolk Army docks, Virginia, on 28 May 1918, prior to boarding the ship.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN, from on board Siboney.
    Note baggage piled at right, and railway box cars in the background.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64925

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Survivors of the torpedoed British transport Dwinsk come aboard from the first of two lifeboats, in the early morning of 21 June 1918. Siboney picked up 46 Dwinsk survivors in Lat. 39 05'N, Long. 65 35'W. Both lifeboats were subsequently set adrift.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43480

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Ship's after port side gun ready for loading, during target practice at sea in August 1918.
    This gun is a 5"/51, Mark VIII, with a Mark VII-2 breech. Siboney carried four of these weapons.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43481

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Firing her after port side gun, during target practice at sea in August 1918. The armored cruiser in the left distance may be towing the target.
    This gun is a 5"/51, Mark VIII. Stripes on its barrel are part of the ship's "dazzle" camouflage pattern.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 42KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64929

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Soldiers boarding the ship at the U.S. Army docks at American Bassens, Gironde River, France, 24 December 1918.
    Note the caterpiller tractors on railroad cars in the background, and rifle-armed sentries wearing campaign hats.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64930

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Transferring wounded men to the ship from an ambulance, at the U.S. Army docks, American Bassens, Gironde River, France, 24 December 1918.
    Note the life rafts carried on Siboney's superstructure.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43493

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    A U.S. Army band and Red Cross workers welcome troops home, as the ship arrives at Hoboken, New Jersey, on 3 January 1919. This was at the end of Siboney's eighth return trip.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64928

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Soldiers boarding the ship at the American Bassens on the Gironde River, France, for their passage home, 20 February 1919.
    Red Cross workers are assisting the troops at the foot of the gangway.
    Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
    Note the wet conditions, and the tent and hut sheltering the Red Cross workers, at least one of whom is a woman.

    Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103264

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Boxing match on the ship's forecastle, while she was at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, transporting troops to or from France in 1918-1919. Spectators are wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of influenza.
    Halftone reproduction of a photograph, printed on page 24 of "Historical Souvenir of the U.S.S. Siboney", published by the ship's crew in 1919 as a momento of her service.

    Collection of Captain Clarence S. Williams, USN. Donated by Mrs. Clarence S. Williams, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 465 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52983

    Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, USN
    (right)
    and
    Congressman Thomas S. Butler (center)

    With a U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant (perhaps Lt. Fegan), on board USS Siboney (ID # 2999) with the 13th Regiment returning to the U.S. from France, 8 August 1919.

    Courtesy of Major Fegan, USMC, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     


    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • Siboney (ID # 2999), 1918-1919.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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