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Photo # NH 103242: Cartoon depicting USS Siboney passing the Statue of Liberty, 1919

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  • USS Siboney (ID # 2999), 1918-1919.


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    Photo #: NH 103242

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Cartoon by Private C.A. Skoog, U.S. Army, depicting the ship passing the Statue of Liberty at the conclusion of a homeward bound voyage from France, 1919. It was published in the ship's newspaper, the "Siboney Signal", on page 6 of the 1 September 1919 issue.

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

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 103263

    Captain Robert Morris, USN
    , Commanding Officer,
    USS Siboney (ID # 2999), 1918-1919

    Reproduction of a pen and ink sketch portrait by Musician Loren C. Holmberg, USN, printed on page 4 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 179KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103240-KN (color)

    USS Siboney (ID # 2999)

    Front cover of the "Historical Souvenir of the U.S.S. Siboney", published by the ship's crew in 1919 as a momento of her service. This paperbound booklet contains a history of Siboney from her commissioning on 8 April 1918 until July 1919, about a month before she was decommissioned, plus complete rosters of the ship's officers and crew. It also features photographs and artworks related to the ship, with the latter including many fine pen and ink portraits of her officers by Musician Loren C. Holmberg, USN.

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

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 103241-KN (color)

    USS Siboney (ID # 2999)

    Front cover of a souvenir booklet containing Volume 10 of the ship's newspaper, the "Siboney Signal", published during her final U.S. Navy trans-Atlantic voyage, from 26 August to 2 September 1919. She was then transporting part of the Army's First Division home from France. More than 4500 copies of the "Siboney Signal" were printed daily for free distribution to the ship's complement and passengers.

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

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103874-A

    USS Siboney
    (ID # 2999)

    Reverse side of the original print for NH 103874, with a message written by U.S. Navy Musician Wallace W. Andringa to his mother-in-law.
    See Photo # NH 103874 for a reproduction of the front of the original post card stock print, featuring a photograph of USS Siboney's band, of which Musician Andringa was a member.

    Courtesy of Thomas Andringa, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 X 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105887-KN (color)

    USS Siboney (ID # 2999)

    "Souvenir Folder" published in 1919, featuring ten halftone reproductions of photographs of and on board the ship. It was mailed by Sydney L. Glass, a Soldier stationed at Camp Mills, New York, who may have been a passenger on Siboney in 1919.
    The individual photographs in this "Souvenir Folder" have Photo #s NH 105888, NH 105889, NH 105890, NH 105891, NH 105892, NH 105893, NH 105894, NH 105895, NH 105896, and NH 105897.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 82951

    "The Original U.S. Troop Transports"


    Chart compiled 16 August 1919, showing the number of trans-Atlantic "turn arounds" and their average duration for thirty seven U.S. Navy troop transports employed during and immediately after World War I.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS 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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