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Photo # NH 104641:  View on board USS Santa Olivia as she steams past the breakwater lighthouse at St. Nazaire, France in 1919

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

USS Santa Olivia (ID # 3125), 1918-1919 --
On Board and Close Up Views


This page features views taken on board USS Santa Olivia (ID # 3125) or which show only some of her structure.

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Santa Olivia (ID # 3125), 1918-1919; and
  • USS Santa Olivia (ID # 3125) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part II).


    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 104641

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    View on board, looking aft from the foremast while steaming out past the breakwater lighthouse at St. Nazaire, France in 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104642

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    View on board, looking aft from the foremast while passing out of the port basin at St. Nazaire, France in 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104643

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125), at right

    Embarking troops at St. Nazaire, France in 1919.
    Note the railway cars on the wharf. That in the foreground is marked: "U.S.A. 60564".
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104644

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    Troops of the 28th (Pennsylvania) Division boarding the ship for passage back to the United States, at St. Nazaire, France in 1919.
    Some of these Soldiers have M1917 Rifles, while at least one (center, with rifle on shoulder) has a M1903 Rifle.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104645

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    A French Army band plays as homeward bound American Soldiers board the ship at Bassens, Bordeaux, France on 30 May 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104646

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    Homeward bound American Soldiers board the ship at Bassens, Bordeaux, France on 30 May 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104647

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    Soldiers board the ship for passage home to the United States, at Bassens, Bordeaux, France on 30 May 1919.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104648

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    At Bassens, Bordeaux, France while serving as a troop transport in 1919.
    Note Soldiers on her deck, and the pair of gangways set up between her starboard side and the wharf.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104649

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    View on board, looking forward, while she was alongside the wharf at Bassens, Bordeaux, France in 1919.
    The ship's upper deck is crowded with troops, indicating that she is about to depart for the United States.
    Note the two tugs nested together beyond Santa Olivia's port bow.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104650

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    View on board, looking aft, while she was leaving Bassens, Bordeaux, France in 1919.
    The ship's upper deck is crowded with homeward bound U.S. troops.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104651

    USS Santa Olivia
    (ID # 3125)

    View on board, looking aft over the ship's starboard side, while she was leaving Bassens, Bordeaux, France in 1919.
    The ship's upper deck is crowded with homeward bound U.S. troops.
    S.S. West Hampton is in the background, with barges and two tugs alongside.
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Santa Olivia (ID # 3125), 1918-1919; and
  • USS Santa Olivia (ID # 3125) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part II).


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


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