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Photo # NH 64965:  USS Von Steuben in Brest harbor, France, during World War I

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USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919 --
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  • USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919.


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    Photo #: NH 279

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Photograph taken circa 1917-18. The image is heavily retouched, with most of the camouflage scheme on the ship painted onto the print. There is no other evidence that this camouflage pattern was actually employed on USS Von Steuben.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 415 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 93859

    U.S. Navy Troop Transports at sea, 10 November 1917


    These ships, steaming in convoy from New York City to Brest, France, are (from left to right): USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508), USS Agamemnon (ID # 3004) and USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017).
    Note the damage to Von Steuben's bow, the result of a collision with Agamemnon on the previous day.

    Courtesy of Paul Silverstone, 1982.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64965

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    In Brest harbor, France, during World War I. The silhouette of a destroyer, with a large wave at its bow to indicate speed, is painted on her hull side as a camouflage measure.

    Collection of Peter K. Connelly. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103963-KN (color)

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)

    Cover of a "Souvenir Folder", published circa 1918-1919, that features ten halftone reproductions of photographs of and on board the ship. Postmarked on 25 June 1919, it was sent by Private William Schenck, Co.A, 339th Infantry, to Mr. Fred Hagermann of Niles, Michigan.
    Nine of these individual photographs have Photo #s NH 103964, NH 103965, NH 103966, NH 103967, NH 103968, NH 103969, NH 103970, NH 103971 and NH 103972. The other is a halftone reproductions of Photo # NH 97998. The message written on the back of the folder's final photograph is Photo # NH 103973-KN.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103973-KN (color)

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)

    Message in a "Souvenir Folder", published circa 1918-1919, that features ten halftone reproductions of photographs of and on board the ship. Postmarked on 25 June 1919, it was sent by Private William Schenck, Co.A, 339th Infantry, to Mr. Fred Hagermann of Niles, Michigan.
    See Photo # NH 103963-KN for a view of the exterior cover of this "Souvenir Folder", with a listing of the photographs it contains.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    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 Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 157KB; 690 x 655 pixels

    Click here to rotate chart 90 degrees clockwise

     


    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919.


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


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