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Photo # NH 86335:  Three members of USS Vicksburg's crew, circa the early 1900s

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USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11, later PG-11), 1897-1921 -- Miscellaneous Views


This page features miscellanous views related to USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11, later PG-11).

For other pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11, later PG-11), 1897-1921.


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

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    Photo #: NH 86335

    USS Vicksburg
    (Gunboat # 11)

    Three members of the ship's crew, photographed by McMillan, Vallejo, California, circa the early 1900s.
    These men are (from left to right):
    Machinist 2nd Class A.E. Flesher;
    Shipfitter 2nd Class F.R. Shuster; and
    Carpenter's Mate 2nd Class C.A. Kilwinski.
    Note the painted backdrop behind them.

    Courtesy of the Navy/Marine Corps Museum, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50725

    German Sailing Ships


    Interned at Santa Rosalia, Mexico, during World War I.
    Photographed by USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11).
    These ships are (as numbered):
    1. Walkure;
    2. Adolph Vinnen;
    3. Hans;
    4. Orotava;
    5. Reinbek;
    6. Helwig Vinnen.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 420 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50726

    German Sailing Ships


    Interned at Santa Rosalia, Mexico, during World War I.
    Photographed by USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11).
    These ships are (as numbered):
    1. Wandsbek;
    2. Egon;
    3. Thielbek;
    4. Adolf Vinnen;
    5. Orotava;
    6. Reinbek;
    7. Hans.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 410 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2644

    Schooner Alexander Agassiz


    Photographed at the time of her capture by USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11) off Mazatlan, Mexico, 17 March 1918. She was suspected of being a potential German raider or contraband carrier.
    The prize crew is seen here going aboard. USS SC-302 is in the background.
    Note the Sailor on deck amidships, holding a rifle.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43113

    USS Vicksburg
    (Gunboat # 11)

    German prisoners under guard on board the ship. They had been captured on the schooner Alexander Agassiz off Mazatlan, Mexico, 17 March 1918.
    Note M1903 "Springfield" rifle, with bayonet, held by the Sailor at left.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     

    For other pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Vicksburg (Gunboat # 11, later PG-11), 1897-1921.


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


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