Return to Naval History and Heritage Command home page. Return to Online Library listing

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Photo # NH 50081:  Troops waiting to board USS Huntington for passage home from France, 1919.

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

USS West Virginia, later renamed Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5), 1905-1930 --
Miscellaneous Views


This page features all the miscellaneous views we have related to USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5, named Huntington after November 1916).

For other pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5, later CA-5), 1905-1930. Renamed Huntington in November 1916 -- Selected Views.


    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 54134

    USS Fairfax
    (Destroyer # 93)

    Underway with the survivors of S.S. Lucia on board, circa 18 October 1918. They were later transferred to USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5).
    Note Fairfax' pattern camouflage.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 415 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41728

    Sinking of S.S. Lucia
    , 17 October 1918

    Motor launch from USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5) leaving USS Fairfax (Destroyer # 93) with survivors from the American steamship Lucia.
    Fairfax is visible in the background.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41727

    Sinking of S.S. Lucia
    , 17 October 1918

    Motor launch arrives alongside USS Fairfax (Destroyer # 93) with a load of survivors from the American steamship Lucia.
    This boat is from USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5).

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77175

    USS Huntington
    (Armored Cruiser # 5, ex-West Virginia)

    Troops on board the lighter Tudno, ready to board Huntington for their passage home, in Brest harbor, France, 17 April 1919.
    Photographed by Sponagle & Haynie.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46892

    USS Huntington
    (Armored Cruiser # 5, ex-West Virginia)

    Lighter Knickerbocker bringing troops of the 356th Infantry and casual companies out to the ship for passage home, in Brest harbor, France, 16 May 1919.
    Photographed by "S & H" (probably Sponagle and Haynie).

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106612

    Ferry Lighter Knickbocker


    Delivering Soldiers of the 356th Infantry and Casual troops to USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5) for transportation home to the United States. Photographed at Brest, France on 16 May 1919 by "S & H" (probably Sponagle & Haynie).
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 900 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103097

    Return of U.S. Forces from France, 1919


    Troops arriving at USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5) for passage home from Brest, France, 24 June 1919. They are embarked on the small steamer Amackassin. Another U.S. Navy armored cruiser is in the right distance.

    The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50081

    USS Huntington
    (Armored Cruiser # 5, ex-West Virginia)

    Troops on board the lighter Amackassin, waiting to board Huntington for their passage home from France, 1919.
    Probably photographed in Brest harbor on 24 June 1919.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94774-KN (Color)

    "Uncle Sam's Ships"

    Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats.

    Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     


    For other pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5, later CA-5), 1905-1930. Renamed Huntington in November 1916 -- Selected Views.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


    Return to Naval History and Heritage Command home page.

    Page made 16 September 2006
    New image added 27 February 2010