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Photo # NH 103007:  Machine shop on board USS Beaver, circa 1918

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Beaver (ID # 2302), 1918-1950 --
On Board and Close Up Views, 1918


This page features views taken on board USS Beaver (ID # 2302) in about October 1918, immediately after her conversion to a submarine tender.

For other images concerning USS Beaver, see:

  • USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950.


    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 102999

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View on board, looking aft over the ship's forward hatch toward her bridge. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note boat stowage atop the deckhouses flanking the hatch, and winches at its after end.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103000

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View on the superstructure, looking aft along the port side from alongside the ship's bridge. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note boat cradle on Beaver's deck, davits (one supporting a paravane), camouflage paint, and the smaller steamer tied up alongside.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103001

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View on below the superstructure deck, looking to port and aft from below the ship's bridge. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note boat paravane hanging from a davit in the center of the view, and rail overhead for moving heavy objects.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103002

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View on deck, looking aft from the bow at the ship's raised forward gun positions, with her foremast and bridge beyond. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note capstan and mooring lines in the foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103003

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View on deck, looking toward the stern from over the ship's after port side 5"/51 gun. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note the ship's after steering wheels, and the National Ensign flying from her flagstaff.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103004

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in a berthing compartment located around one of the ship's hatches. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note the folding berths and lockers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103005

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in a messing compartment. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note the lockers, folding tables, and pipe racks in the overhead for stowing tables when not in use.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103006

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in what appears to be the ship's torpedo workshop. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note the the large sliding torpedo stowage racks at left.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103007

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in the ship's machine shop. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note the metal-working lathe and other machine tools.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103008

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in the ship's foundry and sheet-metal shop. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note the anvil in the foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103009

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in the ship's engineering spaces. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103010

    USS Beaver
    (ID # 2302, later AS-5)

    View in a below-decks stowage compartment. Taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918.
    Note "Peerless" chain hoist at right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     

    For other images concerning USS Beaver, see:

  • USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950.


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


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