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Photo # NH 57302:  Secretary of the Navy sends radio greetings to President Wilson, December 1918

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

USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919 --
President Wilson's Voyage to France, December 1918


This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning President Woodrow Wilson's December 1918 trip to France on USS George Washington (ID # 3018).

For other pictures related to this subject, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- President Wilson's Voyage to France, December 1918 -- Arrival off Brest, France;
  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- President Wilson's Voyage to France, December 1918 -- At Brest, France.

    For views concerning President Wilson's other voyages on USS George Washington, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- Views taken during President Wilson's European Voyages.


    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 83559

    USS Robinson
    (Destroyer # 88)

    Underway in New York Harbor, in late 1918 or early 1919. She is steaming past USS George Washington (ID # 3018), seen in the right background.
    Fort Richmond, on Staten Island, is in the left background.
    Note Robinson's pattern camouflage.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Admiral Albert Gleaves, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103174

    USS Robinson
    (Destroyer # 88), at left,
    and
    USS George Washington (ID # 3018), at right

    Underway in New York Harbor, in late 1918 or early 1919.
    Note Robinson's pattern camouflage scheme.
    The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Admiral Albert Gleaves, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 46KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103177

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018), left center,
    escorted by
    USS Robinson (Destroyer # 88), right center

    At sea, probably when George Washington carried President Woodrow Wilson to France in December 1918. A battleship is also present, in the extreme right distance.
    Note Robinson's pattern camouflage scheme.

    Collection of Robert S. Waters. Donated by Mrs. Alice W. Thomas, 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2496

    USS George Washington
    (ID # 3018)

    Steams in column astern of a battleship.
    Probably photographed from USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) as the two ships crossed the Atlantic in December 1918. George Washington was then transporting President Woodrow Wilson to France.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57302

    Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
    (seated)

    Sends greetings via radio to President Woodrow Wilson, who is on board USS George Washington (ID # 3018) at sea, December 1918.
    Also present are (standing, left to right):
    Mr. Haradon Pratt, expert radio aide;
    Commander Stanford C. Hooper, USN;
    Lieutenant Arnold H. Vanderhoof, USN (Retired);
    Rear Admiral Robert S. Griffin, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering; and
    Commander Percy W. Foote, USN, Aide to Secretary Daniels.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     


    For other pictures related to this subject, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- President Wilson's Voyage to France, December 1918 -- Arrival off Brest, France;
  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- President Wilson's Voyage to France, December 1918 -- At Brest, France.

    For views concerning President Wilson's other voyages on USS George Washington, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018) -- Views taken during President Wilson's European Voyages.


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


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