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Photo # NH 98555:  Authur A. Wright using signal flags on board USS Madawaska, circa 1917-1918

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USS Madawaska (ID # 3011), 1917-1919 --
On Board, Close Up and Miscellaneous Views


This page features exterior photographs taken on board USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) during the World War I era, and miscellaneous images related to her.

For more views taken on board this ship, see:

  • USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) -- Interior On Board and Close Up Views; and
  • Donald R. Cochran's Photo Album, 1917-1919, especially pages 9-16 and pages 17-20 and 23.

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Madawaska (ID # 3011), 1917-1919.


    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 106644

    USS Madawaska
    (ID # 3011)

    Arriving in port, with a large number of homeward-bound troops on deck, 1919.
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2009.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 900 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 107073

    USS Madawaska
    (ID # 3011)

    View looking aft from the ship's foremast, 28 April 1919.
    Copied from the Donald R. Cochran album (Lot S-591), page 15.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 615 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98552

    USS Madawaska (ID # 3011)


    View on board the ship, circa 1917-1918, looking aft from her bow.
    Note life rafts on her foremast shrouds and stacked on deck.

    Collection of Arthur A. Wright, donated by his brother, Everett B. Wright, January 1978.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98553

    USS Madawaska (ID # 3011)


    View on board the ship, circa 1917-1918, looking aft over her stern. Location is probably New York Harbor.

    Collection of Arthur A. Wright, donated by his brother, Everett B. Wright, January 1978.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103154

    USS Madawaska
    (ID # 3011)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1918-1919, looking from the after end of the midships superstructure toward the ship's stern. Note the boats stowed on the quarterdeck and stacks of liferafts.
    This image was published in 1918-1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning USS Madawaska.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 107076

    Commander Stephen C. Rowan, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Madawaska (ID # 3011)

    On his ship's port bridge wing, 4 May 1919.
    Note the engine order telegraph beside Commander Rowan, and the foremast's lower "crow's nest" in the background.
    Copied from the Donald R. Cochran album (Lot S-591), page 23.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 615 x 925 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 107074

    USS Madawaska
    (ID # 3011)

    Four of the ship's officers using sextants in May 1919. They are (left to right):
    Lieutenant Thomas Nilsen, USNRF;
    Lieutenant John C. Heck, USN;
    Ensign Raymond A. Gore, USN; and
    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Wallace H. Collins, USNRF.
    Copied from the Donald R. Cochran album (Lot S-591), page 16.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 900 x 640 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98554

    USS Madawaska (ID # 3011)


    Some of the ship's crewmen clowning for the camera, circa 1917-1918.

    Collection of Arthur A. Wright, donated by his brother, Everett B. Wright, January 1978.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98555

    Arthur A. Wright


    Using semaphore flags, circa 1917-1918, while he was a crewmember of USS Madawaska (ID # 3011).

    Collection of Arthur A. Wright, donated by his brother, Everett B. Wright, January 1978.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 500 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 107075

    USS Madawaska
    (ID # 3011)

    Army officer passengers reading, exercising and relaxing, while en route home from France, circa April-June 1919.
    The original photo is captioned "Hard life of army officers".
    Copied from the Donald R. Cochran album (Lot S-591), page 20.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 900 x 635 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103583

    USS Madawaska
    (ID # 3011)

    Troops crowd the ship's deck, as she transported them home from Europe in 1919.
    This view looks across the ship, with a pier in the background. Note the Soldier reading a newspaper while perched atop a stack of liferafts, at left.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103155-KN (color)

    USS Madawaska (ID # 3011)

    "Souvenir Folder", published circa 1918-1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, featuring ten halftone reproductions of photographs of and on board the ship.
    The individual photographs have Photo #s NH 103145-A, NH 103146, NH 103147, NH 103148, NH 103149, NH 103150, NH 103151, NH 103152, NH 103153, and NH 103154.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 470 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 157KB; 690 x 655 pixels

    Click here to rotate chart 90 degrees clockwise

     


    For more views taken on board this ship, see:

  • USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) -- Interior On Board and Close Up Views; and
  • Donald R. Cochran's Photo Album, 1917-1919, especially pages 9-16 and pages 17-20 and 23.

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Madawaska (ID # 3011), 1917-1919.


    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."


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    Page made 10 October 2005
    New images added 17 October 2010