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Photo # NH 82975:  Scene on USS Pocahontas' upper bridge, seen from her foremast in 1919

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USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 1917-1919 --
Activities and Miscellaneous On Board Views


This page features views taken on board USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044) and photographs concerning some of her activities.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 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 82957

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Negro troops on board during the ship's second trans-Atlantic voyage, 1917.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 400 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43031

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    View of the starboard after portion of the ship's midships superstructure, showing her decks crowded with troops and crew members.
    Original photograph is datelined Brest, France, 5 May 1918.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82961

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    View from the ship's boat deck during a stormy Atlantic crossing in 1918. An escorting destroyer is in the distance.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82975

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Scene on the ship's upper bridge, seen from her foremast while she was underway at sea, circa 1919.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 400 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82972

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Airing bedding on the forecastle rails and cargo handling booms, circa 1917-1919.
    Note men climbing the foremast shrouds, at left, and windsail ventilator rigged in the center.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82962

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Flying a long "Homeward Bound" pennant in honor of the World War I Armistice, November 1918.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82976

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Crew of the ship's after starboard 6"/50 gun in action, during 1917-1918.
    Arrow marks the breech mechanism operator.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41713

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Crew of one of the ship's after 6"/50 guns in action, during 1917-1918.
    Note: This image is a reversed version of Photo # NH 82976.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82966

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Crew of one of the ship's after 6"/50 guns in action, during 1917-1918. Note men at left, ramming a shell into the gun's breech, while others stand ready with the long bagged powder charge.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82949

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Rigging out a paravane as a precaution against mines, during World War I.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 415 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82977

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Loading boxes of stores from a barge alongside, during 1917-1919.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 420 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82978

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Coaling ship, during 1917-1919.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82953

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    View on the ship's boat deck, looking forward on the starboard side, circa 1918.
    Note the life rafts at left.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 1917-1919.


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


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    New image added 18 November 2005