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Photo # NH 42254:  Officers & Crew of USS Von Steuben, September 1919

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919 --
On Board, Close-Up and Crew


This page features, and provides links to, all the photos we have taken on board USS Von Steuben, close-up views of her and views of her crew.

For other views concerning USS Von Steuben, see:

  • USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919; and
  • USS Von Steuben -- On Board Views (Part II).


    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 42253

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Inspection of the ship's crew, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 4 August 1917.
    Note tents, probably the crew's home while their ship was being outfitted for U.S. Navy service.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 163KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97669

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Ship's officers posed in front of the bridge, circa December 1918. Her Commanding Officer, Captain Cyrus R. Miller, is in left center, with binoculars. To left of him are (right to left) unidentified officer, Commander John W. Wilcox, Jr. (Executive Officer) and Lieutenant Daniel Dowling. To the right of Capt. Miller are (left to right) Lieutenant Commander Joseph M. Mitcheson, Lieutenant Commander Henry J. Shields, Lieutenant Ernest A. Healy and Lieutenant Bertie T. Larson (Medical Corps).
    Note anti-splinter mats on the bridge face.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97670

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Cyrus R. Miller, (center) with his Executive Officer, Commander John W. Wilcox, Jr., and four Army officers, while at sea en route across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, circa March 1919.
    Captain Miller states that the Colonel at right was "Commanding a homeward bound Ohio Regiment of Infantry. Afterwards National Commander of the American Legion." However, he does not provide the Colonel's name.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42256

    USS Von Steuben
    (ID # 3017)

    Panoramic photograph of the ship's officers and crew, 31 July 1919. Her Commanding Officer, Commander Frederick J. Horne, is seated in the front row, 6th from the left. The Sailor seated (with his arms folded) in the second row, directly above the right end of the winch, is William Edward Musall.
    Photographed by Hughes and Estabrook, New York City.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1967. Collection of Admiral Frederick J. Horne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 160KB; 1200 x 370 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42254

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Ship's officers and crew pose on her forward superstructure, September 1919. The Commanding Officer, Commander Frederick J. Horne, is seated in the front row, somewhat to the left of center, directly above the word "of".
    Photographed by Hughes and Estabrook, New York City.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1967. Collection of Admiral Frederick J. Horne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 405 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42255

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Ship's officers pose on her forward superstructure, September 1919. The Commanding Officer, Commander Frederick J. Horne, is seated in the front row, 8th from the left.
    Photographed by Hughes and Estabrook, New York City.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1967. Collection of Admiral Frederick J. Horne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 390 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42248

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    View of operator's equipment for an underwater listening device fitted to the ship shortly after World War I. Photogaphed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 February 1919.
    Note speaking tubes and other equipment in this compartment.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42249

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    Underwater listening device, with cap removed, fitted to the ship's hull side just aft of the port bow. Photogaphed in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 25 February 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 570 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42250

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    View looking aft from just forward of the bow, while the ship was in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 26 February 1919.
    Blisters for a recently-fitted underwater listening device are visible on both sides, low on the hull just aft of the bow. Also seen are paravane chains (possibly called "Burney Gear") running from the deck down to a fitting at the base of the stem.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 575 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42251

    USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017)


    View of the port hull side, just aft of the bow, showing a recently-fitted underwater listening device. Photographed while the ship was in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 26 February 1919.
    Note paravane chains (possibly called "Burney Gear") running from the deck down to a fitting at the base of the stem.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     


    For other views concerning USS Von Steuben, see:

  • USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017), 1917-1919; and
  • USS Von Steuben -- On Board Views (Part II).


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


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    Page made 29 September 2001
    Picture caption updated 8 February 2008