Photo #: NH 65496 (complete caption)
USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17)
Members of the ship's crew posed on her foredeck, forward turrets
and superstructure, circa 1908.
The identities of some of those present, as provided by the donor**
and numbered on the original print, are: 1. Captain Joseph
B. Murdock;
2. Warrant Machinist Charles S. Wolf;
3. Fireman Second Class Clifford D. Bemis;
4. Fireman Second Class L.J. Sell;
5. Fireman First Class Sam Hornstein;
6. Fireman First Class Raymond J. Hill;
7. Oiler Peter J. Osterhoff;
8. Fireman First Class Charles Wright;
9. Fireman Second Class Joseph Monaghan;
10. Coal Passer John Quincy Adams (Great Grandson of President
Adams);
11. Coal Passer Henry Dawson;
12. Coal Passer Walter J. Fennimore (hometown, Darby, Pennsylvania);
13. Fireman Second Class Harry J. Morris;
14. Boilermaker John Daries;
15. Fireman First Class George W. Moultrie;
16. Coal Passer Bert Landers;
17. Fireman Second Class Harry Fillmore;
18. Fireman First Class George Perry;
19. Chief Master-at-Arms Bush (not on Roster);
20. Coal Passer Patrick Donnelley;
21. Coal Passer James Fanning;
22. Oiler/Water Tender Jeremiah O'Leary.
** In providing these identities, Mr. Bemis commented: "You
know after 60 years you can't remember so well".
Donation of Clifford D. Bemus, 1968.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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