Photo #: NH 106203
USS Nebraska (Battleship # 14)
Draft of new crewmembers standing in formation on the ship's
quarterdeck, in San Francisco Bay, California, circa November
1907.
Note the wind screens rigged around the ship's rails, and her
open hatches.
The original image is printed on post card stock, and is postmarked
at San Francisco, 20 January 1908. It bears a message, dated
19 January 1908, from Abraham DeSomer, a member of Nebraska's
crew, stating "This is a picture of the 260 men we got when
we came down here from Bremerton, Wash."
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated
by Lieutenant COlonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired),
1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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