DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 106260
USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5, ex-West Virginia)
"Mail-O": Crew members receive their mail on board the ship while in port, circa 1917-1919.
Note the laundry hanging overhead and bedding airing on the life lines.
The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 485 pixels
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