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Photo # NH 105542:  Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip A. Carey, 1917, USN

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Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip A. Carey, USN, (1881-1928)

Philip Andrew Carey, born on 14 July 1881 in New York City, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 17 May 1900. Following training in USS Hartford and USS Buffalo he was sent to the Far East, where during 1902-1904 he served in the auxiliary ships Rainbow and Iris and in several of the gunboats employed in the suppression of the Philippine Insurrection. Seaman Carey reenlisted in July 1904. For most of the next four years he served in the eastern Pacific as crew member of the cruiser Chicago, receiving promotion to Coxswain in April 1907 and Boatswain's Mate Second Class in March 1908. During the bulk of his third enlistment, in 1908-1911, Carey was assigned to the armored cruiser Pennsylvania, also in the eastern Pacific. Though his evaluations during his career were generally "good" to "excellent", while in that ship he appears to have had considerable difficulty with his officers. In March 1909 he was disrated to Seaman following a General Court Martial. Given an acting appointment as Coxwain early in 1910, shortly afterwards he was again disrated to Seaman and, in January 1911, a Summary Court Martial at the Puget Sound Navy Yard sentenced him to a Bad Conduct Discharge.

Carey's time outside the Navy was clearly well-spent. In May 1917 he enlisted in the Naval Reserve Force as a Chief Boatswain's Mate, two grades above his highest previous rank. Assigned to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, at Bremerton, Washington, Chief Carey was employed on World War I era training duties and as an athletic coach. The latter assignment included supervision of a boating crew team made up of Yeomen (F). He subsequently married Omah Munier, who had been one of the Navy Yard's Chief Yeomen during this time.

In June 1919, Chief Boatswain's Mate Carey transferred from the Reserves to the regular Navy, continuing his service at the Puget Sound Navy Yard until his health failed. In June 1921 he was sent to the Naval Hospital at Fort Lyons, Colorado, for sanatorium treatment. Moved at the end of 1921 to the Army's Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver, he was a patient there until transferred to the Fleet Reserve in June 1923. About two years later, he was examined, found fit for shore duty and, in February 1926, recalled to active duty. Following training at San Diego, California, Chief Carey spent the rest of 1926 and most of 1927 on recruiting service at Denver, Colorado. In November of the latter year he was again admitted to Fitzsimons General Hospital, where he died on 14 March 1928.

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Photo #: NH 105542

Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, USN


Portrait photograph, taken while he was stationed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 1917.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 45KB; 510 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105539

Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, USN


At the Naval Training Camp, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 1918.
The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 36KB; 315 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105543

USS Rainbow
(1898-1928, later AS-7)

Group of crew members on board the ship, in Japanese waters, circa 1903 or 1904.
Philip Andrew Carey is in the back row, fifth from left (with a small "x" marked over his head).
Photographed by Karl Lewis, Yokohama, Japan.
Note the sewing machines and cat.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 122KB; 900 x 640 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105549

USS Rainbow
(1898-1928, later AS-7)

Group of crew members using an automobile and tandem bicycle, while on shore leave in Japan, circa 1903 or 1904.
Philip Andrew Carey is in the auto's left front seat (with a small "x" and arrow marked on the tire below his left foot).
Photographed by Yamamoto.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 137KB; 900 x 700 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105537

Naval Training Camp, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


Panoramic photograph of U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve Force Seamen 2nd Class (S2c) and Firemen 3rd Class (F3c) being trained by Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, USN (in dark uniform toward the right side of the image) on the Marine Corps drill field, summer 1918. The U.S. Marine Barracks has been blocked out in the rear of this scene. These men are carrying M1903 "Springfield" rifles.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 160KB; 1200 x 435 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105538

Naval Training Camp, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


Panoramic photograph of U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve Force Seamen and Firemen undergoing training by Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, USN (in dark uniform, holding cutlass, in the center foreground of the image) on the Marine Corps drill field, summer 1918. The U.S. Marine Barracks has been blocked out in the rear of this scene. These trainees are carrying M1903 "Springfield" rifles.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 178KB; 1200 x 435 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105544

Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


Yeoman (F) boat crew, wearing "N" (for "Navy") sweaters, 1918.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, the crew coach, is seated in front.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969. She wrote on the original photograph's reverse "He hated this? Ha!"

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 66KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105545

Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington


Group of Navy Yard Yeomen (F) on parade during a World War I bond drive in Seattle, Washington, 1918.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, who was in charge of this group, is in the front left center.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 85KB; 740 x 565 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105540

Retired Chief Petty Officers


Photographed at Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, early in 1926, after they had been recalled to active duty for recruiting service in various western and central states.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey is third from right in the second row (with a small "x" marked on his hands.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 130KB; 900 x 685 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105541

Navy Recruiting Party


"On the Job" in front of the old Customs House at the corner of Sixteenth and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado, sometime in 1926.
Note the sign, linking Navy enlistment opportunities to a film or stage presentation of Jules Verne's adventure story "Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar", and the Recruiting Service armbands.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Philip Andrew Carey, USN (Retired, but recalled to active duty), is at the right end of this group.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 92KB; 900 x 750 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105550-KN (Color)

USS Chicago (1889-1936, later CA-14)

"Neptune" certificate issued to Seaman Philip Andrew Casey on the occasion of his crossing the Equator while en route from the United States to Chile on board USS Chicago, 1 December 1904.
The small image in the top center of the certificate is a halftone reproduction of a photograph of Chicago. The ship's official Department of the Navy seal is applied to the lower left of the certificate.

Collection of BMC Philip A. Carey, donated by his widow, Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 134KB; 800 x 695 pixels

 


Related Images -- The following photographs are in Philip A. Carey's collection, and may (or may not) be connected with his service:

  • Photo # NH 105546 -- Crew members on board USS Chattanooga (Cruiser # 6) during the early 1900s;
  • Photo # NH 105547 -- Two Sailors equipped for Landing Force duty during the early 1900s; and
  • Photo # NH 105548 -- Stern-wheel motor push boat underway, circa the 1910s, probably in the Pacific Northwest area.


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