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Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges, USN, (1895-1988)
Edward Daniel Porges was born in Chicago, Illinois on 23
August 1895. After obtaining a degree in electrical engineering from the Armour Institute of Technology (later the Illinois Institute of Technology), on 18 September 1918 he received a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force, later converting to the regular Navy (also with the temporary rank of Ensign). During the rest of 1918 and the first four months of 1919 he was assigned to the Submarine Base, New London (located at Groton, Connecticut), the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, and the Receiving Ship at Boston, Massachusetts. In about May 1919,
Ensign Porges became an officer of the transport USS Patricia.
He resigned his commission on 25 June 1919, with the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade).
Following his Navy service, Porges worked as an electrical sales engineer and later entered business as a wholesaler of electronics equipment, sporting goods and other items. He retired in 1958 and was subsequently active in dog breeding and training. Edward D. Porges died on 26 June 1988 in Highland Park, Illinois, where he had resided since 1940.
This page features all the views we have of Edward D. Porges,
and provides links to photographs from his personal album.
Photographs copied from Edward D. Porges' album of his Navy
Service are filed as Photo
#s NH 104975 through NH 104999 and Photo
#s NH 105000 through NH 105029.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 104989
Ensign Edward D. Porges
Probably photographed at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918.
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 104998
Ensign Edward D. Porges
Reading in his stateroom at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, circa spring 1919.
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 105008
Ensign Edward D. Porges, USN
Holding binoculars while serving as watch officer on the bridge
of USS Patricia, circa May-June 1919.
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward
D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 105027
Ensign Edward D. Porges, USN
Poses with a nurse on board USS Patricia, circa May-June
1919.
Ensign Porges was one of the ship's officers, while the nurse
was a passenger.
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward
D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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The officer in the foreground of the following photograph
may be Ensign Edward D. Porges:
Photo #: NH 104999
U.S. Naval Academy Rifle Range, Annapolis, Maryland
Naval officers at rifle practice, circa spring 1919.
The officer firing the M1903 "Springfield" rifle, in the foreground, is probably Ensign Edward D. Porges.
Note the rifle rack beyond him, with instructions: "Call Your Shot" and "Open Your Bolt".
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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The photographs listed below show Sailors who are identified
in Ensign Porges' album as having served under his direction:
Photo # 105013:
Members of Ensign Porges' Division on USS Patricia;
Photo # 105019:
Members of Ensign Porges' USS Patricia bridge crew;
Photo # 105021:
Bugler of Ensign Porges' USS Patricia bridge crew;
Photo # 105026:
"Sipriano", who was assigned to Ensign Porges as his
personal servant on USS Patricia; Photo
# 105015: USS Patricia lifeboat, under Ensign Porges,
sent to assist the disabled transport Graf
Waldersee, 12 June 1919; and
Photo # 105018:
Seasick crewmen of the above lifeboat, 12 June 1919.
Photographs copied from Edward D. Porges' album of his Navy
Service are filed as Photo
#s NH 104975 through NH 104999 and Photo
#s NH 105000 through NH 105029.
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