Photo #: NH 103097
Return of U.S. Forces from France, 1919
Troops arriving at USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5)
for passage home from Brest, France, 24 June 1919. They are embarked
on the small steamer Amackassin. Another U.S. Navy armored
cruiser is in the right distance.
The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 107019
Homeward Bound U.S. Troops
On board the ferry lighter Amackassin preparing to transfer to a larger ship for transportation to the United States, in Brest Harbor, France, in 1919.
The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106018
American Nurses boarding a transport from ferry lighters
At Brest, France, for passage home to the United States, 1919.
The inboard (right) lighter is Amackassin.
The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106023
USS Seattle (Armored Cruiser # 11)
Homeward-bound troops boarding the ship from the ferry lighter
Amackassin, in Brest harbor, France, 10 May 1919.
The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 105965
Ferry Lighter Amackassin
Alongside a transport in Brest harbor, France, to transfer troops
for passage to the United States, June 1919.
The transport may be USS Imperator (ID # 4080),
as the original photograph was acquired with a postcard sent
from that ship.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 50081
USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5, ex-West Virginia)
Troops on board the lighter Amackassin, waiting to board
Huntington for their passage home from France, 1919.
Probably photographed in Brest harbor on 24 June 1919.
Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 105072
White Star Line ferry lighters Nomadic (inboard)
and Traffic (outboard)
Transferring troops to USS Imperator (ID # 4080) at Brest,
France, for passage home to the United States, 10 June 1919.
The stern of the U.S. Navy personnel lighter Rin Tin Tin
is in the right foreground. The small ship in the middle distance
is the personnel lighter Amackassin. Faintly visible in
the center distance is a U.S. Navy cruiser, either USS Saint
Louis (Cruiser # 20) or USS Charleston (Cruiser #
22).
The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 104812
"Gobs Coaling at Brest, 6-10-19"
U.S. Navy Sailors coaling USS Imperator (ID # 4080) at
Brest, France, on 10 June 1919.
In addition to the coal barges, three ferry lighters are alongside
Imperator and another is in the middle distance. That
closest to the camera, alongside one of the coal barges, is Rin
Tin Tin. The other three lighters are crowded with troops
awaiting transfer to the transport for passage to the United
States. The two directly aft of Rin Tin Tin are the White
Star Line's Nomadic (inboard) and Traffic (outboard).
That in the middle distance is Amackassin. The ship faintly
visible in the center distance is either USS Saint Louis
(Cruiser # 20) or USS Charleston (Cruiser # 22).
The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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