Photo #: NH 91268
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1904)
Artwork, probably made prior to World War I.
Built for E.H. Harriman's trans-Pacific service, this ship later
operated on both inter-coastal and trans-Atlantic routes. She
served as USS Mongolia (ID # 1615) in 1918-1919. Renamed
President Fillmore in 1929 and Panamanian in 1940,
she was broken up at Shanghai in 1946.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45961
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
Halftone reproduction of an artwork, printed on a postal card
issued by the Jewish Welfare Board to Soldiers and Sailors of
the U.S. Army & Navy, during World War I.
This ship served as USS Mongolia (ID # 1615) in 1918-1919.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45962
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
At Manila, Philippine Islands, in 1913.
This ship served as USS Mongolia (ID # 1615) in 1918-1919.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 89778
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1904)
Painted with neutrality markings, circa 1915-1917.
This ship was USS Mongolia (ID # 1615) in 1918-1919.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 105919
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
At the St. Pauli Landing Stage, Hamburg, Germany, while in commercial
service after World War I.
This ship served as USS Mongolia (ID # 1615) in 1918-1919.
Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41973
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
One of the ship's forward six-inch guns, taken while Mongolia
was at sea in April 1917. These guns were manned by armed guard
crews supplied by the U.S. Navy.
Mongolia engaged a German submarine on 19 April 1917,
the first U.S. ship to encounter a U-Boat after the United States
entered World War I.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 781
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
Ship's after six-inch gun and its crew, April 1917. The two officers
at right are identified, in the original photo caption, as Lieutenant
Ware and Captain Emory Rice of the U.S. Naval Reserve Force.
Note shells on deck, painted with letters: "T-E-X-A-S"
and "T-E-D-D-Y" Mongolia was assigned a Navy
armed guard on 17 March 1917. She engaged a German submarine
on 19 April 1917, the first U.S. ship encounter with a U-Boat
after the United States entered World War I.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41710
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
Ship's after six-inch gun and its crew, 19 May 1917.
The gun was nicknamed "Theodore Roosevelt" by its crew.
This ship served as USS Mongolia (ID # 1615) in 1918-1919.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52704
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
Two officers on board the ship soon after her 19 April 1917 action
with a German submarine.
They are identified in the original photo captions as Lieutenant
Charles F. (or Bruce R.) Ware, USN, and First Officer Waldo E.
Wollaston (or Mollaston). Note the right hand officer's high
boots, communications gear and .45 caliber M1911 pistol; binoculars
worn by both; and non-U.S. Navy insignia on the left-hand officer's
cap.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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