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Photo # NH 99611:  Gunnery practice on board USS Aroostook, circa the later 1920s

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Aroostook (CM-3), 1917-1943 --
On Board and Close-up Views taken in 1920-1940


This page features the great majority of the views we have taken on board USS Aroostook (CM-3), or close to her, in 1920-1940.

For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Aroostook (ID # 1256, later CM-3 and AK-44), 1917-1943.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 82903

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    Undergoing general repairs and overhaul at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 October 1923.
    Note plating removed from her bow.

    Donation of Mrs. Kelly Green, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82796

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    View looking over the bow from the ship's bridge, 14 October 1923.
    Note bedding airing on the rails around Aroostook's 3"/50 gun.

    Donation of Mrs. Kelly Green, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99611

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    Ship's forward 3"/50 gun firing during gunnery practice, circa the later 1920s.
    Note: men holding canvas to catch ejected shells; smoke coming from the gun's breech; awning frames erected over Aroostook's foredeck.

    Collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), Retired.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99609

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    View of the ship's forward superstructure and pilothouse, seen from her foredeck, circa the later 1920s.

    Collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), Retired.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77310

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    Refueling at sea from USS Cuyama (AO-3), during the mid-1920s. Photographed from on board Cuyama, showing Aroostook's starboard quarter.
    Note the fueling hose dragging in the water between the ships.

    Courtesy of Mrs. C.R. DeSpain, 1973. From the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82912

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    View looking over the ship's stern from her mainmast, while she was in dry dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 November 1923.
    Note details of the dry dock caisson.

    Donation of Mrs. Kelly Green, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82911

    USS Sepulga
    (AO-20), in center, and
    USS Salem (CL-3)

    Laid up at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 October 1923.
    Photographed from on board USS Aroostook (CM-3), whose stern tanks are visible in the left foreground.

    Donation of Mrs. Kelly Green, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82913

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    Crewman poses with paravanes, on Aroostook's deck, 1923.

    Donation of Mrs. Kelly Green, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82902

    USS Aroostook
    (CM-3)

    View of the ship's four-bladed propellers and rudder, taken while she was in dry dock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 November 1923.

    Donation of Mrs. Kelly Green, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     

    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Aroostook (ID # 1256, later CM-3 and AK-44), 1917-1943.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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