This page features all the overall views we have of USS Aroostook (CM-3) in 1920-1940, and provides links to other images concerning her.
For other views concerning this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Note: The photograph described below has long been identified
as showing USS Aroostook (CM-3). However, it actually is
a view of the nearly identical USS Shawmut
(CM-4). She can be readily identified by the searchlight mounted
below her foremast lookout platform and a taller superstructure
immediately aft of her mainmast, features which Aroostook
did not have:
In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Aroostook (CM-3). The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Aroostook (CM-3) off San Diego, California, at the start of a voyage to Panama, 30 December 1920. Port broadside low aerial view. As 80-G-1017199, but starboard bow (very tight on the bow) aerial view. As 80-G-1017199, but port broadside low aerial view, taken from somewhat toward the stern.
USS Aroostook (CM-3) alongside a pier at Naval Air Station San Diego, California, 12 October 1922. Port bow high aerial view. USS Aroostook (CM-3) off Oahu, Hawaii Territory, 27 April 1925. Taken from an aircraft based on USS Wright (AV-1). Starboard quarter low aerial view. The ship's extreme stern has been cropped out of the left side of this image. USS Aroostook (CM-3) on 28 February 1926, possibly off Honolulu, Hawaii. Port quarter aerial view, rather toward the broadside. The ship is seen distantly, only taking up about one-sixth of the width of the image. USS Aroostook (CM-3) at anchor in San Diego Harbor, California, on 4 August 1928. Starboard broadside aerial view, slightly toward the bow. As 80-G-466198, but port bow high aerial view.
Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
For other views concerning this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 9 October 2004