Photo #: NH 57745
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
In Dry Dock Number Four at the New York Navy Yard, 18 June 1917,
while being refitted for U.S. Navy service.
This former German passenger liner was renamed Agamemnon
in September 1917, shortly after she was placed in commission.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 86448
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey, 1917, depicting the ship in drydock
at the New York Navy Yard in the Summer of 1917, while she was
being refitted for U.S. Navy service. This view shows men painting
her underwater hull on the starboard side.
Commissioned in August 1917, Kaiser Wilhelm II was soon
renamed Agamemnon.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation
of Mrs. Wilbur Jenkins.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 57748
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
View of the ship's bow, after she was placed in Dry Dock Number
Four at the New York Navy Yard, 13 June 1917. There is only slight
clearance between her stem and the head of the dock.
This former German passenger liner was renamed Agamemnon
in September 1917, shortly after she was placed in commission.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 57747
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
View of the ship's bow, after she was placed in Dry Dock Number
Four at the New York Navy Yard, 13 June 1917. There is only a
few inches of clearance between her stem and the gauge on the
base of the altar at the head of the dock.
Note rivets and draft markings on the ship's hull.
This former German passenger liner was renamed Agamemnon
in September 1917, shortly after she was placed in commission.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 57746
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
View of the ship's stern, after she was placed in Dry Dock Number
Four at the New York Navy Yard, 12 June 1917. The point of the
stern projects between the dock caisson's external braces, and
her rudder has been turned 60 degrees to port to clear the caisson.
This former German passenger liner was renamed Agamemnon
in September 1917, shortly after she was placed in commission.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 86449
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey, 1917, depicting the ship in drydock
at the New York Navy Yard in the Summer of 1917, while she was
being refitted for U.S. Navy service. This view shows the ship's
stern, with her rudder and port side propeller. The rudder is
sharply turned to clear the dry dock caisson.
Commissioned in August 1917, Kaiser Wilhelm II was soon
renamed Agamemnon.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation
of Mrs. Wilbur Jenkins.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 57749
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID # 3004)
View looking down at the point of the ship's stern, after she
was placed in Dry Dock Number Four at the New York Navy Yard,
13 June 1917. The point of the stern projects between the external
braces of the dry dock caisson.
This former German passenger liner was renamed Agamemnon
in September 1917, shortly after she was placed in commission.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 550 pixels |
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