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Photo # NH 99182:  Cartoon concerning USS Beaver's visit to China in 1930

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USS Beaver (AS-5), 1918-1950 --
Pre-World War II Views, Part II


This page features additional pre-World War II views related to USS Beaver (AS-5).

For other images concerning USS Beaver, see:

  • USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950.


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

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    Photo #: NH 99184

    USS S-14
    (SS-119)

    Alongside USS Beaver (AS-5) at the Panama Canal Zone, circa the 1920s. USS S-16 (SS-121) is inboard of S-14.

    Courtesy of the USS Nautilus Museum, Groton, Connecticut, 1991.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42573

    Control Force submarines and their tenders at Christobal, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1923.


    The tenders are (from left to right): Savannah (AS-8), Bushnell (AS-2), Beaver (AS-5) and Camden (AS-6). Submarines are mostly "R" type boats, among them R-23 (SS-100) and R-25 (SS-102), both in the nest alongside Savannah's port quarter. The larger submarine alongside Savannah's bow may be S-1 (SS-105), with her large seaplane hangar.
    Photographed by A.E. Wells.

    Courtesy of Commander Christopher Noble, USN (Retired), 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 72402

    USS Beaver (AS-5)


    Leads the destroyers Kidder (DD-319) and Macdonough (DD-331) out to sea through the Golden Gate, off San Francisco, California, 15 April 1925.

    Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59967

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    At Olongapo, Philippines, with six submarines alongside, in March 1929.
    The submarines are (from front to rear):
    USS S-32 (SS-137);
    USS S-35 (SS-140);
    USS S-30 (SS-135);
    USS S-33 (SS-138);
    USS S-31 (SS-136); and
    USS S-34 (SS-139).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95180

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Officers and Crew posed on a pier alongside the ship, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 23 October 1920.
    Beaver's Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas C. Hart, is seated in the front row, center.
    Panoramic photograph by Tour's Photo Service, Philadelphia.

    Collection of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 1200 x 240 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99182

    USS Beaver
    (AS-5)

    Cartoon by Al Gecchi, entitled "The Beaver Maru Tsingtao Bound", concerning the ship's visit to China in 1930.

    Collection of Chief Warrant Officer Walter D. Barry, USN. This item is on page 63 of his scrapbook "All the Dirt in the Navy, Ashore & Afloat"

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 199KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     


    The following photograph was taken from USS Beaver, but does not show any part of her:

    Photo #: NH 51830

    Submarines at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines


    Crewmen posing with a 4"/50 deck gun on board a "S-Type" submarine, March 1929, with another 4"/50 in the foreground. These submarines are probably USS S-30 (SS-135) and USS S-31 (SS-136).
    Behind them are (from front to rear):
    USS S-35 (SS-140);
    USS S-33 (SS-138);
    USS S-32 (SS-137); and
    USS S-34 (SS-139).
    Photographed from USS Beaver (AS-5). In the background is USS Pittsburgh (CA-4), in the Dewey drydock.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     

    For other images concerning USS Beaver, see:

  • USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5 and ARG-19), 1918-1950.


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


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