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Photo # NH 56548:  Enlisted men of USS Boston's starboard watch, 1888

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USS Boston (1887-1946) --
Miscellaneous On Board Views


This page features selected views taken on board USS Boston.

For more views of, and related to, USS Boston, see:

  • USS Boston (1887-1946).


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

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    Photo #: NH 56545

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Ship's Officers posed on deck, 1888.
    Captain Francis M. Ramsay, USN, Boston's Commanding Officer, is 4th from right in the front row.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56547

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Members of the Master-at-Arms' mess (Navy Chief Petty Officers and a Marine Corps Sergeant) posed on deck, 1888.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56548

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Enlisted men of the Starboard Watch posed at the forward starboard corner of the superstructure, 1888.
    Note lanyards worn by most of these men, 1-pounder gun in upper left, spar lashed to the foremast shrouds, Gatling machine gun in upper right center, and armored conning tower viewing ports in upper right.
    Man in the front row, right center, is holding a kitten.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 163KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56550

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Ship's Apprentices posed at the forward starboard corner of the superstructure, 1888.
    Note lanyards worn by all of these men, "figure-eight" knot Apprentice insignia visible on some uniform jumpers, cigarettes, and fire hose in the rack at right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56537

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    View on the forecastle, looking aft, with crewmen at their stations "looking out for torpedo attack", 1888.
    Several weapons and related items are visible on the bridge wings, all of relevance for repelling a torpedo boat attack. They include (from left to right): a 1-pounder gun, a Gatling machine gun, a 37mm revolving cannon, and a searchlight. The ship's forward 8"/30 gun is in the right foreground, with its crew standing at their posts.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 47025

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Junior officers reading by electric light, in the ship's steerage quarters, 1888.
    Note objects on the table in the foreground, among them a T-Square and other drafting instruments, pipes and cigarettes, and dice.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52424

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Two of the ship's warrant officers in their stateroom, 1888.
    Note personal photographs and other decorations in the room, fancy wooden desk, and uniform collar insignia worn by these officers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56539

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    View in the forward compartment of the berth deck, looking toward the bow, 1888.
    Note the storage lockers at right, tin cups hanging from the overhead, swinging mess table, cable reel, anchor chain and capstain mechanism, ladders and hatches.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 137KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56540

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    View in ship's chart house, 1888, showing steering wheel, binnacle, engine order telegraph, steam radiators and other features.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56535

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    View on the "Half Deck" (interior of the superstructure), showing one of the ship's 6"/30 guns, its training arrangements, and one of its shells. Rifles stowed around the mast at right are of the "Trap-Door Springfield" type.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56543

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    View in ship's dispensary, 1888, showing bottles in sheet metal wall racks; instruments on tables and bulkheads; wooden joinerwork; electric light with hanging hook on top; and use of overhead pipes as a storage rack.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56521-A

    USS Boston
    (1887-1946)

    Ship's Officers and Crew posed on her forecastle and superstructure, circa 1905.
    Note the capstain and other deck fittings, 8"/30 gun with new-type shield, and the armored conning tower.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Captain Robert F. Bradford, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 590 pixels

    Note:
    The original print is torn on both sides and at the bottom.

     

    For more views of, and related to, USS Boston, see:

  • USS Boston (1887-1946).


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


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