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