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Photo # NH 71503:  Ship's Company of USS Conestoga, circa early 1921.

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USS Conestoga (SP-1128, later AT-54), 1917-1921 --
Officers and Crew


This page features all the views we have concerning the officers and crew of USS Conestoga (SP-1128, later AT-54).

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Conestoga (SP-1128, later AT-54), 1917-1921.


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    Photo #: NH 71503

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Ship's Company beside and on Conestoga, at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    Officers and Chief Petty Officers in front row are (from left to right):
    Chief Boatswain's Mate Elias Melvin Zimmerman;
    Chief Carpenter's Mate John Wesley Powell;
    Machinist Louis A. Liscomb, Engineering Officer;
    Lieutenant Ernest L. Jones, Commanding Officer;
    Boatswain Roy E. Hoffses, Ordnance Officer;
    Boatswain Harvey H. Reinbold, Executive Officer;
    Chief Water Tender Charles Ingerson Westover; and
    Chief Machinist's Mate George F. Kaler.
    The Sailor marked by an arrow (top row, 6th from left) may be Seaman 1st Class W.P. Burbage.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71506

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Ship's Company beside and on Conestoga, at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    Officers, seated in front row, are (from left to right):
    Machinist Louis A. Liscomb, Engineering Officer;
    Lieutenant Ernest L. Jones, Commanding Officer;
    Boatswain Harvey H. Reinbold, Executive Officer; and
    Boatswain Roy E. Hoffses, Ordnance Officer.
    Chief Petty Officers, in 2nd row center, are (from left to right):
    Chief Boatswain's Mate Elias Melvin Zimmerman;
    Chief Water Tender Charles Ingerson Westover;
    Chief Machinist's Mate George F. Kaler; and
    Chief Carpenter's Mate John Wesley Powell.
    The Sailor marked by an arrow (top row) may be Seaman 1st Class W.P. Burbage.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71504

    Lieutenant Ernest L. Jones, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Conestoga (AT-54)

    Standing alongside his ship, at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    He was among those lost when Conestoga disappeared after leaving San Diego in March 1921.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71501

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Ship's Officers at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    They are (from left to right):
    Machinist Louis A. Liscomb, Engineering Officer;
    Lieutenant Ernest L. Jones, Commanding Officer;
    Boatswain Harvey H. Reinbold, Executive Officer; and
    Boatswain Roy E. Hoffses, Ordnance Officer.
    All were lost when Conestoga disappeared after leaving San Diego in March 1921.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71502

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Ship's Chief Petty Officers, at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    They are (from left to right):
    Chief Machinist's Mate George F. Kaler;
    Chief Carpenter's Mate John Wesley Powell;
    Chief Water Tender Charles Ingerson Westover; and
    Chief Boatswain's Mate Elias Melvin Zimmerman.
    All were lost when Conestoga disappeared after leaving San Diego in March 1921.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71505

    Lieutenant Ernest L. Jones, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Conestoga (AT-54)

    With the ship's Quartermasters (one of whom has been cut out of the image), at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 545 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71507

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Deck Division posed beside the ship, at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    Seated in chairs are (from left to right):
    Chief Carpenter's Mate John Wesley Powell;
    Boatswain Harvey H. Reinbold, Executive Officer;
    Boatswain Roy E. Hoffses, Ordnance Officer; and
    Chief Boatswain's Mate Elias Melvin Zimmerman.
    The Sailor marked by an arrow (top row) may be Seaman 1st Class W.P. Burbage.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71500

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Engineering Division posed beside the ship, at San Diego, California, circa early 1921.
    Seated in chairs are (from left to right):
    Chief Water Tender Charles Ingerson Westover;
    Machinist Louis A. Liscomb, Engineering Officer; and
    Chief Machinist's Mate George F. Kaler.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71510

    USS Conestoga
    (AT-54)

    Men of the ship's Gunnery Department posing with her 3"/50 gun, 1921.
    The Sailor at left, marked "me", may be Seaman 1st Class W.P. Burbage.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 71509

    Seaman 1st Class W.P. Burbage, USN


    Photographed circa 1921. He had been a crewmember of USS Conestoga (AT-54), but left the ship shortly before she disappeared after leaving San Diego, California, on 25 March 1921.

    Courtesy of W.P. Burbage, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 545 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Conestoga (SP-1128, later AT-54), 1917-1921.


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


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