Photo #: NH 55388
USS Corsair (SP-159)
Ship's officers and crew posed on her after deck in mid-1917,
soon after she entered Navy service. Officers are (left to right):
unidentified;
Lieutenant Commander William B. Porter, USNRF;
Lieutenant Commander Theodore A. Kittinger, USN;
Lieutenant Robert E. Tod, USNRF;
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John K. Hutchinson, USNRF;
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Roy J. McGuire, USNRF (? -- uniform
is that of a warrant officer); and
unidentified warrant officer.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 55389
USS Corsair (SP-159)
Members of the ship's crew posed on the after deckhouse in mid-1917,
soon after she entered Navy service. These men are spelling out
Corsair's name in semaphore ("wig-wag") code.
Note the ship's after conning station in the center foreground,
speaking tubes at the end of the deckhouse, and the after pair
of 3"/50 guns.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106636
USS Corsair (SP-159)
Ship's officers, circa 1918.
In the center of the back row is Lieutenant Commander William B. Porter, USNRF, who was the ship's Executive Officer prior to the Autumn of 1918, when he became her Commanding Officer.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106637
USS Corsair (SP-159)
Some of the ship's Sailors, circa 1918.
The original print's reverse bears the inscription "After the storm".
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99899
USS Corsair (SP-159)
Chief Petty Officer and another crew member on the ship's bridge,
while at Brest, France, in 1918.
Another U.S. Navy converted yacht is in the background, with
a kite balloon overhead.
Collection of Paul F. Wangerin, 1975.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99900
USS Corsair (SP-159)
Ensign Paul F.F. Wangerin, USNRF (second from right), with "My
Fellow Officers on Corsair", 1918.
Note the overseas stripe on Ensign Wangerin's uniform sleeve.
Collection of Paul F. Wangerin, 1975.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106634
USS Corsair (SP-159)
U.S. Navy Commander on board the ship, circa 1918.
This officer is probably either Commander Theodore A. Kittinger, who commanded Corsair prior to Autumn 1918, or Commander Walter N. Vernou, who commanded Squadron Three of the Atlantic Fleet's Patrol Force beginning in Autumn 1918.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106635
Lieutenant Commander William B. Porter, USNRF
On board USS Corsair (SP-159), circa 1918.
He was the ship's Executive Officer prior to the Autumn of 1918, when he became her Commanding Officer.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99901
Ensign Paul F.F. Wangerin, USNRF
On board USS Corsair (SP-159), 1918.
Note the overseas stripe on Ensign Wangerin's uniform sleeve.
Collection of Paul F. Wangerin, 1975.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99905
Ensign Paul F.F. Wangerin, USNRF
Stands beside a 3"/50 gun on board USS Corsair (SP-159),
1918.
Collection of Paul F. Wangerin, 1975.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99902
USS Corsair (SP-159)
A Navy officer on board Corsair, 1918.
Identified in a hand-written note on the original print as "Ahern",
it is possible this officer is Ensign Albert H. Acorn, Jr., USNRF,
who is listed as one of Corsair's officers during mid-1918.
Collection of Paul F. Wangerin, 1975.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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