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Photo # NH 51076:  Officers at revolver practice on board USS Kroonland, January 1919

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USS Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919 --
Shipboard Activities


This page features views of activities on board USS Kroonland (ID # 1541).

For additional images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919.


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 51007

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Troops come aboard the ship for transportation home, at St. Nazaire, France, 11 March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51008

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Army officers enjoying the trip home from France, atop the ship's superstructure, 23 March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51067

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Seaman Apprentice L.E. Fortier versus Yeoman J.E. Ercaxbrack, during a boxing match held for the entertainment of the ship's crew and passengers, while she was bringing troops home from France, circa March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51013

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Troops and crewmen watching boxing bouts on the trip home from France, circa March 1919.
    View looks toward the stern, over the ship's after well deck.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51012

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    "Chow" on board the "Empress of the Sea", 23 March 1919.
    Note the security sign in the center distance, reading: "Attention! Beware of hidden enemies".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51016

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Crewmen firing at a floating mine with a Lewis machine gun and a 1-pounder gun, 23 March 1919.
    Note the man standing in left center, holding a magazine for the Lewis gun.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52098

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    The Commanding Officer, Commander Ralph M. Griswold, aims a revolver during small arms practice for the ship's officers held while she was underway at sea, 1 January 1919.
    Kroonland's Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander George K. Stoddard, is in the center of the view, with his left hand in his pocket.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51076

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    The Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander George K. Stoddard, fires a revolver during small arms practice for the ship's officers held while she was underway at sea, 1 January 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51015

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Crewmen put a collision mat over the side, during a collision drill on board, 23 March 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51014

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Lowering a whaleboat, 28 February 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51068

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Clearing a whaleboat from the falls, after lowering it over the side, 28 February 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51069

    USS Kroonland
    (ID # 1541)

    Whaleboat picking up a man from the water, 28 February 1919.
    Note the steering oar.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 49KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     

    For additional images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Kroonland (ID # 1541), 1918-1919.


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


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