Photo #: NH 45761
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Ship's Number Two five-inch gun coming into action on the morning
of 5 September 1918. Mount Vernon was torpedoed by German
submarine U-82 in this engagement.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 2693
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Crewmembers at their stations topsides, shortly after the ship
was torpedoed by German submarine U-82 on 5 September
1918.
Note life rafts and collapsible life boats.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45760
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Crewmen on deck shortly after the ship was torpedoed by German
submarine U-82, 5 September 1918.
Note life rafts and collapsible life boats in the background.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103937
USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508)
Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing wounded Soldiers
and Sailors immediately after the ship was torpedoed by German
Submarine U-82 on 5 September 1918. They have been placed
in a life boat as a precautionary measure.
This image was published in 1918-1919 as one of ten photographs
in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning the ship
and her 5 September 1918 torpedoing.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45763
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Bucket brigade bailing water out of the after Troops' Mess Hall,
after the ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-82
on 5 September 1918.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45764
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
"Group" of crewmen on deck about thirty minutes after
the ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-82, 5 September
1918.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 2692
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Crewmembers on deck shortly after the ship was torpedoed by German
submarine U-82 on 5 September 1918. Two of these men had
escaped from the damaged firerooms.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 45762
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Soldiers and Sailors talking it over after the ship arrived at
Brest, France, on 6 September 1918. Mount Vernon was torpedoed
by German submarine U-82 on the previous day.
Note the blimp in the center background.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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