Photo #: NH 43473
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Troops boarding the ship, at the Norfolk Army docks, Virginia,
28 May 1918.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43474
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Troops waiting on the Norfolk Army docks, Virginia, on 28 May
1918, prior to boarding the ship.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN, from on board
Siboney.
Note baggage piled at right, and railway box cars in the background.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 64925
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Survivors of the torpedoed British transport Dwinsk come
aboard from the first of two lifeboats, in the early morning
of 21 June 1918. Siboney picked up 46 Dwinsk survivors
in Lat. 39 05'N, Long. 65 35'W. Both lifeboats were subsequently
set adrift.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43480
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Ship's after port side gun ready for loading, during target practice
at sea in August 1918.
This gun is a 5"/51, Mark VIII, with a Mark VII-2 breech.
Siboney carried four of these weapons.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43481
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Firing her after port side gun, during target practice at sea
in August 1918. The armored cruiser in the left distance may
be towing the target.
This gun is a 5"/51, Mark VIII. Stripes on its barrel are
part of the ship's "dazzle" camouflage pattern.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 64929
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Soldiers boarding the ship at the U.S. Army docks at American
Bassens, Gironde River, France, 24 December 1918.
Note the caterpiller tractors on railroad cars in the background,
and rifle-armed sentries wearing campaign hats.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 64930
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Transferring wounded men to the ship from an ambulance, at the
U.S. Army docks, American Bassens, Gironde River, France, 24
December 1918.
Note the life rafts carried on Siboney's superstructure.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 43493
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
A U.S. Army band and Red Cross workers welcome troops home, as
the ship arrives at Hoboken, New Jersey, on 3 January 1919. This
was at the end of Siboney's eighth return trip.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 64928
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Soldiers boarding the ship at the American Bassens on the Gironde
River, France, for their passage home, 20 February 1919.
Red Cross workers are assisting the troops at the foot of the
gangway.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Note the wet conditions, and the tent and hut sheltering the
Red Cross workers, at least one of whom is a woman.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103264
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Boxing match on the ship's forecastle, while she was at sea in
the Atlantic Ocean, transporting troops to or from France in
1918-1919. Spectators are wearing masks as a precaution against
the spread of influenza.
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, printed on page 24 of
"Historical Souvenir of the U.S.S. Siboney", published
by the ship's crew in 1919 as a momento of her service.
Collection of Captain Clarence S. Williams, USN. Donated by Mrs.
Clarence S. Williams, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52983
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, USN (right)
and
Congressman Thomas S. Butler (center)
With a U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant (perhaps Lt. Fegan), on board
USS Siboney (ID # 2999) with the 13th Regiment returning
to the U.S. from France, 8 August 1919.
Courtesy of Major Fegan, USMC, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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