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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE
COMMAND
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images
A mirror version hosted by

The Online Library is the Photographic Section's readily accessible
index to Naval and maritime history pictures.
Each entry provides a thumbnail image, a caption and the appropriate
credit line. "Click" on the thumbnail to access a larger
(average 50KB to 150KB) 96 dpi digital image that can usually
be printed on letter-size paper.
To the best of our knowledge, all Online Library pictures are
in the public domain and can therefore be freely downloaded and
used for any purpose without requesting permission.
For Additional Information, see: Scope
and Limitations of the Online Library.
For information concerning this mirror version, see: HyperWar Mirror of the Online Library.
To access the HyperWar home page, click: HyperWar
AT LEFT, ABOVE: The Online Library's current Picture
of the Month.
Click the picture to see a larger version. If you want more information
about it, see Picture
Data.
Previous Online Library front page pictures can be found in
the Picture of the Month Gallery.
For the latest information on Online Library progress, see
WHAT'S
in
the Online Library
SEARCHING THE ONLINE LIBRARY:
Online Library images are organized by subject. To locate specific
subjects, follow the topic list below.
Note: As a result of the recent relocation of this website to a different server host, the Search Engine previously available has been lost. We hope that, sometime in the future, a similar search engine can be associated with the Naval History and Heritage Command's website.
Current Online Library Topics include:
- AIRCRAFT, U.S. NAVY:
- ALBUMS & SCRAPBOOKS:
- USS Arkansas
Photo Album: "Our European Cruise. October 25th, to December
15th, 1913" (Lot S-582)
- Donald R. Cochran's USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) and USS Madawaska (ID # 3011) Photo Album, 1917-1919 (Lot S-591)
- George H. Dunn's USS Cebu (ARG-6) Photo Album, circa 1944-1945 (Lot S-585)
- LeRoy Horstman's USS Hannibal (AG-1) Photo Album, circa 1923 (Lot NHF-187-H)
- USS Philippines (ID # 1677) Collection, 1919 (Lot S-589)
- Robert H. Helm's USS Powhatan (ID # 3013) Photo Collection, circa 1919 (Lot S-586)
- USS Scranton (ID # 3511) Photo Album, 1919 (Lot S-583)
- USS Soestdijk (ID # 3413) Photo Collection, circa 1918-1919 (Lot S-587)
- USS Tanager (Minesweeper # 5) Photo Collection, 1919 (Lot S-590)

- J. Beatrice Bowman
Photo Album, 1908-1915 (Lot S-581)
- Captain William J. Longhi Collection: Naval Communication Station Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, 1970-1971 (Lot S-588)
- Bureau of Ships' "Spring
Styles" Book # 3 (1939-1944) (Lot S-511)
- ART TOPICS:
- AWARDS & MEDALS:
- DOCUMENTS:
- EVENTS:
- PEOPLE:
- PEOPLE -- TOPICS:
- PLACES -- UNITED STATES:
- PLACES -- ASIA:
- SHIPS -- U.S. NAVY:
- SHIPS of OTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, STATE GOVERNMENTS
and the CONFEDERATE STATES:
- SHIPS of FOREIGN NAVIES and GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
- MERCHANT SHIPS and OTHER CIVIL-USE SHIPS:
- SHIP COLOR SCHEMES, CAMOUFLAGE and MARKINGS:
CAUTION: These presentations are prototypes. Their contents are not necessarily complete or accurate!
- WEAPONS and SENSORS:
- LISTS OF POSTED IMAGES:
- Other Topics will be added as the
Online Library is developed.
NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page originally posted 28 January 2009
Contents updated 10 January 2011