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Album S-585, pages 16 and 17: USS Cebu crew members at work on board their ship

Online Library of Selected Images -- Photo Albums
(Naval History and Heritage Command Photographic Lot # S-585)

George H. Dunn's USS Cebu (ARG-6) Photo Album
-- General Description, Part II: Subject Listings


This page provides a list of subjects seen in in George H. Dunn's USS Cebu photographic album.

For introductory information on this album, see:
George H. Dunn's USS Cebu (ARG-6) Photo Album -- General Description.

To quickly locate relevant entries in pages, use "Ctrl-f" to open the "FIND" dialog box, type in the subject word(s) you want and click "find next".

Click on the linked page numbers to see small pictures ("thumbnails") of those pages.
Click on the thumbnails to access larger images of the pages.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


SUBJECTS SEEN IN THIS ALBUM:

USS Cebu (ARG-6):

  • Views on board the ship:
    -- Formally posed crew groups -- Pages 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 and 8, Page 20

    -- African-American Sailors -- Page 4
    -- Ship's engine room (probably) -- Page 17
    -- Ship's laundry -- Page 19
    -- Ship's medical staff -- Page 8, Page 20
    -- Ship's mess cooks & other culinary staff -- Pages 4 & 8, Page 18
    -- Crew members in mess compartments -- Pages 18 & 19
    -- Ship's offices -- Pages 14 & 15
    -- Ship's shops (metal working, printing, photographic lab, armory, etc.) -- Pages 15, 16, 17, Page 20
    -- Ship's signalmen working with semaphore flags -- Page 12

    -- Awards presentation (including Purple Heart Medal) -- Page 9
    -- Equator crossing ceremony (probably) -- Pages 10-11 and Page 27
    -- Religious services -- Page 13
    -- Jazz concert -- Page 21
    -- Handling cargo (in crate) -- Page 11


  • Ship's Equipment, Boats and Weapons:
    -- Cargo handling winch -- Page 12
    -- Life ring -- Page 1
    -- Motion picture Screen -- Pages 4 & 6; Page 11
    -- Ship's newspaper (the "Cebugle") -- Page 15

    -- Motor launch -- Pages 10 & 11

    -- Paravanes -- Pages 7 & 8
    -- 3"/50 and twin 40mm guns -- Page 27
    -- Small arms (.30 caliber Browning Machine Gun; .45 caliber Thompson Submachinegun; .22 caliber Rifle; and M1911 .45 caliber Pistol) -- Page 16


    Other Ships and Boats:

    -- USS LCT-1159 (partial view) -- Page 25
    -- Landing Craft, Minesweepers (YMS type) and other vessels (seen distantly) -- Page 13
    -- LCVP landing Craft (bow-on view, with ramp down) -- Page 26
    -- Outrigger canoe (south or western Pacific native craft) -- Page 25


    Individual People (Members, or probably members, of USS Cebu's crew):

    -- Carmen Belasio (enlisted man) -- Page 30 (portrait)
    -- Albert O'Dell Brown (enlisted man) -- Page 29 (portrait)
    -- Charlton (enlisted man) -- Page 18
    -- Harvey E. Cloud (enlisted man) -- Page 30 (portrait)
    -- R.A. Cole (enlisted man) -- Page 30 (portrait)

    -- George H. Dunn (enlisted man) -- Page 28 (portrait)
    -- Robert Dunn (enlisted man) -- Page 0 (written information only); Page 28 (portrait)
    -- Don Eslinger (enlisted man) -- Page 30 (portrait)
    -- John G. ("Johnny") Geitz (enlisted man) -- Pages 29 & 31 (portrait)
    -- Eugene Heermann (enlisted man) -- Page 31 (portrait)

    -- Chief Petty Officer Sokolaski (22 years of age) -- Page 27
    -- Captain George W. Stott (Cebu's first Commanding Officer) at his desk -- Page 14


    Places:

    -- Liberty ashore on southern or western Pacific island(s), some possibly in the Philippines -- Pages 22 through 26 ..... Specific subjects seen include: Chapel and cemetary; Officers dancing with local women, Fist and fingers game; Tug of war contest; Stage entertainment; Beer consumption.


    Miscellaneous Subjects:

    -- American Airlines calendar (March 1945) -- Page 14
    -- Poster: "Attack of Victory" -- Page 21
    -- Man dressed as "peg-leg" pirate -- Page 27



    For a listing of specific subjects seen in this album, keyed to the pages where they appear, see:

  • George H. Dunn's USS Cebu (ARG-6) Photo Album -- ... Subject Listings.

    Click on the linked page numbers to see small pictures ("thumbnails") of those pages.

    Click on the thumbnails to access larger images of the pages.

    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.

  • If reproduced, images featured on these pages should be credited to the "U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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