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J.C. Crosby
J.C. Crosby (who called himself "Naval Photographer"
on many of his prints) was located at 11 Portland Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, in about 1919-1920. During that time, he made many
photographs of U.S. Navy ships at the Boston Navy Yard, the great
majority of them using panoramic
cameras. He appears to have moved to the Norfolk, Virginia area in the later part of 1920, though still using the Boston address. In about January 1921 he may have worked in partnership with another photographer whose family name appears to have been "Falck", but this relationship was apparently brief. By March 1921 Crosby's address was 324 First Street, Portsmouth, Virginia. However, he was back at the Portland Street location in Boston by August of that year. In 1925, his address was 46 Main Street, Somerville, Massachusetts.
This page provides links to photographs taken by J.C. Crosby.
The following photographs, organized chronologically, were
taken by J.C. Crosby. Unless otherwise noted, all were taken at
Boston, Massachusetts:
- Photo # NH 99264:
USS Thatcher
(Destroyer # 162), 14 January 1919
- Photo # NH 50022:
USS Little
(Destroyer # 79), 18 January 1919
- Photo # NH 50016:
USS Buchanan
(Destroyer # 131), 24 January 1919
- Photo # NH 99229:
USS Crosby
(Destroyer # 164), 25 January 1919
- Photo # NH 99161:
USS Walker
(Destroyer # 163), 1 February 1919
- Photo # NH 50021:
USS Meredith
(Destroyer # 165), 4 February 1919
- Photo # NH 63146:
USS Mount Vernon
(ID # 4508), 7 February 1919
- Photo # NH 41809:
USS Sigourney
(Destroyer # 175), 9 February 1919
- Photo # NH 99400:
USS Drayton
(Destroyer # 23), 11 February 1919
- Photo # NH 99010:
USS Conyngham
(Destroyer # 58), 11 February 1919
- Photo # NH 50020:
USS Stringham (Destroyer # 83), 11 February 1919
- Photo # NH 98132:
USS Birmingham
(Scout Cruiser # 2), 20 February 1919
- Photo # NH 56671:
USS Bush (Destroyer
# 166), 20 February 1919
- Photo # NH 105190:
USS Gamble (Destroyer # 123), 24 February 1919
- Photo # NH 50019:
USS Cowell
(Destroyer # 167), 19 March 1919
- Photo # NH 84083:
USS Housatonic
(ID # 1697), 28 March 1919
- Photo # NH 50015:
USS Palmer
(Destroyer # 161), 12 April 1919
- Photo # NH 98488:
USS Aaron Ward
(Destroyer # 132), 23 April 1919
- Photo # NH 84084:
USS Patricia,
28 April 1919
- Photo # NH 103411:
USS Wilhelmina (ID # 2168), 13 May 1919
- Photo # NH 50023:
USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17), 21 May 1919
- Photo # NH 105195:
USS Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser # 4) at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 27 May 1919
- Photo # NH 102902:
USS Laub (Destroyer
# 263), 4 June 1919
- Photo # NH 105191:
USS Ballard (Destroyer # 267), 9 June 1919
- Photo # NH 46899:
USS F.J. Luckenbach
(ID # 2160), 18 June 1919
- Photo # NH 73977:
USS Nebraska
(Battleship # 14), 19 July 1919
- Photo # NH 105315: USS Shubrick (Destroyer # 268), 11 August 1919
- Photo # NH 105327: USS Welles (Destroyer # 257), 2 September 1919
- Photo # NH 98465:
USS Meade
(Destroyer # 274), 10 September 1919
- Photo # NH 98927:
USS Moody
(Destroyer # 277), 8 October 1919
- Photo # NH 99891:
USS Camden
(ID # 3143), 13 October 1919
- Photo # NH 98009:
USS Delphy
(Destroyer # 261), 28 October 1919
- Photo # NH 51450:
USS Luce
(Destroyer # 99), 28 November 1919
- Photo # NH 98992:
USS Sharkey
(Destroyer # 281), December 1919
- Photo # NH 98365:
USS Sinclair
(Destroyer # 275) and USS Sharkey (Destroyer # 281),
December 1919
- Photo # NH 105314:
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Androscoggin, December 1919
- Photo # NH 105370:
USS Toucey (Destroyer # 282), January 1920
- Photo # NH 98010:
USS Flusser
(Destroyer # 289), March 1920
- Photo # NH 105313:
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Manning at Norfolk, Virginia,
30 December 1920
- Photo # NH 93143:
Officers and Crew of USS Gulfport
(AK-5) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 13 January 1921
- Photo # NH 106294:
USS Camden
(AS-6) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 29 January 1921
- Photo # NH 105312:
USS Noa (DD-343) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 11 February 1921
- Photo # NH 104056:
USS Downes (DD-45) and USS Benham (DD-49) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 5 March 1921
- Photo # NH 103100:
USS Alameda
(AO-10) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 7 March 1921
- Photo # NH 105184:
USS Quincy (AK-10) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 11 March 1921
- Photo # NH 105197:
USS Robin (AM-3) in drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 11 March 1921
- Photo # NH 104057: Officers and Crew of USS Benham (DD-49) posed on her after deck, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 12 March 1921.
- Photo # NH 103745:
USS Benham (DD-49) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 15 March 1921
- Photo # NH 105183:
USS Mars (AC-6) in drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 16 March 1921
- Photo # NH 105196:
USS Robin (AM-3) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 16 March 1921
- Photo # NH 99370:
USS Henderson
(AP-1) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 23 March 1921
- Photo # NH 93142:
USS Gulfport
(AK-5) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 19 April 1921
- Photo # NH 90492:
USS Redwing (AM-48) and USS Duncan (DD-46) at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 19 April 1921
- Photo # NH 105323:
USS Bushnell (AS-2) baseball team, 1921 season. Location is probably in the Norfolk, Virginia area
- Photo # NH 103193: Nine "O" submarines of Submarine Division 8 at the Boston Navy Yard, 16 August 1921
- Photo # NH 103194-A: Submarines K-7, K-4 and K-6 alongside USS Bushnell, 27 August 1921
- Photo # NH 105060:
Officers and Crew of USS Cleveland (CL-21), pose beside her, 11 September 1922, probably at Boston, Mass.
- Photo # NH 98811:
USS Charles Ausburn
(DD-294), September 1925
The following photographs were probably taken by J.C. Crosby:
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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