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805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images
-- ART TOPICS -- PHOTOGRAPHERS
John G. Krieger (1888-19??)
John Gustave Krieger was born in Ohio on 2 January 1888. He
enlisted in the Navy in about 1907, and appears to have served
in that year in the cruiser St.
Louis. In 1916-1918 he was assigned to the converted yacht
Eagle, operating in Cuban waters. On 24 September 1917,
Krieger (who by that time may have been a Chief Petty Officer)
received a temporary appointment to the Warrant rank of Machinist.
As such he was an officer in the transport Siboney
during 1918-1919. Later in 1919 he served in the battleship Delaware. He took
photographs on all the ships named, as well as of other subjects
during the 1916-1919 period.
Later details on John G. Krieger's Navy career are sketchy.
He apparently reverted to Enlisted status following the World
War I era, and remained in the service for many more years. He
retired on 1 June 1937, but returned to active duty during World
War II, receiving a second temporary appointment as a Machinist
on 22 June 1942. In 1966-1967 he donated a large number of original
negatives (most, if not all, taken by him) to the Naval Historical
Display Center (as the Navy Museum was called at that time). In
a letter written from his home in La Jolla, California, on 17
August 1967, he commented (concerning his World War I era photos):
"During the war I had 3 cameras. A graflex, a postal size
folding and a small kodak. The small kodak I could conceal by
carrying it in my pocket."
As an aside, the present writer maintains a warm spot in his
heart for John G. Krieger's photographs, as this collection was
the first one this curator processed after joining the staff of
the Naval History Division (later Naval Historical Center, and most recently Naval History and Heritage Command) in 1967.
This page provides links to photographs taken by John G.
Krieger.
The following photographs were taken by John G. Krieger:
- Photo # NH 49908:
Wreck of USS Memphis
(Armored Cruiser # 10) at Santo Domingo. Taken in mid-1917, when
John G. Krieger was serving in USS Eagle.
- Photo # NH 49909:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 49910:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 49911:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 49912:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 49913:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 49914:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 49915:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 52074:
USS Kittery
(1917-1933, later AK-2) at Santo Domingo, August 1917
- Photo # NH 43469:
USS Siboney
(ID # 2999) underway in May 1918.
- Photo # NH 43470:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 43473:
Troops boarding USS Siboney at Norfolk, Virginia on 28
May 1918.
- Photo # NH 43474:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 64925:
Survivors of the torpedoed British transport Dwinsk boarding
USS Siboney from a lifeboat, 21 June 1918.
- Photo # NH 43480:
Gunnery practice on USS Siboney, August 1918.
- Photo # NH 43481:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 43482:
Smoke generating machine on USS Siboney, August 1918.
- Photo # NH 43476:
Engine Room scene on USS Siboney, December 1918.
- Photo # NH 43477:
Same subject.
- Photo # NH 43479:
Same subject, but taken 1 February 1919.
- Photo # NH 64939:
Same subject, but taken 1 February 1919.
- Photo # NH 64940:
Same subject, but taken 1 February 1919.
- Photo # NH 64929:
Troops boarding USS Siboney at American Bassens, France,
24 December 1918.
- Photo # NH 64930:
Transferring wounded men from an ambulance to USS Siboney
at American Bassens, France, 24 December 1918.
- Photo # NH 43493:
Army band and Red Cross workers welcome troops home as USS Siboney
arrives at Hoboken, N.J., 3 January 1919.
- Photo # NH 64932:
Field guns on railway cars at American Bassens, France, 20 February
1919, with USS Siboney in the background.
- Photo # NH 64928:
Troops boarding USS Siboney at American Bassens, France,
20 February 1919.
- Photo # NH 53714:
USS George Washington (ID # 3018) coaling at New York, 25 November 1918.
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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