This page features all the views we have of USS George Washington (ID # 3018) taken through November 1918.
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Photo #: NH 53777 S.S. George Washington (ex-German Passenger Liner, 1908) At the New York Navy Yard in the Summer of 1917, while fitting out for U.S. Navy service. She was placed in commission as USS George Washington (ID # 3018) in September. The ship partially visible at right (seen bow-on) is Kaiser Wilhelm II, which soon became USS Agamemnon (ID # 3004). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103168 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) Underway at sea, in late 1917 or during the first half of 1918. Note that the ship has not yet been fitted with wind deflectors on her fore and after mast crows nests. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Admiral Albert Gleaves, USN. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 470 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53885 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) Underway at sea on 10 May 1918. Photographed from USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15), which was then operating off western France. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 560 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53887 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) View of the ship's after starboard side, taken while she was underway at sea on 10 May 1918. Photographed from USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15), which was then serving off western France. Note lifeboats suspended from George Washington's davits, ready position for quick launching, a necessary precaution while operating in the war zone. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 545 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53879 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) In port at New York, 14 June 1918, showing her pattern camouflage. Photographed by the New York Navy Yard. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53880 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) In port at New York, 14 June 1918, showing her pattern camouflage and the decoration on her bow bulwark. Photographed by the New York Navy Yard. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 70KB; 600 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 43281 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) Unloading cargo at Brest, France, in 1918. She is painted in "dazzle" camouflage. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100627 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) Steaming at sea in a World War I Atlantic convoy, circa June-November 1918, while she was painted in pattern camouflage. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106388 USS George Washington (ID # 3018) Underway at sea with a World War I Atlantic convoy, circa June-November 1918, while she was painted in pattern camouflage. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. This view is identical to Photo # NH 100627, but is not so closely cropped. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 470 pixels |
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For more images concerning this ship, see:
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 18 December 2005
New image added 18 February 2009