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Photo # NH 53885:  USS George Washington underway in May 1918

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919 --
Views taken between Mid-1917 and November 1918


This page features all the views we have of USS George Washington (ID # 3018) taken through November 1918.

For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     


    For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS George Washington (ID # 3018), 1917-1919.


    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".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 18 December 2005
    New image added 18 February 2009