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Photo # NH 105700:  Officers and Crew of USS Imperator, 1919

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

USS Imperator (ID # 4080), 1919-1919
-- On Board, Close Up and Miscellaneous Views


This page features views taken on board, or close to, USS Imperator (ID # 4080) and miscellaneous views concerning her.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Imperator (ID # 4080), 1919-1919; and
  • S.S. Imperator (German Passenger Liner, 1913). Later the British Passenger Liner Berengaria.


    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 105700

    USS Imperator
    (ID # 4080)

    Ship's Officers and Crew, posed on her after boat deck, circa late spring or summer 1919.
    Panoramic photograph by H.A. Helm, 121 West 68th Street, New York.
    Note the large boat cranes flanking this scene, and the very large group of stewards in the front left.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 212KB; 2000 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105872

    USS Imperator
    (ID # 4080)

    "Concert Time" on the ship's after boat deck, circa late spring or summer 1919.
    Note the life boats, life rafts and pair of large boat cranes.
    The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 900 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106594

    USS Imperator
    (ID # 4080)

    Troops arriving aboard for passage home to the United States, circa May-August 1919.
    The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2009.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 900 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105173-KN (color)

    USS Imperator (ID # 4080)

    Officers' Mess Assignment Card issued to B. Baildon during a passage on the ship in 1919.
    See NH 105173-A-KN for a view of the reverse side of this card.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 56KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105173-A-KN (color)

    USS Imperator (ID # 4080)

    Reverse side of an Officers' Mess Assignment Card issued to B. Baildon, during a passage on the ship in 1919.
    See NH 105173-KN for a view of the front side of this card.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 58KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105964-KN (color)

    YMCA Ocean Transport Service
    postcard for returning troops


    Sent by Joseph Donahue, of Battery "C", 8th Field Artillery, on 20 June 1919, reporting his arrival after transportation home from France on board USS Imperator (ID # 4080).
    See Photo # NH 105964-A-KN for a view of the reverse of this card, containing Donahue's message.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105964-A-KN (color)

    YMCA Ocean Transport Service
    postcard for returning troops


    Reverse side, containing a message from Joseph Donahue, of Battery "C", 8th Field Artillery, reporting his arrival after transportation home from France on board USS Imperator (ID # 4080), 20 June 1919. A pencilled notation on the card indicates that he was sent to Camp Albert L. Mills, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, for demobilization.
    See Photo # NH 105964-KN for a view of the front of this card.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 475 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103644-KN (color)

    USS Imperator (ID # 4080)

    "Souvenir Folder", published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, featuring ten halftone reproductions of photographs of and on board the ship. All of these images were taken circa 1913, when she was the German passenger liner Imperator.
    The individual photographs have Photo #s NH 103645, NH 103646, NH 103647, NH 103648, NH 103649,
    NH 103650, NH 103651, NH 103652, NH 103653, and NH 103654.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     


    The following photographs shows barges and ferry lighters alongside USS Imperator, or a ship that may be her:

    Photo #: NH 105072

    White Star Line ferry lighters Nomadic
    (inboard)
    and Traffic (outboard)

    Transferring troops to USS Imperator (ID # 4080) at Brest, France, for passage home to the United States, 10 June 1919.
    The stern of the U.S. Navy personnel lighter Rin Tin Tin is in the right foreground. The small ship in the middle distance is the personnel lighter Amackassin. Faintly visible in the center distance is a U.S. Navy cruiser, either USS Saint Louis (Cruiser # 20) or USS Charleston (Cruiser # 22).
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104812

    "Gobs Coaling at Brest, 6-10-19"


    U.S. Navy Sailors coaling USS Imperator (ID # 4080) at Brest, France, on 10 June 1919.
    In addition to the coal barges, three ferry lighters are alongside Imperator and another is in the middle distance. That closest to the camera, alongside one of the coal barges, is Rin Tin Tin. The other three lighters are crowded with troops awaiting transfer to the transport for passage to the United States. The two directly aft of Rin Tin Tin are the White Star Line's Nomadic (inboard) and Traffic (outboard). That in the middle distance is Amackassin. The ship faintly visible in the center distance is either USS Saint Louis (Cruiser # 20) or USS Charleston (Cruiser # 22).
    The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 445 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105965

    Ferry Lighter Amackassin


    Alongside a transport in Brest harbor, France, to transfer troops for passage to the United States, June 1919.
    The transport may be USS Imperator (ID # 4080), as the original photograph was acquired with a postcard sent from that ship.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Imperator (ID # 4080), 1919-1919; and
  • S.S. Imperator (German Passenger Liner, 1913). Later the British Passenger Liner Berengaria.


    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 9 November 2008
    Minor caption error corrected 27 December 2010