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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21), 1906-1917
USS Milwaukee, a 9700-ton St. Louis class protected
cruiser built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned in
December 1906. She spent her entire career, lasting just over
a decade, primarily operating along the West Coast, visiting ports
from Central America to Canada. In the summer of 1908 the cruiser
also steamed to Hawaii. During 1913-1915, while part of the Pacific
Reserve Fleet, Milwaukee made several short cruises. One
of these, embarking members of the Washington State Naval Militia,
took her back to Hawaiian waters.
In March 1916 Milwaukee became flagship for the Pacific
Fleet Coast Torpedo Force, whose combatant ships included destroyers,
torpedo boats and submarines. Outfitted with extra workshops and
other facilities, she spent some of that year supporting these
smaller vessels as well as participating in patrols along
the coast of Mexico. In January 1917, after USS H-3
went hard aground near Eureka, California, Milwaukee steamed
up from Mare Island Navy Yard to try to pull the submarine off
the beach. In the course of this effort, she was stranded
herself during the early morning of 13 January. After her
crew was removed and some equipment and stores were brought ashore,
USS Milwaukee was formally decommissioned in early March
1917. Her hull, by now further stripped by salvors and broken in
two by the power of the Pacific coast surf, was sold in August
1919.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views
we have related to USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21).
For other images concerning this ship, see:
Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) --
Construction and Miscellaneous Views;
Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) --
Views on Board the Ship;
USS
H-3 Salvage Attempts, January 1917;
Stranding
of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917;
Stranding
of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917 -- Rescue of the ship's
crew; and
Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) --
Later Views of the Ship's Wreck.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 63592
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
Photographed circa 1906-1908.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 86811
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1908.
Photographed by O.T. Frasch.
Despite the inscription on the original postal card, this ship
is definitely not USS St. Louis (Cruiser # 20).
Donated by USS Parsons (DD-949), 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99356
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa late 1907.
The cruiser moored in the stream at right is either USS Cincinnati
(Cruiser # 7) or USS Raleigh (Cruiser # 8), both of which
were placed out of commission at Mare Island in October 1907.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Radio Collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99355
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
In port, probably at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa
1907.
USS Buffalo is partially visible at right.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Radio Collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 46134
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
Off San Francisco, California, circa 1915.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps),
1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99354
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1915.
Collection of P.S. Crawley, donated by Francis T. Crawley.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 46135
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
In drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 April
1916.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 46136
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
Underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 29 April
1916.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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For other images concerning this ship, see:
Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) --
Construction and Miscellaneous Views;
Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) --
Views on Board the Ship;
USS
H-3 Salvage Attempts, January 1917;
Stranding
of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917;
Stranding
of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917 -- Rescue of the ship's
crew; and
Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) --
Later Views of the Ship's Wreck.
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