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Photo # NH 45753:  Stokers at work on USS Mount Vernon, circa 1919

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

USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508), 1917-1919 --
Views on board the Ship


This page features, and provides links to, images taken on board USS Mount Vernon.

For more on board pictures of this ship, see:

  • USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508) -- Views on board the Ship (Part II).

    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508), 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 105826

    USS Mount Vernon
    (ID # 4508)

    Ship takes spray over the bow as she steams through a North Atlantic storm, March 1919.
    Photographed by Grassel.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45765

    USS Mount Vernon
    (1917-1919)

    View in the ship's smoking room, 1918, showing elegant decor left over from her days as the German passenger liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps), 1933.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105522

    USS Mount Vernon
    (ID # 4508)

    Troops eating in a mess compartment, circa 1919.
    Photographed by Grassel.
    Note the decorative capitals topping the column-like stanchions on this former German passenger liner.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 98KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63110

    USS Mount Vernon
    (1917-1919)

    View in the ship's hospital ward, 1918, showing elegant decor installed when she was the German passenger liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps), 1933.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45753

    USS Mount Vernon
    (1917-1919)

    Stokers at work in the ship's Number Four Fireroom, circa 1919.
    Photographed by Grassel.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45756

    USS Mount Vernon
    (1917-1919)

    Scene in the ship's dynamo room, circa 1918-1919.
    Photographed by Grassel.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56927

    Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels


    With Mrs. Daniels and Navy officers, on board the Mount Vernon during the voyage from Brest, France, to New York, 16 May 1919.
    Those present include (left to right, seated):
    Captain Douglas E. Dismukes, ship's Commanding Officer;
    Mrs. Josephus Daniels; and
    Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.
    (left to right, standing):
    Rear Admiral Ralph Earl;
    Rear Admiral R.S. Griffin;
    Rear Admiral David W. Taylor; and
    Commander Percy W. Foote, Aide to the Secretary.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56903

    Captain Douglas E. Dismukes, USN,
    (left)
    Commanding Officer, USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)

    Shakes hands with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, on board the Mount Vernon, 17 May 1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 540 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63475

    Captain Douglas E. Dismukes, USN,

    Commanding Officer, USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)

    On board the Mount Vernon, 1918-1919.
    The original print was accompanied by the following contemporary text: "Capt. D.E. Dismukes, who has guided the Mt. Vernon since March 1918 - a most popular Captain - the crew would do anything for him. A Captain who's only thought is for the comfort of his crew, and safety of his ship and passengers."

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63476

    Captain Douglas E. Dismukes, USN,

    Commanding Officer, USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)

    On board the Mount Vernon with the ship's dog, "Laddie", 1918-1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53383

    Captain Douglas E. Dismukes, USN,
    (right)
    Commanding Officer, USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)

    With Lieutenant Commander James M. Doyle, USN, on board the Mount Vernon, 1918.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45757

    USS Mount Vernon
    (1917-1919)

    Officers of the ship's Medical Department, circa 1918-1919.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     


    For more on board pictures of this ship, see:

  • USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508) -- Views on board the Ship (Part II).

    For other views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508), 1917-1919.


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


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    Page made 16 October 2003
    New images added and page divided 30 November 2008