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Photo # NH 68729:  USS Bath at anchor and dressed with flags, circa 1920

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USS Bath (ID # 1997, later AK-4), 1917-1926

USS Bath, a 2554 gross ton cargo ship, was built at Stettin, Germany, in 1913 as the commercial freighter Andromeda. She was seized by the U.S. Government at New Orleans in April 1917, when America entered the First World War. Transferred to the Navy in May and renamed Bath in June, she was placed in commission in late July. After a voyage to France in August and September 1917, she operated in European waters until February 1918, then resumed trans-Atlantic cargo voyages. From February 1919 until July 1921 Bath, which was designated AK-4 in mid-1920, carried equipment and supplies between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, by way of the Caribbean. She was then sent to the Philippines to join the Asiatic Fleet. USS Bath was placed out of commission at Cavite Navy Yard in May 1922 and sold in January 1926.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Bath (ID # 1997, later AK-4).


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Photo #: 19-N-6737

USS Bath
(ID # 1997)

At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 28 June 1918, with what appears to be a significant list to starboard.
Note her pattern camouflage.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 575 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: NH 68729

USS Bath
(AK-4)

At anchor and dressed with flags, circa 1920.

Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1969.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 107024

The body of Arthur Vester Boykin, Fireman 3rd Class, USN


Ready for burial at sea.
Fireman Boykin enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 9 January 1917. He died of lobar pneumonia on board USS Bath (ID # 1997, later AK-4) on 15 April 1918 and was buried at sea the next day.
The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 120KB; 900 x 565 pixels

 


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 may 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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