siege1863 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share #26 Posted October 15, 2009 A few more from the "On the way over" series.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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siege1863 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share #29 Posted October 15, 2009 A goodie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted October 15, 2009 Share #30 Posted October 15, 2009 I am going to guess the battleship in #5 is a Kaiser class ship....all scuttled at the flow. The cruiser is to hard to figure for me. ike the enhanced scans of the US officers as well. Really enjoying looking at the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 16, 2009 Share #31 Posted October 16, 2009 A few more scanned at a higher resolution and in grayscale... Thanks - it is just very hard to find detailed images of sailors at work aboard ships, especially from that long ago. Typically you may find some snapshots of a guy and his buddies off-duty or you see the sanitized official photos where everyone seemingly got dressed up just for the pictures. These ones though are revealing candids of real life in the Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siege1863 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share #32 Posted October 16, 2009 Although not very exciting, these two images are certainly quite rare. In January 1919, the night after the last mines had been unloaded from the ship at Hampton Roads, there was a fire aboard the SARANAC. It was reported that the fire spread so rapidly the sleeping officers had to make their escape in their night clothes, losing all effects. The men in the engine room were barely able to attend the pumps without suffocation. The photos appear to be of the officers quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted October 16, 2009 Share #33 Posted October 16, 2009 I am going to guess the battleship in #5 is a Kaiser class ship....all scuttled at the flow. The cruiser is to hard to figure for me. ike the enhanced scans of the US officers as well. Really enjoying looking at the album. Agreed. To avoid contradictionary info, In a prior post I named them as Koening class - my mistake. On second look they are indeed Kaiser Class. (The cranes give it away) I stand by the Koeningsberg class light cruiser though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleujacket34 Posted October 23, 2009 Share #34 Posted October 23, 2009 What an amazing find! The pictures of sailors working are amazing! Great for studying. Thank You for posting these pictures. I will be looking at all the fine details in them for awhile! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted October 23, 2009 Share #35 Posted October 23, 2009 USS Saranac related. I believe this to be a picture of the photo album owner's division. Couple of the same men in it for sure. Taken from the book " The Northern Barrage, Mine Force United States Atlantic Fleet"Notice tht the Petty Officer standing on the far left of the photo is wearing the (by then) obsoleet blue flannel pull over work shirt? This was introduced in 1913 and replaced by the undress blue jumper in 1917. Another example of Sauilors continueing to use stuff even though it is no longer with in regs. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted October 23, 2009 Share #36 Posted October 23, 2009 A goodie! In this photo, the Sailors on the extream left is wearing an undress blue jumper with 3/4 length sleeves over the obsoleet blue flannel work shirt. The next two Sailors on the gun crew are wearing the blue denim dungarees. Great shots of Sailors in real uniforms. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted September 20, 2016 Share #37 Posted September 20, 2016 Some great photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted September 8, 2018 Share #38 Posted September 8, 2018 Although not very exciting, these two images are certainly quite rare. In January 1919, the night after the last mines had been unloaded from the ship at Hampton Roads, there was a fire aboard the SARANAC. It was reported that the fire spread so rapidly the sleeping officers had to make their escape in their night clothes, losing all effects. The men in the engine room were barely able to attend the pumps without suffocation. The photos appear to be of the officers quarters. FireDamagex.jpg More on the fire of 1/17/19- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted September 9, 2018 Share #39 Posted September 9, 2018 Great Post! Missed this the first time around. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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