cwnorma Posted March 18, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 18, 2007 All, Taking a break from the female uniforms this week, more to follow, but I felt like doing something else. Here is an uncommon WW1 US Navy uniform. Certainly not as pricey as a Navy Corpsman uniform, but at least as rare. During the closing months of WW1, the Navy mounted 14 Inch guns, which had been intended for use on future dreadnaughts, on railway mounts. This Naval Battery hurled projectiles the size of a small car filled with high explosives and harassed the germans far behind their lines. According to official Navy records, only 817 "Naval Battery" Victory Medal clasps were awarded. Here is the uniform, to answer the inevitable, no I don't know his name. Nor do I have the medals, unfortunately. I bought this in an antique/junk shop in Annapolis MD. The owner delt mostly in furniture, and he had just bought it at an auction in PA. The way you see it is the way I got it. Ribbons and all. It is, aside from the Navy insignia, a standard 1917-1918 USMC uniform. Even the buttons are USMC. This is the Hat that came with the Uniform. Here is a picture of WW1 US Naval Battery Personnel I found off the web. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 27, 2007 Here is an uncommon WW1 US Navy uniform. Certainly not as pricey as a Navy Corpsman uniform, but at least as rare. Okay, I'm in LUUUUUUUV.... Thanks for posting it!!! (psst... if you ever want to sell or trade....) Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted March 28, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 28, 2007 "Here is an uncommon WW1 US Navy uniform. Certainly not as pricey as a Navy Corpsman uniform, but at least as rare." Chris, Very impressive. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted March 29, 2007 Thanks! I'll try to get off my butt and take some more pictures of Navy items this weekend. If I don't, I have to go back to Ft Meade next week, so it may have to wait... Chris "Here is an uncommon WW1 US Navy uniform. Certainly not as pricey as a Navy Corpsman uniform, but at least as rare."Chris, Very impressive. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted July 9, 2007 To all who thought this was a neat item, there is one for sale on ebay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/WWI-USMC-M-1917-Identi...1QQcmdZViewItem This is only the third one I have seen. Chris All, Taking a break from the female uniforms this week, more to follow, but I felt like doing something else. Here is an uncommon WW1 US Navy uniform. Certainly not as pricey as a Navy Corpsman uniform, but at least as rare. During the closing months of WW1, the Navy mounted 14 Inch guns, which had been intended for use on future dreadnaughts, on railway mounts. This Naval Battery hurled projectiles the size of a small car filled with high explosives and harassed the germans far behind their lines. According to official Navy records, only 817 "Naval Battery" Victory Medal clasps were awarded. Here is the uniform, to answer the inevitable, no I don't know his name. Nor do I have the medals, unfortunately. I bought this in an antique/junk shop in Annapolis MD. The owner delt mostly in furniture, and he had just bought it at an auction in PA. The way you see it is the way I got it. Ribbons and all. It is, aside from the Navy insignia, a standard 1917-1918 USMC uniform. Even the buttons are USMC. This is the Hat that came with the Uniform. Here is a picture of WW1 US Naval Battery Personnel I found off the web. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 9, 2007 Share #6 Posted July 9, 2007 This thread started as part the Navy uniform thread at http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=2849 but this type of uniform is so unusual that it deserved its own thread so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVON Posted July 9, 2007 Share #7 Posted July 9, 2007 Thanks for sharing! PVON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted July 9, 2007 BTW, I will not be bidding on the one on ebay, so if you plan on bidding, I won't be a competitor. Good luck, I hope somone on the board gets it, it looks like a dandy! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjdevi1 Posted July 10, 2007 Share #9 Posted July 10, 2007 Chris, I'll be in Nebraska next week! So, what do I have in the piles that you covet? I don't know if I told you, but I'm going to downsize the AEF and focus on Navy of all periods. So, what do I have in the piles?????? BTW, the 1st Army Balloon Corps tunic is up for trade! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted July 10, 2007 John, You know me, I'm always a player for the odd-ball stuff. Ill Give you a call this week. Chris Chris, I'll be in Nebraska next week! So, what do I have in the piles that you covet? I don't know if I told you, but I'm going to downsize the AEF and focus on Navy of all periods. So, what do I have in the piles?????? BTW, the 1st Army Balloon Corps tunic is up for trade! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted July 10, 2007 For the sake of posterity, and with apologies to the owner of the coat (I don't think they are a member here) I saved the photographs of the coat on ebay: Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted March 13, 2010 Here is a great YouTube video of the Naval Battery in action: A few shots clearly show the P1914 USMC uniforms worn, and and the video also answers the question of whether or not the officer's wore shoulder marks. They did not. At least in the video, all the officers are wearing rank USMC style, with some insignia on their collars as well. I am not 100% positive, but it looks as though RADM Plunkett has horizontal anchors and "U.S.N." insignia on his collar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted March 13, 2010 Share #13 Posted March 13, 2010 Here is a great YouTube video of the Naval Battery in action: A few shots clearly show the P1914 USMC uniforms worn, and and the video also answers the question of whether or not the officer's wore shoulder marks. They did not. At least in the video, all the officers are wearing rank USMC style, with some insignia on their collars as well. I am not 100% positive, but it looks as though RADM Plunkett has horizontal anchors and "U.S.N." insignia on his collar. Really great video. One of the things I noticed was that the actual gun crew, wore denim cover alls or actual Navy early (1913) denim dungarees. Really great. Don't see many photos of Sailors of the time in dungarees. Steve Hesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtM1911 Posted March 13, 2010 Share #14 Posted March 13, 2010 Wow what a great uniform, i love the revolver belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted March 13, 2010 Share #15 Posted March 13, 2010 Somehow I missed this post back in 2007. Cool uniforms, cool video. Thanks for sharing, Chris! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted March 14, 2010 Share #16 Posted March 14, 2010 There was an extensive article on these Naval Railway guns and troops in France during WWI in the recent issue of The Journal of the Company of Militaty Historians. Photographs of the guns and troops in France as well as comments by one of the crew members on the uniforms they wore. Well worth the read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warroom1 Posted November 14, 2019 Share #17 Posted November 14, 2019 did the navy crews have collar disks for a very short time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted November 16, 2019 Share #18 Posted November 16, 2019 did the navy crews have collar disks for a very short time ?. No. They wore the standard Navy insignia they would wear on their blue uniforms. Literally. Transferred directly from blues to Arny OD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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