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| USS Bridgeport (ID-3009) |
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87k | Bridgeport (ID # 3009) at New York City, 1 October 1917. Previously the German merchant steamer Breslau, she was seized at New Orleans when the United States entered World War I. Renamed Bridgeport on 9 June 1917, after being turned over to the Navy, she was placed in commission on 25 August 1917. US Navy photo # NH 56577 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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104k | Bridgeport (ID # 3009) at Brest, France, circa 1918. Wainwright (Destroyer # 62) is tied up to her port side, and an unusual turret steamer is alongside to starboard. The Captain's gig of the French Naval School is under sail in the foreground. Photographed by Robert W. Neeser. US Navy photo # NH 42569 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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96k | Bridgeport (ID # 3009) with two destroyers tied up to starboard. This photo was taken from the fantail of Rambler (SP-211) showing Rambler's after 3"/50 gun and depth charges on racks and a "Y-gun" thrower, Brest, France, 1918. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. US Navy photo # NH 73255 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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117k | Ships dressed with flags in Brest harbor, awaiting the arrival
of President Woodrow Wilson, in December 1918 or March 1919. Ships present include Bridgeport (ID # 3009) at left, Prometheus (Repair Ship # 2) is in the center, with tugs alongside. Two US Navy destroyers, another tug, and the Italian cruiser Libia are in the center and right distance. In the right-center foreground are two "Menhaden Fisherman" minesweepers, one wearing the numeral "5". Tugs may include Osceola and two units of the Allegheny class. US Navy photo # NH 42571 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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| USS Bridgeport (AD-10) |
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64k | Bridgeport (AD-10) off New York City, May 1921. From the collection of Lieutenant Commander Waldo B. McLeod. US Navy photo # NH 90199 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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116k | Mohave (AT-15) at Boston Navy Yard, circa 1924. Bridgeport (AD-10) and Constitution (IX-21) are in the background. US Navy photo # NH 45949 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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| USAHS Larkspur |
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116k | USAHS Larkspur a halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1943-1945. Originally the German commercial steamer Breslau, this ship served as USS Bridgeport during and after World War I. Copied from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland
W. Charles, page 342. US Navy photo # NH 98475 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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| USAT Bridgeport |
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115k | USAT Bridgeport halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1946, after the ship had been converted from the Army Hospital Ship Larkspur. Originally the German commercial steamer Breslau, this ship served as USS Bridgeport during and after World War I. Copied from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, page 11. US Navy photo # NH 98474 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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96k | USAT Bridgeport in port, circa 1946 US Navy photo # NH 98482 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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