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| USS Camden (ID # 3143) |
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76k | Camden (ID # 3143) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 11 June 1917, while being converted from the German cargo steamship SS Kiel. Note Reposo II (SP-198) on the near side of the pier. US Navy photo # NH 55043, for the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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104k | Camden (ID # 3143) moored pierside at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 23 August 1917. US Navy photo # NH 55041, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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68k | Camden (ID # 3143) at anchor off Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 23 August 1917. US Navy photo # NH 55039, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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64k | Camden (ID # 3143) off Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 23 August 1917. US Navy photo # NH 55040, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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64k | Camden (ID # 3143) with Talbot (Destroyer # 114) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA., 28 August 1919. US Navy photo # NH 47001, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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86k | Camden (ID # 3143) at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA., 13 October 1919. Panoramic photograph by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, 11 Portland St., Boston, MA. US Navy photo # NH 99891, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. |
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85k | Camden (ID # 3143) at anchor, 21 January 1920, with R-1 (Submarine #-78) alongside. US Navy photo # NH 99894, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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95k | Camden (ID # 3143) at New York City, 2 May 1920, with six "R" type submarines alongside. R-5 (Submarine #-82) is the third sub from the left. US Navy photo # NH 82521, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of William E. Bennington, Senior. Donated by W.E. and R.W. Bennington, 1974. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
| USS Camden (AS-6) |
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81k | Camden (AS-6) off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920.
Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right): R-1 (SS-78); R-2 (SS-79); R-4 (SS-81); R-5 (SS-82); R-6 (SS-83); R-10 (SS-87); R-9 (SS-86); R-8 (SS-85); R-7 (SS-84); R-3 (SS-80); S-4 (SS-109); and S-3 (SS-107). US Navy photo # NH 99892, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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107k | Camden (AS-6) in New York Harbor during the early 1920s, with several "R" type submarines alongside. The sub closest to Camden is R-1 (SS-78).
Note that all these submarines have platforms forward of their fairwaters for a 3"/50 gun, but only one of them carries the gun. US Navy photo # NH 61543, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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109k | Camden (AS-6) in # 1 Wet Basin at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., just before leaving for the West Coast, April 1921. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
US Navy photo # NH 102968, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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79k | Camden (AS-6) in San Pedro Harbor, CA., 1921.
Submarines alongside are (from outboard to inboard): R-1 (SS-78); R-3 (SS-80); R-8 (SS-85); R-4 (SS-81); R-2 (SS-79); and R-10 (SS-87). US Navy photo # NH 55044, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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83k | Camden (AS-6) circa the early 1920s, with four "R" type submarines alongside, including (from left to right): R-6 (SS-83); R-4 (SS-81); unidentified; and R-2 (SS-79);. US Navy photo # NH 92002, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Joseph A. Hendricks. |
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67k | Camden (AS-6) in San Diego Harbor, CA., during the early 1920s, with four "R" type submarines alongside. The outboard submarine is R-8 (SS-85). The inboard "boat" is R-6 (SS-83). US Navy photo # NH 101183, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of H.R. ("Ed") Coffer, 1986. |
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52k | Camden (AS-6) at anchor with "R" type submarines alongside, during the early 1920s. US Navy photo # NH 99890, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. |
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82k | Camden (AS-6), at anchor, with unidentified submarines alongside, date and place unknown. Postcard photo | George Klos | |
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92k | Control Force submarines and their tenders at Christobal, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1923. The tenders are (from left to right): Savannah (AS-8),
Bushnell (AS-2), Beaver (AS-5) and Camden (AS-6). Submarines are mostly "R" type boats, among them R-23 (SS-100) and R-25 (SS-102), both in the nest alongside Savannah's port quarter. The larger submarine alongside Savannah's bow may be S-1 (SS-105), with her large seaplane hangar. Photo by A.E. Wells. US Navy photo # NH 42573 courtesy of CDR. Christopher Noble, USN (Retired), 1967. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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37k | Camden (AS-6) with two other submarine tenders in the distance, circa the middle or later 1920s. Savannah (AS-8) is furthest from the camera, in the left center. Bushnell (AS-2) is in the center.
US Navy photo # NH 72935, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1970. |
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107k | Camden (AS-6) off Pensacola, FL., 23 December 1924.
Ships in the distance are: Savannah (AS-8), in center, and Bushnell (AS-2), at left. The original print was autographed in June 1967 by Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN (Retired), who used Camden as his flagship from May 1930 to January 1931, while he was Commander, Control Force, U.S. Fleet. He was a Rear Admiral at that time.
US Navy photo # NH 55046, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center web site | |
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71k | Camden (AS-6) off Gonaives, Haiti, in 1925, with several submarines alongside. Shawmut (CM-4) is in the left background.
US Navy photo # NH 74636, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1971. |
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98k | Camden (AS-6) underway off Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. 31 January 1927. US Navy photo # NH 99893, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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158k | Camden (AS-6), Maryland (BB-46) and two "S" type submarines; and two V-1 class submarines, in port in May 1927. US Navy photo # NH 46418, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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169k | Camden (AS-6) photographed circa the middle or later 1920s, with ten "S" type submarines alongside. The submarines are (on Camden's starboard side, from left to right): S-18 (SS-123); unidentified Electric Boat type "S-boat"; S-19 (SS-124); S-12 (SS-117) and an unidentified Government type "S-boat". (on Camden's port side, from left to right): unidentified Government type "S-boat"; S-7 (SS-112); S-8 (SS-113); S-9 (SS-114); and S-3 (SS-107). US Navy photo # NH 46418, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN. |
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| Camden (IX-42) |
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73k | Camden (IX-42) at right and Seattle (IX-39) at Pier 92, North River, New York City, while serving as receiving ships during or shortly after World War II.
US Navy photo # NH 89402, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Ted Stone, 1979. |
US Naval Historical Center web site | |
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