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What will be the Eastern Steamship Co's passenger vessels Massachusetts (outboard) and Bunker Hill (pierside) are in the water at Cramp's shipyard on 10 February 1907. The Navy acquired them in 1917 as ID-1256 Aroostook and ID-1255 Shawmut From Cramp yard photos, ISM
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Shown after she was purchased and remodeled by the Eastern Steam Ship Corporation in 1912 Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR, (Retired) 2008 Naval Historical Center photo NH 105646-KN |
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USS Yacona (SP-617) at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, circa December 1917, painted in pattern camouflage.
Yacht Isabel, then being prepared for service as USS Isabel (SP-521), is on the other side of the pier from Yacona. Steamers in the background are Aroostook (ID 1256), formerly S.S. Bunker Hill and Massachusetts, which became USS Shawmut (ID 1255) U.S. Navy photo NH 102576 |
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USS Shawmut (ID 1255)
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Undated post card |
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At the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 4 June 1918, following conversion to a mine layer. Her sister ship, USS Aroostook (ID 1256), is in the background Naval Historical Center photo NH 41959 |
Robert Hurst |
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Ship's officers and men posed on board at Inverness, Scotland, in September 1918, after having subscribed 100% on the first day of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. From the collection of Eugene J. Grow U.S. Navy photo NH 50492 |
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U.S. Navy Mine Layers steaming in line abreast during the laying of the North Sea mine barrage, September 1918. Analysis of camouflage patterns indicates that these ships are (from front to rear): USS Roanoke (ID 1695); USS Housatonic (ID 1697); USS Shawmut (ID 1255); USS Canandaigua (ID 1694); USS Canonicus (ID 1696); with USS Quinnebaug (ID 1687) and USS Saranac (ID 1702) in the left and right center distance. A four-stack British cruiser is in the left distance U.S. Navy photo NH 61101 |
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20 September 1918 North Sea HMS Vampire laying a smoke screen around the minelayer Shawmut Imperial War Museum photo © IWM(Q 20259), American First World War Official Exchange Collection |
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Operating at sea in October 1918, during the laying of the North Sea mine barrage. The ship is painted in a disruptive camouflage scheme U.S. Navy Photo NH 42398 |
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U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 6 April 1919. Shawmut, is in the center, and USS Henley (Destroyer # 39), at right Naval Historical Center photo NH 79529 |
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USS Shawmut (CM 4)
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USS Mahan (DM 7) still wearing her DD hull number and Shawmut in Cuba in 1919-1920. Both have Curtiss H-16 flying boats alongside Photo DD 102-Shawmut Cuba 1920 from collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum |
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At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 1920. A Curtiss N-9 aircraft (Bureau No. A2636) is on the water by her stern and another is resting on her after deck. A "Sea Sled" and motor launch are tied up along her starboard side Courtesy U.S. Naval Institute photo collection U.S. Navy photo NH 78226 |
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c. 1920 U.S. Navy photo from the March 1969 edition of All Hands magazine |
Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory) |
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c. April 1921 Shawmut (CM 4), Sandpiper (AM 51), and flying boats enroute to Hampton Roads to participate in bombing experiments off Virginia Capes, April 1921 U.S. Navy photo
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In the Caribbean area, April 1924 U.S. Navy photo NH 42399 |
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c. 1924 S-16 (SS-121) & next to her is possibly the S-50 (SS-161) with another unknown S-boat and four unidentified R-boats alongside their tender, Shawmut probably in the Panama Canal area National Archives photo 80-G-1024884 |
Original Photo: Daniel Dunham Replacement photo: Ron Titus |
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11 March 1925 San Diego Bay From the collection of Benetta Buell |
David Buell |
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c. 1925 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum photo No.2008.142.001.068 |
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In the Hudson River, New York, with YO-5 alongside, 2 May 1927 U.S. Navy photo NH 43613 |
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USS Holland (AS-3) with submarines alongside at San Diego, c. 1927--USS Langley (CV-1) appears at North Island with Shawmut (CM-4) astern of the carrier. The nearest destroyer on the left is USS Edsall (DD 219). U.S. Navy photo NR&L (Mod) 19972 |
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4 January 1928 Photo caption: "Photo shows USS Oglala which will proceed to Hampton Roads where she will embark about 425 men and 20 officers and sail with them to the scene of trouble in Nicaragua. The other battalion of Marines will be carried on the USS Argonne from San Diego." International Newsreel photo |
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5 January 1928 Boston, MA Photo caption: "U.S. Fighting ship Leaves For Nicaragua.Photo shows USS Og[l]ala leaving her berth at the Navy Yard amid all the warlike activities attendant upon embarkation of troops for the front. Marine reinforcements for the guard in Nicaragua will be picked up on the way." International Newsreel photo |
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9 January 1928 Hampton Roads, VA U.S. Marines loading boxes of cartridges on Oglala which is about to leave for the fighting zone in Nicaragua International Newsreel photo |
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9 January 1928 Hampton Roads, VA Photo caption: "Photo shows front view of the U.S.S. Oglala, which is being supplied speedily for service in Nicaragua. 500 U.S. Marines on board, and the vessel is commanded by CAPT W. S. Pye." International Newsreel photo |
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10 January 1928 Hampton Roads, VA U.S. Marines of the 11th Regiment boarding Oglala at the Naval Base for service in Nicaragua International Newsreel photo 415995 |
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c. 1929 U.S. Navy photo from the February 1969 edition of All Hands magazine |
Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory) |
USS Oglala (CM 4)
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Circa late 1920s, soon after she was refitted with new boilers and a single smokestack. Note pine trees suspended from her jack staff and foremast yards. USS Overton (DD-239) is among the destroyers visible in the left background U.S. Navy photo NH 60281 |
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Jim Kurrasch, Battleship Iowa, Pacific Battleship Center> |
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6 October 1929 Boston Navy Yard In dry dock Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection |
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c. November 1929 Boston Navy Yard Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection |
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c. Early 1930s Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii
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c. August 1940 National Archives photo 80-G-279320 |
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Alongside the Pearl Harbor Supply Depot, 17 September 1941 National Archives photo 19-N-25593 from the Bureau of Ships Collection |
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Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Aerial view, looking west, with the supply depot in upper center, 13 October 1941. Part of the Submarine Base is at lower left; the Navy Yard is in the upper left; and Ford Island is in the top right. USS Holland is at left, at the Submarine Base. Alongside her are submarines Sturgeon (SS-187), Spearfish (SS-190), Saury (SS-189), Seal (SS-183) and Sargo (SS-188). USS Niagara (PG-52) is alongside the wharf, ahead of Holland. Ships docked at the supply depot, upper center, are Oglala and the S.S. Maui. Among the ships at the piers in the extreme upper left are USS Indianapolis (CA-35), USS San Francisco (CA-38) and USS Antares (AG-10). The two battleships moored by Ford Island, in upper right, are (left) USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and (right) USS Arizona (BB-39) National Archives photo 80-G-451131 |
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7 December 1941 Position of Oglala and other ships at Pearl Harbor Map courtesy of National Geographic Book Division |
Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory) |
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MINE LAYER LOST AT PEARL HARBOR The Oglala a 4,200-ton minelayer, was one of the ships destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, Navy Secretary Frank Knox revealed today. Once a passenger vessel on the Fall River Line, the Oglala was converted into a minelayer during the World War. Associated Press Wirephoto 15 December 1941 |
Original photo: Robert Hurst Replacement photo: Tommy Trampp Second replacement photo: Jim Kurrasch, Battleship Iowa, Pacific Battleship Center |
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At the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, following completion of salvage and initial repairs, circa December 1942. Oglala left Pearl Harbor for the west coast 23 December of that year U.S. Navy photo NH 61896 |
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USS Oglala (ARG 1)
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Seen here as rebuilt (ARG-1) U.S. Navy photo |
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Oglala (ARG-1) in Southwestern Pacific area, circa 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 6d U.S. Navy photo NH 97422 |
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Hyperwar U.S. Navy in World War II |
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Oglala tending to six LCI's in Leyte Gulf in May 1945. Probably taken from LCI(L)-227 Photo from the estate of Frank S. Ford |
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Oglala
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27 September 1959 The Depot Ship for the Suisun Reserve Fleet Photo from the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum |
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View on deck, looking aft from the bow, on ex-USS Oglala (ARG-1), just before scrapping commenced, at Richmond, California, 15 October 1965. Note effects of time and weather on this "Mothballed" ship U.S. Navy photo NH 44581 |
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ex-Oglala (ARG 1) being scrapped at the Joffe Brothers Shipbreaking Yard, Richmond, CA, 3 December 1965 U.S. Navy photo NH 44582 by LT J. R. Shackleton, USNR |
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