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SS Beaver, owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, operated by the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co., on a route between the two West Coast ports.
US Navy photo # NH 105250 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR Ret,, 2007. |
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SS Beaver in port, prior to entering Naval service, date unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 99154 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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SS Beaver shown in one of several publicity post cards issued soon after Beaver and her sister SS Bear entered merchant service. The same image was used for both ships, but the name board on the bridge is long enough to be Beaver.
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USS Beaver (ID#2302)
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Namesake
Beaver - Large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (C. fiber).
Beavers are the second-largest living rodents, after capybaras. (Wikipedia)
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View on deck of USS Beaver (ID#2302) looking toward the stern from over the ship's after port side 5/51 gun. Taken at Mare
Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. when Beaver was first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918. Note the ship's after steering wheels, and the
National Ensign flying from her flag staff. Beaver was at Mare Island in October-November 1918 after her conversion. The banner on the building to the left,
Building 334, is part of the yard's 2nd Liberty Bond campaign. Beaver was at the yard from 31 May 1918 to 3 June 1918 for survey, under conversion &
repair 27 June 1918 to 2 November 1918 (dry docked 15 July 1918 to 2 October 1918) and she returned on 31 March 1919 to 10 June 19/19 (dry docked 1 May 1919 to 7 May 1919).
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 103003 |
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Port bow view of USS Beaver (ID#2302) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., when first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918. Note, her pattern camouflage.
US Navy photo # NH 56365 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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Port stern quarter view of USS Beaver (ID#2302) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., when first converted to a submarine tender, circa October 1918. Note, her pattern camouflage.
US Navy photo # NH 102998 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Beaver (ID#2302) at anchor off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, with six submarines alongside, circa late 1918. The submarines are (in no particular order):
USS R-15 (Submarine # 92);
USS R-16 (Submarine # 93);
USS R-17 (Submarine # 94);
USS R-18 (Submarine # 95);
USS R-19 (Submarine # 96) and
USS R-20 (Submarine # 97).
US Navy photo # NH 56366 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Beaver (ID#2302) at anchor at San Diego, California, with six submarines alongside, circa late 1918.
Photo from an AZO post card. |
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USS Beaver (ID#2302) at anchor at San Diego, California, circa late 1918.
Note USS R-16 (SS-93) submerging in the foreground.
R-16 can be recognized by the the large "O" painted on her conning tower. R Class boats from R-11 to R-20 had unique marking on their fairwater/conning
towers/sails.
Photo from an AZO post card. |
Photo - David Wright
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USS Beaver (ID#2302) at a tropical port, probably in the Panama Canal Zone, circa late 1918. Note, her disruptive camouflage.
US Navy photo # NH 99183 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , collection of Chief Electrician's Mate Virgil Breland. Donated by Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979. |
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USS Beaver (ID#2302) in port, circa 1919, with USS R-20 (Submarine # 97) and other "R-Boats" alongside. Note, the identification symbols painted on the submarines' conning towers.
US Navy photo # NH 56364 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Beaver (AS-5)
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at anchor in Boston harbor with USS S-1 (SS-105) and USS S-2 (SS-106) alongside, 15 August 1920
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, PA., in 1920. She was then commanded by Captain Thomas C. Hart USN.
US Navy photo # NH 95179 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , collection of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) Officers and Crew pose on a pier alongside the ship, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 23 October 1920.
Beaver's Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas C. Hart, is seated in the front row, center. Panoramic photograph by Tour's Photo Service, Philadelphia.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 95180, collection of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at anchor during the early 1920s, with six "S-Type" submarines alongside.
US Navy photo # NH 69314 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) with four H boats alongside, probably in July 1922. The only identifiable boats are
USS H-2 (SS-29) and
USS H-5 (SS-148). After reaching San Pedro, Calif., on 14 July 1922, Beaver received orders to continue on to the east coast. Departing San Pedro on the 25th, Beaver escorted eight H-boats and four L-boats south toward the Panama Canal. As the submarines were small, and suffered from engine breakdowns, the tender had to tow as many as three submarines at a time during the long stretches between ports. The convoy stopped at Magdalena Bay and Acapulco in Mexico and at Corinto, Nicaragua, before mooring at Coco Solo in the Canal Zone on 28 August. Following two weeks of repairs, the convoy transited the canal on 11 September and arrived at Hampton Roads, VA., via Key West, FL., on the 29th. |
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US Navy photo, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. |
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Control Force submarines and their tenders at Cristobal, Panama
Canal Zone, circa 1923. The tenders are (from left to right): USS Savannah (AS-8),
USS Bushnell (AS-2), USS Beaver (AS-5) and USS Camden (AS-6). Submarines are mostly "R" type boats, among them USS R-23 (SS-100) and USS R-25 (SS-102), both in the nest alongside Savannah's port quarter. The larger submarine alongside Savannah's bow may be USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS S-14 (SS-119) alongside USS Beaver (AS-5) in the Panama Canal Zone, circa the 1920s.
USS S-16 (SS-121) is inboard of S-14.
US Navy photo # NH 99184 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy of the USS Nautilus Museum, Groton, CT., 1991. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. in the 1920s.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-456523, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 15 March 1925.
This print has been autographed by Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN, (Retired), who commanded Beaver from 31 July 1920 to 24 February 1922, while he was a Captain.
US Navy photo # NH 99277 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) leads the destroyers USS Kidder (DD-319) and USS Macdonough (DD-331) out to sea through the Golden Gate, off San Francisco, CA., 15 April 1925.
US Navy photo # NH 72402 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1970 |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at Pearl Harbor in 1925, with five "S-Type" submarines alongside. The barracks ship Alton (IX-5), the old protected cruiser Chicago, is in the right background. Photographed by Peck.
US Navy photo # NH 70944 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , donation of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at anchor with British L-class submarines including HMS L-2 alongside, circa 1925, location unknown. |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at Olongapo, Philippines, with six submarines alongside, March 1929, from front to rear::
USS S-32 (SS-137);
USS S-35 (SS-140);
USS S-30 (SS-135);
USS S-33 (SS-138);
USS S-31 (SS-136); and
USS S-34 (SS-139).
US Navy photo # NH 59967
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USS Beaver (AS-5) with submarines alongside at Olongapo, Philippines. Outboard submarine is
USS S-46 (SS-157)
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Recruiting Poster: What the Navy is Doing: our Submarines in the Philippines
Caption: Showing USS Beaver (AS-5) with submarines tied alongside, a 1909 model and an S boat.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 76772-KN |
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A cartoon by Al Gecchi, entitled "The Beaver Maru Tsingtao Bound", concerning USS Beaver (AS-5)'s visit to China in 1930. Collection of Chief Warrant Officer Walter D. Barry, USN. This item is on page 63 of his scrapbook "All the Dirt in the Navy, Ashore & Afloat."
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 99182 |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) crew photo, Sub Base Pearl Harbor, T.H., 1932.
Vallejo Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum photo # AS5 11687-1932, a US Navy photo now in the collections of Vallejo Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at anchor at Midway Island, 23 May 1935.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-451188, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York. |
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Broadside view of USS Beaver (AS-5) underway, 7 April 1942, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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Aft plan view of USS Beaver (AS-5) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 12 September 1943.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6423-43 |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) plan view amidships, looking forward on the port side, taken at Mare Island Navy Yard, 12 September 1943,
with a railway crane placing supplies on her forward gun platform. Note sand-filled fire buckets in the lower left foreground, marked Fire Only.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 99168 |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 12 September 1943, with a railway crane placing supplies on her forward gun
platform. Note the blanked off portholes in the ship's hull side.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 99166 |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) plan view of the ship's midships and after portion, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 12 September 1943.
Note liferafts, motor launches stowed amidships, and mainmast.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 99167 |
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Stern view of USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 September 1943.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6581-43 |
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Broadside view of USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 September 1943. Beaver was at Mare Island from 5 September to 20 September 1943.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6583-43 |
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USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 September 1943 for duty in Alaska. Note the three 3"/50 guns
clustered on the bow.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-52304, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the
US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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Bow on view of USS Beaver (AS-5) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 September 1943.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6585-43 |
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