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USS Camden (ID # 3143)
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Camden A city in and the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley (Philadelphia metropolitan area) and is located directly across the Delaware
River from Philadelphia.
Official seal of Camden, New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin Bridge across the Delaware River, connecting Camden with Philadelphia. CC BY-SA 3.0
by Jeffrey Phillips Freeman - Debeo Morium, via Wikimedia Commons |
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USS Camden (ID-3143) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 11 June 1917, while being converted from the German cargo steamship SS Kiel. Note USS Reposo II (SP-198) on the near side of the pier.
US Navy photo # NH 55043, for the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Camden (ID-3143) in the early stages of conversion to a Submarine Tender at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 27 June 1918.
The ship has been largely stripped except for the bare hull, masts, and boiler uptakes. The well deck forward was filled in during the conversion and new
superstructures were added.
US National Archives, RG-19-A-31, Photo No. Unknown, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US
National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Camden (ID-3143) with USS Talbot (Destroyer # 114) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA., 28 August 1919.
US Navy photo # NH 47001, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command , Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. |
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USS Camden (ID-3143) ship's cooks, circa 1917.
Photos contributed by Jacqueline Cusick. Her Great Grandfather Clarence William Bell served in Camden during World War I. |
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USS Camden (ID-3143) at anchor, 21 January 1920, at Pensacola, FL. with
USS R-1 (Submarine #-78) alongside.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-434937 (same as US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 99894), now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Camden (ID-3143) at New York City, 2 May 1920, with six "R" type submarines alongside. USS R-5 (Submarine #-82) is the third sub from the left.
US Navy photo # NH 82521, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , collection of William E. Bennington, Senior. Donated by W.E. and R.W. Bennington, 1974. |
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USS Camden (AS-6)
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USS Camden (AS-6) off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920.
Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right):
USS R-1 (SS-78);
USS R-2 (SS-79);
USS R-4 (SS-81);
USS R-5 (SS-82);
USS R-6 (SS-83);
USS R-10 (SS-87);
USS R-9 (SS-86);
USS R-8 (SS-85);
USS R-7 (SS-84);
USS R-3 (SS-80);
USS S-4 (SS-109); and
USS S-3 (SS-107).
US Navy photo # NH 99892, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Camden (AS-6) in New York Harbor during the early 1920s, with several "R" type submarines alongside. The sub closest to Camden is USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command , donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. |
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USS Camden (AS-6) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 29 January 1921. Panoramic photograph by Crosby, Naval Photographer, 11 Portland St., Boston, MA.. Donation of CAPT. Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Ret), 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 106294 |
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USS Camden (AS-6) in San Pedro Harbor, CA., 1921.
Submarines alongside are (from outboard to inboard):
USS R-1 (SS-78);
USS R-3 (SS-80);
USS R-8 (SS-85);
USS R-4 (SS-81);
USS R-2 (SS-79); and
USS R-10 (SS-87).
US Navy photo # NH 55044, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Camden (AS-6) circa the early 1920s, with four "R" type submarines alongside, including (from left to right):
USS R-6 (SS-83);
USS R-4 (SS-81);
unidentified; and
USS R-2 (SS-79);.
US Navy photo # NH 92002, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , collection of Joseph A. Hendricks. |
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USS Camden (AS-6) in San Diego Harbor, CA., during the early 1920s, with four "R" type submarines alongside. The outboard submarine is USS R-8 (SS-85). The inboard "boat" is USS R-6 (SS-83).
US Navy photo # NH 101183, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of H.R. ("Ed") Coffer, 1986. |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command , collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. |
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USS Camden (AS-6), at anchor, with unidentified submarines alongside, date and location unknown. Postcard photo |
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USS Camden (AS-6) underway in harbor, date and location unknown. |
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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 Camden (AS-6) with two other submarine tenders in the distance, circa the middle or later 1920s. USS Savannah (AS-8) is furthest from the camera, in the left center. USS Bushnell (AS-2) is in the center.
US Navy photo # NH 72935, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1970. |
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USS Camden (AS-6) off Pensacola, FL., 23 December 1924.
Ships in the distance are: USS Savannah (AS-8), in center, and
USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Camden (AS-6) off Gonaives, Haiti, in 1925, with several submarines alongside. USS Shawmut (CM-4) is in the left background.
US Navy photo # NH 74636, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , donation of Lieutenant Gustave J. Freret, USN (Retired), 1971. |
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USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Camden (AS-6), USS 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 History and Heritage Command . |
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USS 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):
USS S-18 (SS-123);
unidentified Electric Boat type "S-boat";
USS S-19 (SS-124);
USS 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";
USS S-7 (SS-112);
USS S-8 (SS-113);
USS S-9 (SS-114); and
USS S-3 (SS-107).
US Navy photo # NH 46418, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN. |
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Camden (IX-42)
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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 History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Ted Stone, 1979. |
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