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SS Independence (ID#3676), 24 October 1918, at her builders yard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Union Plant, Potrero Works,
San Francisco, CA. Behind her is a later sister, SS Eclipse that during World War II became USS William P. Biddle (AP-15).
US National Archives, RG-32-S. Photo #: None, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Independence (ID-3676)
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SSIndependence (ID#3676), at anchor, while wearing "dazzle" camouflage, circa 1918. This photograph may have been taken in the San Francisco Bay area, before she was taken over by the Navy.
US Navy photo # NH 100107, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USS Independence (ID#3676), photographed in "dazzle" camouflage, probably in San Francisco Bay, CA., soon after completion, 1918.
US Navy photo # NH 70472, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USS Neville (AP-16)
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Wendell Cushing Neville, born at Portsmouth, Va., 12 May 1870, entered the U.S. Naval Academy 12 September 1886 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps 1 July 1893. In February 1914, Neville, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion, was promoted to Lt. Colonel and ordered to sail for Vera Cruz, Mexico. There he led his regiment in the landing operations which resulted in the capture of that city, 21–22 April. For his conspicuous courage, coolness and skill during those operations he received a commendatory letter from the Secretary of the Navy and was later awarded the Medal of Honor. Promoted to Colonel, August 1916, he was transferred overseas, December 1917, to command the 5th Regiment. In Europe, he put that organization through its final training and then led it into battle, commanding at Verdun and at Belleau Wood. Promoted to Brigadier General, he commanded the brigade which led in the Battle of Soissons (Marbache sector), the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge (Champagne sector), the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the march to the Rhine, and, finally, the occupation of a sub-sector in the Coblenz Bridgehead. Continuing his service after occupation duty, he was appointed Major General, 10 December 1923, and became the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, 5 March 1929. Maj. General Neville died 8 July 1930 and was interned in Arlington National Cemetery.
Photo: USMC History Division |
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Convoy out of Brooklyn, New York, February 1942. USS Neville (AP-16) is in the foreground. Other ships present include at least six other transports, a light cruiser and a battleship. This is probably the convoy that left the east coast on 19 February 1942, bound across the Atlantic to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photographed from a Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey blimp. Note the extensive use of Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage on these ships.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-2408, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Convoy out of Brooklyn, New York, February 1942. USS Neville (AP-16) is in the foreground. Other ships present include at least six other transports, a light cruiser and a battleship. This is probably the convoy that left the east coast on 19 February 1942, bound across the Atlantic to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photographed from a Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey blimp. Note the extensive use of Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage on these ships.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-2411, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Brigadier General William H. Rupertus, USMC, (center) in USS Neville (AP-16) during the landings on Tulagi, 7-8 August 1942.
BGen. Rupertus, Assistant Division Commander of the First Marine Division, was in charge of combat operations on Tulagi and the other nearby Japanese-held islands.
Note landing craft moving past in the background. The destroyer in the center distance is probably
USS Buchanan (DD-484).
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-31372, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Robert Hurst |
USS Neville (APA-9)
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USS Neville (APA-9) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 17 April 1943, after receiving changes to her armament and other
modifications. Her 5"/51 gun aft has been removed and two twin 40-mm antiaircraft guns have been added, one forward in the tall structure over the two 3"/50 guns and
one aft. She also received a radar mast over the bridge.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. 19-N-45752, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the
collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe. |
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USS Neville (APA-9) underway in San Diego Harbor, 19 February 1943. Two of the four lifeboat davits that supported her landing craft are clearly visible. She still carries her original armament, of which the four 3"/50 mounts are visible.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. Unknown a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Post World War I Merchant Service
Baltimore Mail SS Co.
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SS City of Norfolk underway as a rebuilt passenger-cargo ship for the Baltimore Mail SS Co. in 1930-31.
Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com |
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