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Photo # NH 82952:  Crew member poses with a life ring on USS Pocahontas, circa 1918

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USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 1917-1919 --
Crew Members, as Individuals


This page features views of crew members of USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), seen as individuals.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 1917-1919.


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    Photo #: NH 82947

    Captain Edward C. Kalbfus, USN
    -- at left,
    Commanding Officer, USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044)

    On board his ship, with her Executive Officer, Commander Leslie E. Bratton, in 1918.
    Note Pocahontas' pattern camouflage and the name board below her pilothouse windows.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82948

    Captain Edward C. Kalbfus, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044)

    Standing by an engine order telegraph on his ship's bridge, circa 1918.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 46KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82950

    Commander John Downes, USN


    On the bridge of USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), circa 1918.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 410 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82969

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Crewmember wearing an unsinkable life suit, circa 1917-1919.
    Note the paravane on deck, at left.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 400 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82952

    USS Pocahontas
    (ID # 3044)

    Crew member poses with one of the ship's liferings, circa 1918.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 68724

    Captain Julius Frederick Hellweg, USN


    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1918-1919. From July 1917 to January 1918, while holding the rank of Commander, he was Commanding Officer of USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044).
    Copied in 1969 from "A History of the War Activities of the USS Pocahontas in 1919", in National Archives' Record Group No. 45-OS.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 550 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 68723

    Captain Edward Clifford Kalbfus, USN
    ,
    Commanding Officer, USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa November 1918. He commanded Pocahontas from mid-February to late November 1918.
    This image appears to have been cropped from the group photograph of Pocahontas' officers that has Photo # NH 68727-A.
    Copied in 1969 from "A History of the War Activities of the USS Pocahontas in 1919", in National Archives' Record Group No. 45-OS.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 555 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 68725

    Commander John Downes, Jr., USN


    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1917-1918. From November 1918 to November 1919 he was Commanding Officer of USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044).
    Copied in 1969 from "A History of the War Activities of the USS Pocahontas in 1919", in National Archives' Record Group No. 45-OS.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 555 x 765 pixels

     


    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044), 1917-1919.


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