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USS Fern (1891-1923) At a navy yard during the 1890s. Photo No. 19-N-19-2-2 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N-A-1. |
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USS Fern (1891-1923) Photographed during the 1890s. Photo No. NH 54096 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Gopher (1891-1923) Probably shown in her original configuration after her repairs at Detroit in 1906 for duty with the Minnesota Naval Militia. A regular navigating bridge has been fitted, complete with bridge wings and a semaphore. She has a new smokestack and has probably been reboilered. The gun on the bow is a 6-pounder and there may be two more behind the bulwarks just forward of the foremast. A few 1-pounders may be on the stern. The radio antennas swung from the topmasts are of a pattern that came into general use in the fleet in 1906-1907. Photo No. NH 73675 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Gopher (1891-1923) Shown after further modifications while serving with the Minnesota Naval Militia. Her bridge has been moved forward of the foremast, the deckhouse behind it has been extended forward, and the deckhouse below it has been extended forward nearly to the bow. The bow gun is still a 6-pounder. Photo No. NH 61559 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Gopher (1891-1923) A view off the port bow probably taken at the same time as the image above. Photo No. NH 61885 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Gopher (1891-1923) Photographed during the Perry Centennial Naval Parade in 1913, possibly at Erie, Pa. Her visible armament consists of one 6-pounder on the bow, two probable 3-pounders in side ports on each side just forward of the bridge, and two 1-pounders on the fantail. Photo No. NH 75673 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Gopher (1891-1923) Watching John G. Kaminski fly his Curtiss A-1 Pusher aircraft in an exhibition near Milwaukee in 1912-1914. Kaminski was the first licensed pilot in Wisconsin. The revenue cutter Tuscarora, stationed at Milwaukee, also observed this flight. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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