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Wilmette (IX-29): Photographs


These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.

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S.S. Eastland

Photographed circa 1915 in the markings of her new owner, the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Co.

Photo No. None
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S.S. Eastland

Being raised with the assistance of S.S. Favorite (later IX-45) in the Chicago River in August 1915.

Photo No. None
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USS Wilmette (IX-29)

Pierside at Chicago, Illinois, in winter time, possibly in 1918-1919.

Photo No. 19-N-10494
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command


 
USS Wilmette (IX-29)

Underway off Chicago, Illinois, probably in the early 1920s.

Photo No. 19-N-14232
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USS Wilmette (IX-29)

Underway during the 1930s.

Photo No. NH 76513
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command