President Warfield (IX-169): 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. President Warfield This ship was operated by the Baltimore Steam Packet Co. on Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk. She is probably shown here early in her career. Photo No. None Source: multiple web sites |
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USS President Warfield (IX-169) At Omaha Beach, Normandy, serving as station and accommodation ship circa June 1944. Signs on her side identify her as "station ship" and give her name. This photo was taken from USS LCT-647 by Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Kenneth J. Waters, whose LCT was transporting materials from England to the beachhead. Photo No. None Source: Navsource (contributed by Susan Ann Waters Wolslegel) |
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USS President Warfield (IX-169) Serving as a base ship on the Seine River circa winter 1944-45. Alongside are USS LCI-412, LCI-408, LCI-539, LCI-401, and LCI-556. In the right foreground is HMS ML-248. The nameboard that President Warfield displayed at Omaha Beach in June 1944 is still present, but since then she has rigged a cover over her forecastle. Photo No. SC 222893 (Army Signal Corps photo) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS President Warfield (IX-169) At Norfolk, Virginia, on 29 July 1945 after her return from Europe. Photo No. 80-G-354623 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS President Warfield (IX-169) In the WSA reserve fleet in the James River at Lee Hall, Va., in 1946. She is alongside the Liberty ship John B. Hood, which entered this reserve fleet in March 1946. Note that the cover over her forecastle has been removed. Photo No. NH 85399 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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