Photo #: NH 42253 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Inspection of the ship's crew, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 4 August 1917. Note tents, probably the crew's home while their ship was being outfitted for U.S. Navy service. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 163KB; 740 x 605 pixels
Photo #: NH 107053 USS Von Steuben (ID-3017) Damage to the ship's bow, received in a 9 November 1917 collision with USS Agamemnon (ID # 3004). The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 101KB; 610 x 900 pixels
Photo #: NH 97669 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Ship's officers posed in front of the bridge, circa December 1918. Her Commanding Officer, Captain Cyrus R. Miller, is in left center, with binoculars. To left of him are (right to left) unidentified officer, Commander John W. Wilcox, Jr. (Executive Officer) and Lieutenant Daniel Dowling. To the right of Capt. Miller are (left to right) Lieutenant Commander Joseph M. Mitcheson, Lieutenant Commander Henry J. Shields, Lieutenant Ernest A. Healy and Lieutenant Bertie T. Larson (Medical Corps). Note anti-splinter mats on the bridge face. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 535 pixels
Photo #: NH 97670 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Cyrus R. Miller, (center) with his Executive Officer, Commander John W. Wilcox, Jr., and four Army officers, while at sea en route across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, circa March 1919. Captain Miller states that the Colonel at right was "Commanding a homeward bound Ohio Regiment of Infantry. Afterwards National Commander of the American Legion." However, he does not provide the Colonel's name. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 540 pixels
Photo #: NH 42256 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Panoramic photograph of the ship's officers and crew, 31 July 1919. Her Commanding Officer, Commander Frederick J. Horne, is seated in the front row, 6th from the left. The Sailor seated (with his arms folded) in the second row, directly above the right end of the winch, is William Edward Musall. Photographed by Hughes and Estabrook, New York City. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1967. Collection of Admiral Frederick J. Horne. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 160KB; 1200 x 370 pixels
Photo #: NH 42254 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Ship's officers and crew pose on her forward superstructure, September 1919. The Commanding Officer, Commander Frederick J. Horne, is seated in the front row, somewhat to the left of center, directly above the word "of". Photographed by Hughes and Estabrook, New York City. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1967. Collection of Admiral Frederick J. Horne. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 405 pixels
Photo #: NH 42255 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Ship's officers pose on her forward superstructure, September 1919. The Commanding Officer, Commander Frederick J. Horne, is seated in the front row, 8th from the left. Photographed by Hughes and Estabrook, New York City. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1967. Collection of Admiral Frederick J. Horne. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 390 pixels
Photo #: NH 42248 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) View of operator's equipment for an underwater listening device fitted to the ship shortly after World War I. Photogaphed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 February 1919. Note speaking tubes and other equipment in this compartment. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 590 pixels
Photo #: NH 42249 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) Underwater listening device, with cap removed, fitted to the ship's hull side just aft of the port bow. Photogaphed in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 25 February 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 116KB; 570 x 765 pixels
Photo #: NH 42250 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) View looking aft from just forward of the bow, while the ship was in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 26 February 1919. Blisters for a recently-fitted underwater listening device are visible on both sides, low on the hull just aft of the bow. Also seen are paravane chains (possibly called "Burney Gear") running from the deck down to a fitting at the base of the stem. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 120KB; 575 x 765 pixels
Photo #: NH 42251 USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) View of the port hull side, just aft of the bow, showing a recently-fitted underwater listening device. Photographed while the ship was in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 26 February 1919. Note paravane chains (possibly called "Burney Gear") running from the deck down to a fitting at the base of the stem. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 595 pixels