Proteus (Fuel Ship No. 9) Class: 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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USS Proteus (Fuel Ship No. 9) Photographed on 1 July 1913 nine days before commissioning. These two ships had Mead-Morrison coal handling gear as did Cyclops (Fuel Ship No. 4), but the system of uprights and booms, designed by a different shipbuilder, differed from that in the earlier ship. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-A-1. |
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USS Proteus or Nereus (Fuel Ship No. 9 or 10) Coaling a warship circa 1913-1915. The collier still has her original short topmasts. The coal bucket is "throwing" its load laterally to assist the men moving the coal to the warship's bunkers. Photo No. NH 105827 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Proteus (Fuel Ship No. 9) Dressed with flags at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, on Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1915. Her topmasts have been raised to improve the performance of her wireless radio gear. Photo No. NH 88565 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Nereus (Fuel Ship No. 10) In San Francisco Bay circa 1916. The message on this post card, postmarked at Vallejo, Calif., on 21 November 1916, says "Leaving San Francisco on the 29 [th?] for New York, this is the ship I am on, USS Nereus. Photo No. NH 106597 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Proteus (Fuel Ship No. 9) Probably photographed soon after her armament was fitted circa mid-1917. Photo No. NH 44057 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Proteus (Fuel Ship No. 9) At Guantanamo Bay in January 1920. Photo No. NH 44363 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Nereus (AC-10) Photographed in February 1921. Photo No. NH 45677 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Nereus (AC-10) At the Norfolk Navy Yard on 8 March 1921. Wide-angle photo by Crosby, Naval Photographer, Portsmouth, Va. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (S-526). |
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