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WORLD WAR I

USS Lancaster's bridge, 1919

Online Library of Selected Images:
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USS Lancaster (ID # 2953), 1918-1919
-- On Board and Close-Up Views


This page features all available views that were taken on board, or close to, USS Lancaster (ID # 2953).

For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Lancaster (ID # 2953), 1918-1919.


    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, looking aft towards the ship's bridge and showing the foremast and its booms and winches.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 111KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, looking forward from the after deckhouse over the amidships portion of the ship. Note the deckhouses added each side of the mainmast for the troops' latrines. The ship outboard may be USS Edward Luckenbach.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 119KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing a 5-inch 51-caliber gun offset to port on the stern of a ship stated to be Lancaster. She carried one such gun plus one small 6-pounder gun.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 119KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, inside the ship's wheel house, showing her steering wheel, binnacle, and engine order telegraph.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 111KB; 550 x 925 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing the operating table, sterilizers and other features of the ship's surgical operating room.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 106KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing the officers' ward room table set for a meal.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 86KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing the crew's mess hall set for a meal.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 93KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing the crew's galley. The range is coal fired.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 93KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing meat being prepared in the ship's butcher ship.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 93KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1919, showing boiler tenders in the ship's fire room. The ship carried both coal and oil fuel.
    This view was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

    Online Image: 108KB; 900 x 620 pixels

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    The cover of the 1919 "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster. It was postmarked at 4PM on June 9, 1919, possibly in Sanborn, New York.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

     
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    USS Lancaster
    (ID # 2953)

    The message inside the "Souvenir Folder" concerning USS Lancaster. The soldier who brought the folder home on Lancaster was named Arthur.

    Source: Courtesy Dr. Mark Kulikowski.

     


    For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Lancaster (ID # 2953), 1918-1919.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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