US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

Auxiliaries

Fleet Tenders

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Wright (AZ 1)
Type: Airship Tender
Date: 15 October 1931
View: Starboard bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-463531
Notes: Later a seaplane tender
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Patoka (AO 9)
Type: Airship Tender (ex-Oiler)
Date: July 1925
View: Starboard side, overhead, with Shenandoah (ZR 1)
Photo ID: 80-G-452975
Notes: Later an oiler and minecraft tender
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Aroostook (CM 3)
Type: Seaplane Tender (ex-Minelayer)
Date: unknown
View: Starboard side, overhead
Photo ID: 19-N-43151 (?)
Notes: Formerly passenger steamship Bunker Hill. The NARA caption incorrectly identifies this ship as AOG 14, a later ship of the same name.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Melville (AD 2)
Type: Destroyer Tender
Date: 10 November 1932
View: Port bow, overhead, with destroyers
Photo ID: 80-G-416393

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Holland (AS 3)
Type: Submarine Tender
Date: October 1926
View: Starboard bow, overhead, with submarines
Photo ID: 80-G-425928

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Medusa (AR 1)
Type: Repair Ship
Date: 18 March 1926
View: Starboard side, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-466212

Fleet Supply Ships

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Jupiter (AC 3)
Type: Collier
Date: 16 October 1913
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 19-N-13031
Notes: Later carrier Langley (CV 1).
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Arctic (AF 7)
Type: Storeship
Date: 6 May 1924
View: Starboard bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-466223
Notes: Former freighter Yamhill.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Nitro (AE 2)
Type: Ammunition Ship
Date: 1 January 1938
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 80-G-466183

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Salamonie (AO 26)
Type: Fleet Oiler
Date: 7 November 1941
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 80-G-466214

Tugs

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Allegheny (AT 19)
Type: Fleet Tug
Date: 31 January 1931
View: Port quarter
Photo ID: 80-G-1017235

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Owl (AM 2)
Type: Tug-Minesweeper
Date: 4 June 1927
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-N-11050

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Gannet (AVP 8)
Type: Tug-Seaplane Tender (former Tug-Minesweeper)
Date: 4 May 1937
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 80-G-466187

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: YT 161
Type: Harbor Tug
Date: 20 May 1941
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 19-N-23934

Other Auxiliaries

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Houston (AK 1)
Type: General Transport
Date: 27 June 1918
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 181-PS-821
Notes: Former German freighter Liebenfels.
[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Henderson (AP 1)
Type: Troop Transport
Date: 28 April 1918
View: Starboard bow, camoflaged
Photo ID: 19-N-7686

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Relief (AH 1)
Type: Hospital Ship
Date: 15 October 1931
View: Port bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-466445

[THUMBNAIL] Ship: Mayflower (PY 1)
Type: Presidential Yacht/Gunboat
Date: 2 August 1905
View: Port bow, at the Russo-Japanese peace conference
Photo ID: 19-N-17-11-16
Notes: Formerly a private yacht.

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