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Niagara (PY 9)
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66k | Photograph taken prior to her World War I Navy service U.S. Navy photo NH 102908 |
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66k | At anchor, circa 1920, probably in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Collection of Gustave Maurer, ex-Chief Photographer, 1921 U.S. Navy photo NH 2232 |
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66k | In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1920. Two battleships are in the background Collection of Gustave Maurer, ex-Chief Photographer, 1921 U.S. Navy photo NH 44823 |
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66k | At anchor, probably while assigned to surveying duty during the 1920s U.S. Navy photo NH 1094 |
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66k | In port, during the early 1920s Collection of Captain Frederick R. Naile, USN U.S. Navy photo NH 102937 |
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66k | In a Caribbean-area port while on surveying duty, circa the 1920s Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969 U.S. Navy photo NH 68340 |
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98k | 26 January 1931 Photo shows the yacht, which was used by five Presidents, Mayflower, ex-PY-1 after being swept by flames as she lay in the back channel at the Navy Yard Saturday night. Her hold filled with water, she settled to the bottom. Directly in back of the partly submerged craft can be seen her sister ship, the Niagara Photo from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection |
Mike Green | |
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66k | At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 1931-1933, while being stripped for sale Courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1936 U.S. Navy photo NH 46458 |
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66k | Sailor working on the ship's eagle figurehead, while she was being stripped for sale at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 1931-1933 Courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1936 U.S. Navy photo NH 46460 |
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66k | Section of structure, including bathroom facilities, removed from a ship being scrapped at the Navy Yard during the early 1930s. The ship may be USS Niagara (PY-9) Courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1936 U.S. Navy photo NH 46459 |
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91k | Sailor uses a pneumatic chipping tool to remove paint from a small gun pedestal, on board a ship at the Navy Yard during the early 1930s. The ship may be USS Niagara (PY-9) Courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1936 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 46461 |
Robert Hurst | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Edgar Brown Larimer, USN - USNA Class of 1899 Awarded the Navy Cross (1918) - Retired as Rear Admiral | 16 April 1918 |
| 02 | CAPT William Vans Edmondson Jacobs, USCG - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918) Retired as Commodore | 1918 - 1919 |
| 03 | CDR Roe Reed Adams, USN - USNA Class of 1902 | 8 June 1919 |
| 04 | LCDR Robert Lee Ghormley, USN - USNA Class of 1906 Awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal (1919), the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1945) and the Legion of Merit (1944) - Retired as Vice Admiral | 1920 |
| 05 | CDR Paul Pritchard Blackburn, USN - USNA Class of 1904 | 24 June 1924 - June 1925 |
| 06 | CDR George Martin Baum, USN - USNA Class of 1904 | June 1925 - 19 October 1927 |
| 07 | CAPT Arthur Byron Cook, USN - USNA Class of 1905 Awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1945) and the Legion of Merit (1944) - Retired as Vice Admiral | 19 October 1927 - 1928 |
| 08 | CDR Newton Lord Nichols, USN - USNA Class of 1907 Retired as Captain | 1930 - 3 March 1931 |
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