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104k | Starboard side view while anchored in an unknown port prior to WWI. | Peter Lienau | ||
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USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) Underway soon after completion, circa 1905. Note that her topmasts are partially lowered. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 67685. |
USNHC | ||
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USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) In Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, 12 July 1908. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 83673. |
USNHC | ||
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106k | USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) in the Channel at Ketchikan, Alaska, while on a training cruise, July 1912. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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Asiatic Fleet warships off Chefoo, China, circa 1914-1916. Ships present are (from left to right): USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17); USS Bainbridge (DD 1); and USS Saratoga (Armored Cruiser No. 2). Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 88587. |
USNHC | ||
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USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) On the target range in Manila Bay, Philippines, in May 1916. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Fred Iverson, 1959. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 55901. |
USNHC | ||
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110k | Port side view while at anchor in Manila Bay, 1916. Taken from USS Brooklyn. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) In the Dewey Drydock, Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines, circa 1916. Courtesy of Arthur B. Furnas, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 69717. |
USNHC | ||
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166k | Photo, ca. 1919, showing the USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) with supply boat tied up alongside during the cruiser's WWI service. Imperial War Museum Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection, by Brunell, W.J., Photo #Q14437. |
Mike Green | |
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USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) Moored in an Italian port, circa 1919-1920. This photograph was mounted in a Christmas calendar for the year 1922, given by Arthur A. Wright to his mother in December 1921. Collection of Arthur A. Wright, 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 86264. |
USNHC | ||
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Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, USN (center) On board USS Galveston (Cruiser No. 17) at Novorossiysk, Russia, in March 1920. Note caissons for 3-inch landing force guns in the foreground. Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Leonard Doughty, USN, 1929. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 50275. |
Robert Hurst | |
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USS Galveston (CL 19) At anchor, 1922. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 53806. |
USNHC | ||
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USS Cleveland (CL 21), closest to camera, and USS Galveston (CL 19) Seen from USS Hannibal (AG 1), circa 1923, probably in Cuban waters. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 99723. |
USNHC | ||
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USS Galveston (CL 19) In Central American waters, circa 1924-1927. Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 101152. |
USNHC | ||
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View on deck, looking forward from near the stern, probably while she was operating in Central American waters, circa 1924-1927. Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 98899. |
Robert Hurst | |
c1721 |
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Well-soiled "Polliwogs" showing off, during an Equator crossing ceremony on board Galveston on 11 June 1926, while she was en route to Arica, Chile. Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 98896. |
Robert Hurst | |
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Members of the ship's crew with one of her motor launches, probably in Central American waters, circa 1924-1927. Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 98898. |
Robert Hurst | |
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USS Galveston (CL 19) (center) with USS Quail (AM 15) (at left) Probably at Corinto, Nicaragua, in December 1926 -- February 1927, during the Nicaraguan revolution. Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 101153. |
USNHC | ||
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62k | Starboard quarter view while at anchor, location unknown. Photo stamped 4 January 1927. | Tommy Trampp | |
104k | Port Quarter view while moored in Galveston, TX, March 25, 1929. | Kidd Banuelos, USS Rupertus DD851 | ||
120k | Port bow view while moored in Galveston, TX, March 25, 1929. | Kidd Banuelos, USS Rupertus DD851 | ||
102k | Port bow view while moored in Galveston, TX, March 25, 1929. | Kidd Banuelos, USS Rupertus DD851 |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Cutler, William Gifford, CDR | 02/15/1905 - | ||
Helm, James Meredith, CDR | 1875 | RADM | 02/14/1906 - 1906 |
Leigh, Richard Henry, CAPT | ADM | 1913 - 1915 | |
Kellogg | 01/05/1915 | ||
Chadwick, Francis Laird, CAPT | 1917 - 03/1919 | ||
Greenslade, John Wills, CAPT | VADM | 03/1919 - 03/1920 | |
Kempff, Clarence Selby, CAPT | 04/08/1921 | ||
Pope, R. E., CAPT | ~1923 | ||
Decommissioned | 11/20/1923 - 02/05/1924 | ||
Townsend, Julius Curtis, CAPT | 02/15/1926 - 04/17/1928 | ||
Craft, Ralph Payne, CAPT | 04/17/1928 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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