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Vestal Collier #1
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Namesake
Vestal in ancient Rome, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth. The College of the Vestals and its well-being were
regarded as fundamental to the continuance and security of Rome. They cultivated the sacred fire that was not allowed to go out. The Vestals were freed of the usual
social obligations to marry and bear children and took a 30-year vow of chastity in order to devote themselves to the study and correct observance of state rituals that
were forbidden to the colleges of male priests. (Wikipedia) |
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Vestal (Collier #1) being constructed at the New York Navy Yard in early 1908.
Library of Congress, LC-B22-320-1 |
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Christening and launch of Vestal (Collier #1). Miss Goodrich, ship's sponsor, breaking the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the ship at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. on 19 May 1908.
Digital ID: ggbain 00449. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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Vestal (Collier #1) slides down the building ways at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. on 19 May 1908, after Christening.
Digital ID: ggbain.oo456. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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General Frederick Dent Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, and others at launch of Vestal (Collier #1), Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York 19 May 1908. The commanding officer CDR. Edward Latimer Beach, Sr. stands to the left of General Grant during the ceremonies. |
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Vestal (Collier #1) photographed circa 1909-1912, while serving as a fleet collier prior to conversion to a repair ship.
US Navy photo # NH 43620 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation -- Collection of Admiral Hilary P. Jones. |
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Vestal (Collier #1) date and location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1914." |
Robert Hurst |
USS Vestal Repair Ship No. 4 / AR-4
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USS Vestal (Fleet Repair Ship #4) with gunboat USS Nashville (Gunboat No.7) alongside in the harbor at Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914.
View also includes the Fortress of San Juan de Ulua (center) and the Spanish cruiser
Emperador Carlos V. (left)
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 122045 |
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USS Vestal (Fleet Repair Ship #4) anchored off New York City, circa 17-20 December 1918, while still painted in World War I disruptive camouflage. Ship in the distance, beyond USS Vestal's stern, is USS Iowa (BB-4)
US Navy photo # NH 43622 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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View of the harbor at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba with battleships, destroyers and auxiliaries of the U.S. Fleet present, circa 1922. Ship in center is USS Vestal (AR-4). In the right distance is USS Columbia (AG-9), the Fleet's administrative flagship.
US Navy photo # NH 83740 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation -- Collection of Admiral Hilary P. Jones. |
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3"/50 AA gun in action during gunnery practice aboard USS Vestal (AR-4), circa 1923-24. Note ejected shell casing in air at
in the center of the photo.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog No. NH 93654, courtesy of the Estate of Virginia Cornwell, 1982 |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) photographed circa early 1920s.
Photo from collection of the New York Naval Shipyard.
US Navy photo # NH 43621 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) at anchor location unknown, circa the mid-1920s. An Omaha class light cruiser is in the left background. The original image is printed on postcard stock
US Navy photo # NH 105412, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) crew photo, circa 1920s. |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) with six destroyers alongside, during the later 1920s. Outboard destroyer is USS Sands (DD-243). Next inboard is USS Hatfield (DD-231). Two of the other destroyers present are also of the group (DD-231--235) armed with 5"/51 guns, which can be seen on the ships' fantails.
Photo from collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham.
US Navy photo # NH100533 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) underway, circa 1935, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Jim Kurrasch
Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) underway, circa 1939, location unknown. |
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View taken from USS Houston (CA-30) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 20 February 1939, shows the USS Vestal (AR-4) crew manning the rail in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was then embarked in USS Houston (CA-30).
US Navy photo # NH50272 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) Repair Department, 5B Division (Blacksmith Shop) circa 1940.
First row Chief Petty Officers Left to Right:
Chief Metalsmith Spiedell, Coordinator of Division,
Chief Metalsmith Sheedman, in charge of Foundry.
Chief Boilerman Ford, 3rd Chief in Boiler Shop.
Lieutenant Bowling, Division Officer,
Chief Pattternmaker Spicer, in charge of Patternmaking Shop,
Chief Boilerman Roberts, in charge of Boiler Shop and
Chief Boilerman Ptak, 2nd Chief of Boiler Shop,
Chief Metalsmith Furkman, in charge of Blacksmith Shop.
Blacksmith Shop Personnel 1st row last man Haskett, 1st Class Metalsmith;
2nd row 1st man Stocker, 1st Class Fireman,
2nd man Studyvin, 3rd Class Fireman,
last man Murphy, 2nd Class Fireman;
3rd row, 6th man Radley, 2nd Class Fireman,
11th man Wickes, 3rd Class Fireman,
last man Kerstinen, 1st Class Metalsmith;
4th row first man O'Donnell, 1st Class Metalsmith,
10th man Thomas, 1st Class Metalsmith |
Elizabeth Radley for her father Legrand Hughes Radley, third row from the bottom, 6th man in from the left. |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) beached on Aiea shoal, Pearl Harbor, after the 7 December 1941 Japanese raid. She is listing from damage caused by two bombs that hit her during the attack.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-19933, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) after she was beached in Pearl Harbor, 9 December 1941. She had been damaged by Japanese bomb hits during
the raid. An Officers' Motor Boat is alongside her starboard quarter.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-32607, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives (Same as US Naval History and Heritage Command
NH 64480). |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) moored at Pearl Harbor, T.H., circa 1942, following repair of damage she received in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
US Navy photo # NH97405 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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From bottom to top; USS Ballard (AVD-10), USS Hammondsport (APV-2), USS Vestal (AR-4) and a garbage lighter (YG) surrounded by anti-submarine nets at Pearl Harbor, 12 July 1942.
US Navy photo # NH 84001, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Forrestal Collection |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) bomb damage, 7 December 1941.
Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, War Damage Report No. 12 |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) under way, date and location unknown. |
Hyperwar, US Navy in WWII |
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USS Pensacola (CA-24) alongside USS Vestal (AR-4),
undergoing repair of torpedo damage received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942. Note the hole in her side below the mainmast, and
the extensive fire damage in the area of that mast and the number three eight-inch gun turret. Photographed at Espirito Santo, New Hebrides, on 17 December 1942.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-33862, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) under way, 26 June 1943. Original 5”/51 SP armament has been removed and replaced by light AA weapons.
Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 302765 |
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USS St. Louis (CL-49) coming alongside USS Vestal (AR-4) at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 20 July 1943. USS Vestal conducted initial repair of torpedo damage received by St. Louis during the Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-258905 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) departing Mare Island Navy Yard, 8 September 1944, after receiving alterations there to prepare her for
duty at Ulithi. The main alteration was the filling in of her well deck forward. The disruptive pattern camouflage may be the variant of Measure 31 that used green
paints.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. 19-N-71579 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Washington (BB-56) alongside USS Vestal (AR-4) for initial repairs, after colliding with USS Indiana (BB-58) during the Marshall Islands operation on 1 February 1944
US Navy photo # NH 68352 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) with USS Washington (BB-56)
alongside at Majuro atoll in the Marshal Islands, February 1944. |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) with USS Blue (DD-387) alongside,
date and location unknown. |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) at anchor, circa 1944-46, location unknown. There are two ships on her port side and the outboard ship is likely a destroyer
based on the MK 37 gun director visible. |
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USS Vestal (AR-4) on the (north side) of the pier across from
USS Pelias (AS-14) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 13 August 1944 while undergoing repair and
modification. YD-98 and the a small portion of
YD-84 are seen at the opposite pier (south side).
File name: AS 14 5204-44, Navy Photo, 8/13/44. |
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Amidships looking forward plan view of USS Vestal (AR-4) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 20 August 1944, during inclining experiments. USS Vestal was at Mare Island for overhaul from 2 July until 8 September 1944. USS Baltimore (CA-68) is in the background.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5317-44. |
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Aft plan view of USS Vestal (AR-4) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 20 August 1944, during inclining experiments.
USS Vestal was at Mare Island for overhaul from 2 July until 8 September 1944.
USS Baltimore (CA-68) is in the background with
YD-98 alongside.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5320-44. |
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U.S. Marines, assigned to
Marine Aircraft Group Two Four (MAG-24), stand at parade rest prior to a twenty-one gun salute on the USS
Vestal (AR-4) mooring quay. Vestal was moored outboard of the battleship USS
Arizona (BB-39) during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She was hit
by two bombs and further damaged when Arizona's forward magazines exploded. Repaired over the next few months, she was transferred to the South Pacific in
August 1942, where she mended many combat-damaged ships during the difficult times of the Guadalcanal and Central Solomons campaigns. More than 200 distinguished visitors and
Pearl Harbor survivors attended the ceremony, which included the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) rendering honors, more than 40 wreath presentations, a 21-gun salute, and a missing man flyover.
US Navy photo # 041207-N-6775N-102 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Dec. 7, 2004) by PH2 Justin P. Nesbitt |
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Brass ship's bell from the repair ship USS Vestal. Bell is engraved in between concentric circles "U.S.S. Vestal/1908/Navy
Yard N.Y." Interior is painted red with flaking of paint throughout. Location, Headquarters Artifact Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Accession #: NHHC 1946-315-B |
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A Japanese bomb fragment from the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, recovered from USS Vestal (AR-4). |
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