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Santa Olivia of Palermo, Virgin and Martyr |
Tommy Trampp |
| USS Santa Olivia (ID 3125) |
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Photographed upon completion, circa July 1918. Location is probably the Cramp Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is painted with a disruptive camouflage pattern
U.S. Navy photo NH 100996 |
Naval Historical Center |
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At anchor in 1918, while serving as a cargo ship with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. She is wearing 'dazzle' camouflage
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 105161 |
Robert Hurst |
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Photographed in 1919.
Courtesy of the Caraway Company, Rutterford, N.J., 1936.
U.S. Navy photo NH 96242 |
Naval Historical Center |
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In a French port, 1919. The barge L'Aiglon is in the foreground.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 102992 |
Robert Hurst |
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Santa Olivia, left center, and USS Philippines (ID 1677), at right, at the Army Dock, St. Nazaire, France, 1919
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006
U.S. Navy photo NH 104161 |
Naval Historical Center |
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At a mooring buoy, circa late 1918 or in 1919. Note the portholes in her hull sides, indicating that she has been converted to a troop transport. However, her badly worn paint appears to show traces of a 1918-era pattern camouflage scheme
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104639 |
Robert Hurst |
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In the canal at St. Nazaire, France, while serving as a troop transport in 1919
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104640 |
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| Boxing match on board, while the ship was en route from France to the United States, carrying homeward bound troops in 1919
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007
Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 104653 |
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In port, circa late 1918 or 1919. Portholes in her side indicate that she has been converted to a troop transport, but traces of her 1918-vintage 'dazzle' camouflage are visible on her badly weathered hull
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 105109 |
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"Bobtailing" (dishonorably discharging) a crew member in May 1919
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104654 |
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Troops in life jackets gathered on the foredeck of USS Santa Olivia (ID 3125), while en route home to the United States from France, 1919. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 105100, donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. |
Robert Hurst |
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A view on board USS Santa Olivia (ID 3125), looking aft from amidships, while the ship was at sea en route from France to the United States in 1919. Note lifeboats at right and homeward bound troops on deck. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 105111, donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. |
Robert Hurst |
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Abandon ship drill on board USS Santa Olivia (ID 3125), while the ship was en route from France to the United States, carrying homeward bound troops in 1919. Note the Soldiers crowded on Santa Olivia's main deck, and Navy officers and men by the lifeboats at right. The original photograph was printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 104652, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. |
Robert Hurst |
