Navy Activities in World War One

Historic naval activities during World War One, showcasing sailors in various operational roles and maritime missions, conveying a sense of duty.

Photograph of Coast Guard-manned Landing Craft Sweeping Past an Abandoned Japanese Boat. Jap Boat Abandoned in Face of Kwajalein Attack. American invaders, packed in Coast Guard-manned landing craft running to the beach of Carlos Island, Kwajalein atoll, sweep past a bullet-riddled Japanese boat, beached and abandoned under the heavy fire of the pre-assault bombardment.

A group of navy sailors are seen conducting military activities during World War One. The image shows them wearing uniforms and participating in an unknown exercise or task. The photo is marked with the serial number 111-SC-43560 and was taken by a photographer from the U.S. Navy Department.

Photograph of Coast Guard-manned Landing Craft Sweeping Past an Abandoned Japanese Boat. Jap Boat Abandoned in Face of Kwajalein Attack. American invaders, packed in Coast Guard-manned landing craft running to the beach of Carlos Island, Kwajalein atoll, sweep past a bullet-riddled Japanese boat, beached and abandoned under the heavy fire of the pre-assault bombardment.

Coast Guard Searches For Enemy. This image depicts a Coast Guard vessel plowing through the rolling sea as it doggedly maintains the anti-submarine patrol.

Watchful Eyes. This image depicts the "Sea Birds," antisubmarine patrol.

Invader No. 1 is Manned By Coast Guardsmen. After rolling into the French Coast with the first wave of D-Day invaders, this coast guard medium landing craft, bearing the proud No. 1 on its stern, dashes back to its mother ship, a coast guard assault transport, with some of the first Americans to fall wounded in the thrust on Hitler's Atlantic Wall. The wounded were given emergency treatment in the transport's sick bay before returning to Britain for hospitalization.

Transatlantic Parade. Serenely steaming across the Atlantic, assured of protection from marauding submarines by alert Coast Guard fighting escorts, a convoy of troops and supplies moves toward the European war zones. This picture, taken from a Coast Guard combat cutter, shows the vanguard of another parade of ships through waters which once were deadly hazardous.

Sunset view from the U.S.S. George Washington, showing a destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean. The image was taken during World War One and is part of a collection of photographs documenting American military activities. This specific photograph is assigned the number 63,330 by the Signal Corps.

LCI (L) Slogs Through Heavy Sea. In the North Atlantic, a Coast Guard-manned LCI (L) battles through heavy seas. These LCI (L)s (Landing Craft Infantry, Large), are a sturdy new type of invasion craft, able to make the Atlantic crossing "on their own" to the combat areas.

The Frigate, Watchdog of the Convoys. This image depicts a heavily-armed manned frigate escorting United Nations convoys in the Atlantic and Pacific. Artwork by Hunter Wood.

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Corporal Arthur Q. Smith of the Signal Corps unloading 75mm artillery shells using roller skidways at Base Section No. 1 in Mantes, Loire Inferieure, France on November 3, 1918. The photograph was taken on January 2, 1919. Approved by the American Expeditionary Forces censor.

Amphtracs Smash Against the Beach of Angaur. Guns readied, grim-faced Army infantrymen sweep toward the beach of Angaur Island in the Palaus. This sharp photo of Amphibious invasion was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer heading toward the beachhead in the first waves. It shows at close range an LVT (A) churning through the surf. Its caterpillar treads enable the landing vehicle tanks, armored , to creep over the hidden reefs that sometimes block the LCVPs.

Giant Bomb Bay - Coast Guard Version. Like the doors of a huge bomb bay, the bow of the LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) in this Coast Guard photo, first to be released of an LST in actual unloading operations, opens to spout out bad news for the Nazis at Salerno. Coast Guard and Navy crews rammed the great ships upon the beach then let their cargo roll.

Coast Guardsmen Guard North Atlantic Ship Lanes. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen standing one of their cutter's guns.

Lt. William Fox of the Sig. R. C. captured a photograph on June 2, 1918, during World War One. The photo depicts a steamship named "El Capitan" and showcases the application of camouflage on naval vessels. This photograph, marked as 111-SC-12943, is part of the collection titled "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One." Note: This image is not intended for publication.

Marking Time for Invasion. This image depicts Coast Guard-manned landing barges during an invasion rehearsal during training off the East Coast of the United States.

Image of the USS San Francisco in Hampton Roads, taken on December 10th, 1916. This photograph is part of the Committee on Public Information's collection documenting American Military Activities during World War One. Description provided: "Issued Synol U.S.S. San Francisco."

Soldiers of the 313th Butchery Company boarding the transport ship "America" at Newport News, Virginia. The photograph was taken on June 29, 1918 by Lt. William Fox of the Signal Corps. The image was censored and released on August 1, 1918 by the Military Intelligence Branch.

Coast Guard Rolls Up Rescue Record in Channel. Sleek 83-foot Coast Guard rescue craft, speeding over the bumpy channel waters and daring the firepower of Nazi guns, saved hundreds of American lives in the critical early hours of the French invasion. Here a squadron of these bold Coast Guard rescue cutters speed on a mission near the coast of Normandy.

Tank Crews Await Rescue. (FRANCE) 14/6/44 Tank crews await rescue by U.S. Coast Guard Cutter from which this picture was taken. Aboard a sinking LCT, Just off French invasion beach. (Coast Guard FOTO) Signal Corps Radiotele-photo. London #891.

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Rehearsal for Invasion. This image depicts Coast Guard-manned landing barges during training off the Atlantic coast.

Nemesis of the Wolf Packs. This image depicts a Coast Guard cutter along with a merchant convoy carrying war materials and supplies.

The Power and The Glory. Over the mighty American armada off Okinawa's shores drops the glorious golden disk of the sun, to lose itself in the east China Sea. It is L-Day plus one and the strategic beachhead in the Ryukyus is secured as day closes over Coast Guard-manned and Navy ships in the formidable task force that struck deep into Japan's home waters.

Going Into Bougainville. U.S. Troops go over the side of a Coast Guard manned combat transport to enter the landing barges at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, as the invasion gets under way. Here, as at Tarawa and other invasion points, Coast Guardsmen were among those maning the landing barges.

of aircraft from the Carlstrom Aviation Field in Arcadia, Florida. This photograph, taken on June 16, 1918, showcases a squadron flying in perfect formation.

Coast Guard in Greenland. A Coast Guard cutter is shown heading into a narrow passage off the barren coast of Greenland. Many and varied are the duties of a Coast Guardsman in this global war.

Invasion Rescue Cutters on Patrol. This image depicts artwork of two Coast Guard cutters in the English Channel, No. 3 and No. 4, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Russell S. Dickerson.

After the Fall of Kwajalein. Coast Guard gunners stand alert aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport, as ships of a Navy task force drop anchor in Kwajalein Atoll lagoon after the triumphant American invasion. This picturesque view was taken by a Coast Guard combat photographer.

The Coast Guard in the Russell Islands. Alongside a floating demountable dock, a Coast Guard-manned assault transport unloads American Marines transferred from New Britain Island to the Russell Islands for a rest period. A Navy cargo ship is moored next to the Coast Guard ship. The Russell Islands are near historic Guadalcanal.

Soldiers from the U.S.S. Wisconsin conducting military exercises during World War I. The photograph was taken on October 12, 1912. The soldiers are seen in formation, participating in drills as part of their training.

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Photograph of Whalers, 11th Naval District. This photograph was taken by Boatswain's Mate Second Class James C. Watson, ex-newspaper photographer of 15 years experience.

Where the Civil War began - Fort Sumter and distant main land in right, Charleston, S.C. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Forts & fortifications , South Carolina , Charleston

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

In The Big Drama. Cast in a drama greater than any screen play, Coast Guardsman Victor Mature mans a gun during battle drill aboard a U.S. Coast Guard convoy cutter in Atlantic combat waters.

Blaze Away, Three Incher!. On convoy duty somewhere in the North Atlantic, general quarters is sounded aboard a Coast Guard combat cutter. The crew rushes to battle stations and soon the deck guns are roaring. Here, a three incher blazes away at its target on the horizon.

Coast Guardsmen Aid First Invasion Casualties. Crew members of a Coast Guard assault transport transfer Allied wounded from a landing craft to their vessel off the French Coast.

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. This image depicts the burial at sea of Julius T. Petrella, who was killed in action when the Coast Guard cutter Spencer engaged a German submarine.

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They're Off! The Invasion's On. America had her first look at the D-Day invasion of the French coast, when this photograph by Coast Guard combat photographer S. Scott Wigle appeared in newspapers from coast to coast on June 6, 1944. It shows columns of infantry landing craft, each with a barrage balloon as protection against Nazi strafing planes, moving across the English Channel. The camera with which Wigle made the picture was sold for $8,500.000 in War Bond purchases in the coast-to-coast "Victory Bond Auction" broadcast.

High Seas. This image depicts the Coast Guard, maintaining their convoy and anti-submarine patrols in enemy sub-infested waters through high seas.

This photograph, numbered 39,058 and captured by a Signal Corps photographer, depicts a shipbuilding activity during World War One. The image showcases the construction of a specific type of ship commissioned by the U.S. Shipping Board. The description mentions that the ship is part of the overall effort to support American military activities during the war.

A Seafaring Doctor Calls on a Patient. Somewhere in the Mediterranean, a seaman aboard a merchant convoy ship requires immediate medical attention. He has suffered an injury or fallen critically ill. A "hurry up" message is passed to the Coast Guard-manned Destroyer Escort on the convoy's flank. Soon the doctor is in the air in a boatswain's chair. On this mercy mission, the doctor is James W. Todd, U.S. Public Health Service, of Belton, SC. In foreground, below are: Coast Guardsmen Lloyd Nolan, coxswain, of Chelsea, MA and John A. Johnson, boatswain's mate second class, of Brooklyn, NY.

Photograph of Two Japanese Submarines Resting at Anchor Alongside a Giant Transport. Jap Submarines Surrender. Flying black flags of surrender, two Nip submarines which bowed to American forces 200 miles off the Jap mainland rest at anchor alongside a giant transport. This photo showing the sterns of the underseas raiders was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST which was among the first cargo-bearing vessels to reach Japan.

Cranes on U.S. docks in Bordeaux, France, captured in a photograph taken in April 1918. The image is sourced from the collection "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One" and was censored and released for publication on May 31, 1918, with some alterations made by Capt. J.C. Russell, M.I.D. censor on November 22, 1918.

USS Pennsylvania firing a salute as it passes the USS Mayflower during the return of the Victory Fleet. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Palumbo on December 31, 1918, and received on December 26, 1918. It was approved by the MID censor on January 2, 1919.

Troops from Company "I," 339th Infantry, embark on the British transport "Czar" at Economia, Russia. This photograph was taken on May 30, 1919. The troops are seen in the foreground of the image. The photographer is Shotwell.S.C. The photograph has reference number SUNBER 62486.

Sailors aboard the U.S.S. North Carolina performing military activities during World War One. The image showcases the significance of the ship in supporting the war efforts. Note: This caption is based on the limited information available and may need to be revised for accuracy.

Photograph of Thousands of Boxes of Ammunition Being Poured Into an Lct for Transfer. Crates of Trouble for the Japs. From a Coast Guard-manned assault transport, thousands of boxes of ammunition are poured into an LCT for transfer to the beaches of Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago. Coast Guardsmen and Marines swept ashore in the dawn, but met no opposition. The wary Nips had evacuated their Southwest Pacific base.

Abandon ship drill taking place on the U.S.S. George Washington. This photograph captures the presidential party en route to the Peace Conference. The scene shows military personnel participating in the drill and showcases the military activities during World War I.

Photograph of Wounded Yankee Invaders Being Transferred from a Coast Guard Assault Transport. American Casualties Headed for England. Wounded Yankee invaders are transferred from a Coast Guard assault transport, where they received emergency treatment, to a tank landing craft in the English Channel from transport to an English port hospitalization. Coast Guardsmen played a big invasion role, taking in troops and bringing out the men who fell.

U.S.S. Missouri, taken in February 1918. Official use only. This photograph is labeled as 111-SC-2973 with a description stating it was issued by U.S.S. Missouri. The photographer of the image is RECT.

Coast Guard Rescues Survivors of Torpedoed Transport in North Atlantic. Half-frozen and fighting to keep their grip on a life raft tossed in the North Atlantic, survivors of a torpedoed U.S. troop transport are rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard Combat Cutter. The transport, converted from the liner Henry R. Mallory, was sunk by an enemy U-boat early in 1943 with the loss of more than 300 American soldiers, sailors and Marines, the War Shipping Administration announced today (Nov. 5, 1944). Many survivors were picked up by the Coast Guard Cutters INGHAM and BIBB, which raced to the scene. The transport was headed in convoy for Iceland. This picture, made by a Coast Guard Combat photographer, shows survivors being taken aboard the BIBB.

Crew of the S.M.s. Loreley on deck, in the background probably the Korinth channel. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Greece and Egypt.

Coast Guard LCP Afire. Coast Guard landing boat afire from Nazi machine gun fire and explosion in boat of American soldier's hand grenade.

All Aboard for Biak. Biak Island in the Schoutens is the destination of this string of LSTs, heavily laden with the equipment of invasion. From the deck of a Coast Guard-manned LST, a Coast Guard Combat Photographer makes this picturesque record of the great biak convoy bound for the action which brought American fighting men possession of another strategic air base deep in the sprawling Japanese Pacific Empire.

Lt. William Fox, a member of the Signal Reserve Corps, captured this photograph on June 29, 1918. The image shows a scene of embarkation at Newport News, VA, where transports are stationed in the harbor, waiting to load troops. The photograph was censored and released by the M.I.B. censor on August 1, 1918.

To The Cradle of the Deep. All hands bow their heads in prayer as a comrade-in-arms is buried at sea from a Coast Guard-manned transport heading homeward from the China Burma India theater of war. He died on the Pacific as he was returning to see his loved ones at home. Coast Guardsmen and soldiers pay their final respects as bearers prepare to drop the body over the side from under the stars and stripes for which he paid his life.

Project 18 - Operation Crossroads (Bikini) Test Activities. USS Saratoga Sinking. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Construction of Uncle Sam's latest type of submarine, Class R, at Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California. The keels were laid in March 1917 and the workmen are pictured here speeding up the submarine program. This photograph was taken by Lt.E.N Jackson of the Signal Reserve Corps. Censored and released March 19, 1918, by War College Division Laboratory.

Sub-Buster Speaks Its Piece. This image depicts smoke rolling out from a 5 inch gun aboard a Coast Guard combat cutter during battle practice somewhere in the North Atlantic.

Towed Back From Death. Torn by Nazi shells, the landing barge was sinking. American soldiers aboard appeared lost as the little craft settled in the English Channel waters. Then came a Coast Guard Rescue Cutter poking boldly into the shoal waters. A line was cast and made fast. The Coast Guard 83-footer and its tow were soon headed out from danger. Transferred to the rescue craft, the survivors raised the more than 750 the number of Allied invaders rescued by the Coast Guard's "Match Box Fleet" in the channel on D Day and the critical days following.

Scene During Battle Practice, Watching the Shots. 1911 - 1918. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Photographic Print. Department of the Navy. Fourth Naval District. Philadelphia Navy Yard. 1909-9/1947. Photographs of Early Naval Flight and Gunnery Practice

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Operation Deep Freeze I - Eastwind on rescue mission to Little America. Near Little America Base 5, Kainan Bay, 400 miles from the Williams Air Operation Facility at McMurdo Sound the U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker noses her bow up to a level spot in the Great Ross Ice Barrier. Crewmen planted deadman anchors on the ice here for mooring the ship as she sidled up alongside the shelf. Preparations were being made to set ashore a Navy Otter plane for assisting in the search for another Otter missing three days with 7 Navy men. The flyers were headed for Marie Byrd Land when reported missing. (February 6, 1956). The Eastwind embarked from McMurdo Sound the previous day with a Navy Otter and a HO4S helicopter aboard to assist in the rescue mission. Aboard was Rear Admiral George Dufek, USN (Ret), Commander, Task Force 43, with his staff, having transferred his flagship from Navy's Arneb to the Coast Guard's Eastwind. Enroute to Little America the staff planned the rescue operation. Admiral Du

U.S. Transport Agamemnon returning from a mission during World War One. Troops can be seen crowded on the deck of the ship as it docks at Pier 4. They are enthusiastically cheering for Red Cross Canteen workers and the Camp Merritt band on the pier. Released by M.I.D. Censor on February 19, 1919.

Photograph of Coast Guardsmen With Small Boat. This image depicts a group of Coast Guardsmen taking a small boat into the sea.

This is a photograph taken on April 24, 1918, showing the USS Essex, a sloop of war, with the identification number 5916. The photograph was taken by the Committee on Public Information during World War I. The ship bears the symbol C AU and is known as S.S. Essex.

Coast Guard Corsair on U-Boat Hunt. This image depicts an oil painting of the Corsair Fleet Patrols off of Newfoundland. Painted by Hunter Wood.

Gun Crews Ever On The Alert. This image depicts Coast Guard gun crews aboard a combat cutter standing at their posts ready to ward off any enemy interference.

Convoy - Sundown. Sea action. This image depicts a Coast Guardsman looking out into the horizon.

K14 under salvage after crash at sea , Airships, Aircraft accidents. Photographs of the First Naval District

U.S.S. Minnesota during World War I. The photograph, bearing the identification number 111-SC-2986, was taken in the 1900s and received on February 12, 1918. The image shows the U.S.S. Minnesota, a naval vessel that served in the war. Official use only, laboratory notes mention 2986.

The image shows the U.S.S. Cushing, a ship used during World War One. The photograph was taken around 1919 by a photographer identified as RECO. The image is part of a collection titled "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One."

Photograph of a Coast Guard Officer On Bridge of River Patrol Craft. Lookout on a River Boat. On the bridge of a Coast Guard river patrol craft, an officer keeps a watchful eye on the channel.

D-Day finds a Shambles On Iwo Jima's Beaches. This image depicts Amtracs from Coast Guard-manned LST's carrying fourth division Marines poking through the wreckage to crawl up on the blackened sands of Iwo Jima.

Prelude to Invasion Off English Coast. Coast Guardsmen line the rails to give a hand to G.I. Joes coming up over the side of a Coast Guard-manned assault transport for last-minute invasion maneuvers somewhere off the coast of England. Helmeted and carrying fighting equipment, the American invaders are on their way to practice amphibious landing in preparation for the invasion of Hitler's fortress Europe. Coast Guardsmen manned these landing craft in the battle drills and in the D-Day assaults.

Coast Guard-Manned LST Moves Into Tanahmerah Bay. This image depicts a Coast Guard-manned LST steaming into the clam waters of Tanahmerah Bay.

Caption: This photograph captures a dramatic moment during World War One, showing the last moments of a torpedoed vessel. The ship can be seen sinking, with the bow already submerged and the stern lifting out of the water. Men are seen evacuating the ship by sliding down ropes, while the last boat pulls away. One man can be seen splashing into the sea. Photograph taken in February 1918, by an unnamed photographer. Official ID: 111-SC-16568, Unofficial ID: -3C-16568.

"Alligators" Fuel Up Off Saipan. Off the embattled beaches of Saipan in the Marianas, "alligators" and Coast Guard-manned landing barges pull up to a sea-going filling station to take on fuel. In the distance is Mount Tapachou on which U.S. Marines and Army troops gained strong ridge positions in the three-weeks battle that resulted in the ultimate fall of Garapan, the Marianas capital city.

Landing Fields - Puerto Rico, Aerial Photograph.

A Handful of the Millions of Yank Invaders. Aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport, the decks are jammed with American fighting men, who swept across the English Channel in overpowering force to establish a strong beachhead on the coast of Normandy. These troops are shown at a moment of relaxation during intensive final invasion maneuvers somewhere off Britain's coast.

All Aboard for the Beachhead. Churning past a group of transports standing off Leyte Island in the central Philippines, a Coast Guard-manned landing barge ferries a full load of fighting men to the beachhead. This striking amphibious invasion shot was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer at the stern of another barge on the first day of the liberation smash into the Philippines.

The Yanks Strike Angaur From Coast Guard-Manned Landing Barges. From a powerful task force standing off shore, American invaders strike again -- this time against the Japanese bastions in the Western Carolines. Here, a Coast Guard-manned landing barge unloads its fighting men who storm through the surf toward the shore of Angaur Island. Opposition was light at first but later in the morning of D-Day the Japs counter-attacked fiercely. Coral-shelves on the beaches ripped out barge bottoms; barbed wire entanglements gruarded the approaches.

The First Wave. This image depicts artwork of a Coast Guard LCI surrounded by landing barges heading for the coast of France at H Hour. Artwork by combat artist Herman B. Vestal.

American troops waving goodbye to the S.S. America as it departs. The photo was taken by Sgt. G.H. Lyon on March 14, 1919. The troops appear to be in good spirits and ready for the next stage of their military activities.

A Coast Guard Cutter Stands By For Action. This image depicts sailors peering into the dark, awaiting orders from the bridge.

Coast Guardsmen, Marines Unload Supplies in Solomons. U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Marines unload supplies in the shadow of a Japanese ship, the Kinguawa Maru, beached after a battle with the Americans in the Solomons. The men come from a Coast Guard manned combat transport.

Elsevier photo collection. Torpedists action Merwede Gorinchem i.v.m. fishing interests. diver Torpedists Army mentions stones importance Gorkum fishing. April 1920. Gorinchem, Merwede, South Holland

Torpedo explosion. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Newport (R.I.)

Photograph of Joven Elvira Near Bimini. This image is one of a set of photographs taken of the fishing vessels involved in a shooting incident 12 March near Bimini. These photos were not released as no Coast Guard action was involved and the vessels were Bahamian and Cuban. The photos were shot with a K-20 aerial camera by an air crewman, and not by one of the rated photographers assigned.

Troops listening to music by the Port of Embarkation Band on an incoming transport. The band plays three airs: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here," followed by "Home Sweet Home," and finally "Dixie." The troops cheer and get excited during these performances.

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Test Activities. Personnel being evacuated from Johnston Island before test shots. Cage is used to lift personnel from LCU to ship flight deck. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Pier 12, Brooklyn, shows the N.Y.S.S Atlanta being loaded with beef for the Italian government. The Army Veterinary Corps conducts a final inspection of the beef before it is loaded onto the ship. Lieutenant Morrison of the Army Veterinary Corps is pictured inspecting the beef. Photograph taken on May 31, 1919.

Naval Parade, Centennial. April 28th, 1889. 1889 - 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

American Invaders at Cape Gloucester. U.S. Coast Guard and Navy manned LSTs (Landing Ships, Tanks) unload at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Bow doors of the LSTs are open to disgorge men and material. Decks are laden with material yet to be unloaded.

Coast Guard Helicopter to the Rescue in Navy War Bond Show at Chicago. On the Chicago River, the U.S. Coast Guard demonstrates the use of its helicopters in air-sea rescue as a feature of the Navy Sixth War Bond show at Chicago, ILL. A Plane accidentally dived into the water and a Coast Guard helicopter "Wind-Mills" overhead, dropping a hydraulic rescue device. The Plane's pilot climbs into the seat, is hoisted to the Helicopter's cabin and flown to the shore. The Coast Guard helicopters were viewed by thousands.

U.S.S. Charleston on a military operation during World War I. The photograph shows the ship surrounded by smoke and engaged in combat. The image captures the intense and chaotic nature of warfare during this time period.

"S.S. America arrives at Hoboken with troops of the 77th Division. The ferryboat is seen carrying soldiers to Camp Mills. This photograph was taken on April 29, 1919, by Lieutenant G.H. Lyon, S.C., and received on May 12, 1919. Description number TDTO419 and subject number 48178. Photographer's notes: Ayla 48178 NE Scandinaya."

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