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S-476 USS Florida (BB-30) Photo Collection
S-476 USS Florida (BB-30) Photo Collection

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Title: USS Florida (BB-30) Photo Collection
Description: Photo album created by a USS Florida (BB-30) crewmember while serving with the Sixth Battle Squadron in the North Sea, 1918. The name G.M. Frazier is written on the back cover of the album and there are indications that he was a baker aboard ship. See below collection guide for detailed subject listings. Many of the photos list Krueger & Ott as photographer – it is unknown how they came to be in the possession of Frazier or as part of the album.
Accession#: S-476
Donor: Museum of Western Colorado
Copyright Owner: Naval History & Heritage Command
Circa: 1918
Format: Black & white photograph

Collection Guide: 

The album begins with a brief narrative “log” which covers the period from early November to later December 1918, while USS Florida was at Rosyth, Scotland, at sea, and at New York City. It includes comments on the owner’s activities, events on board ship and recreation activities (mainly boxing).

The subject of the images consists of views onboard ship; officers and crewmembers; general onboard activities; divisions (including cooks and bakers, hospital corpsmen, gunners; gun crew; marine detachment, and radiomen); coaling; boxing matches; ship’s band; and baseball team

Activities ashore of the USS Florida crewmen consist of sporting events (probably at Rosyth, Scotland), including track and field, boxing, and awards presentations; football games between USS Florida and USS Texas and USS Arkansas; and sailors and marines drilling ashore.

Additional miscellaneous imagery includes a boxing machine at Guantanamo, Cuba; destroyers steaming in formation off Cuba; and scenes at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Also included are commercial postcards showing scenes of London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland.

For information about the rest of the collection: nhhcphotoarchive@navy.mil