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S-424 Edward S. Moale Photo Collection
S-424 Edward S. Moale Photo Collection

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Title: Edward S. Moale Photo Collection
Description: Collection 79 photographs related to LT Moale during his service in the service of the Merchant Marines as an engineer aboard flag ships during the 1920s. Several images have been removed from the collection and placed into the NH series at the item level (NH 58935, NH 59537, NH 91961-NH 91972 and NH 91976) – see below.
Accession#: S-424
Donor: Edward S. Moale
Copyright Owner: Naval History & Heritage Command
Circa: 1920s
Format: Black & white photographs

Collection Guide: 

S-424-A
4 photographs of troops of the National Guard, 22nd regiment, New York engineers, building a pontoon raft to cross a river at McAllen, TX on the Mexican border, December 1916. The connection to Moale is unknown.

S-424-D
Small photo album with 59 photographs of Merchant Marine service of Edward S. Moale as an engineer aboard flag ships during the 1920s. Moale is seen in several of the images. Ships seen include: SS Reliance; USCGC Modoc in drydock at Charleston Navy Yard, SC, 1927; SS Old North State; SS Mount Clinton; SS Resolute; SS Ohioan; MS Californian; SS Steel Ranger; SS Montanan; SS George Washington; SS Julia Luckenbach; and SS Favorite (later IX-45). Locations noted include: London, England; LeHavre, France (docks); Hamburg, German (shipyards); Waldorf, Germany; and the Panama Canal (locks, channels and dredges, Naval Radio Station towers).

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