Collection Guide:
Ship scenes:
Officers and crew
Exterior views of the ship
Swimming party in the islands
View of the tail guns
Bodies of men killed on Tacoma loaded onto boats
Coaling
Transferring of RADM Kittelle
Ship’s band
Locations:
Vera Cruz, Mexico: villagers, local scenery,
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: villagers and local scenery, radio station, fleet baseball games
Culebra, Virgin Islands: villagers, city view from the sea, docks
Panama Canal: locks, Gatun Lake, city scenes, fort
Colon, Panama: city/street views
Galveston, TX: city views, parade of USS Omaha’s sailors
Misc:
Fleet off Balboa
USS Idaho going through locks
USS Langley at sea
Destroyers in Vera Cruz
USS Tacoma wrecked off Vera Cruz following a hurricane (includes very good detailed images of damage to ship)
