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2018.27 USS Omaha (CL-4) Photo Collection
2018.27 USS Omaha (CL-4) Photo Collection

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  • Recreation-Sports
  • Boats-Ships--Cruisers
  • Cruises, Deployments, and Exercises
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  • Finding Aids Glossaries Guides
  • Photograph
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  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
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Title: USS Omaha (CL-4) Photo Collection
Description: Photo album of the 1923-1924 West Indies cruise of the USS Omaha (CL-4). There is no information about who the original owner of this album was, though it can be assumed it was a member of the USS Omaha’s crew. The album follows the ship’s cruise of exercises in Central America and into the Caribbean. The collection also consists of a 1924 ship’s Christmas menu. See below for specific subject matter.
Accession#: 2018.27
Donor: Found in collection - transfer via Library
Copyright Owner: Naval History & Heritage Command
Circa: 1923-1924
Format: Black & white photograph

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)


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