Photo #: NH 104545 (complete caption)
USS Nevada (BB-36)
Members of a Board of Observers on board the ship, 1921, possibly
during the September bombing tests on ex-USS Alabama (BB-8).
Those present are (as identified at the bottom of the image,
with names of U.S. Navy officers provided as shown in the January
1922 Navy "Register"),
bottom row, seated left to right:
Major J.H. Burns, U.S. Army
Lieutenant Commander** George McC. Courts, USN
Lieutenant Commander** Warren G. Child, USN (probably)
Commander Herbert S. Howard, USN (Construction Corps)
Captain John R.Y. Blakely, USN, Bureau of Ordnance
Captain Luke McNamee, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Nevada
Commander Allen B. Reed, USN
Commander Harvey Delano, USN
Lieutenant Commander William D. Kilduff, USN, and
Major A.H. Hobley, U.S. Army Air Service.
top row, standing left to right:
Mr. G.A. Chadwick, of the Bureau of Ordnance
Major W.B. Hardigg, U.S. Army
Major W.A. Borden, U.S. Army
Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN
Lieutenant Commander John W. Rankin, USN
Commander Logan Cresap, USN
Commander Herbert F. Leary, USN
Lieutenant Commander Alfred G. Zimmermann, USN
Major P.E. Van Nostrand, U.S. Army, and
Major H.W. Harms, U.S. Army.
**: Though both G.M. Courts and W.G. Child are listed in the
1922 "Register" as Lieutenant Commanders, they are
wearing the three full stripes of Commanders in this photograph.
There ware no other Commanders named Child, Childs or Courts
listed in that "Register", but Commander Alva B. Court,
USN (Construction Corps) is listed.
Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt,
USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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