USN Ships--USS Great Northern (ID # 4569) -- Part II

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Photo # NH 44754: USS Great Northern underway in the Atlantic, seen from the masthead of another ship, 1918

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USS Great Northern (ID # 4569), 1917-1919 -- Part II

This page features additional images related to USS Great Northern (ID # 4569).

For other images concerning this ship, see:

USS Great Northern (ID # 4569, later AG-9), 1917-1919 and 1921-1922. Renamed Columbia, 1921.

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Photo #: NH 44754

USS Great Northern (1917-1919)

Underway in the Atlantic in 1918, as seen from the masthead of another ship. An escorting destroyer is in the distance.
Photographed by Zimmer.
This view was originally captioned as showing USS Northern Pacific, but the camouflage scheme worn by this ship identifies her as Great Northern.
See Photo # NH 44754-A for a cropped version of this image, emphasizing the ship.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 530 pixels

Photo #: NH 100644

USS Great Northern (1917-1919)

Docked at New York City, with a small harbor passenger steamer coming alongside, circa early 1919.

Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 535 pixels

Photo #: NH 104114-KN (color)

Knights of Columbus Post Card for Returning Troops, 1919

Front side of a card, featuring an artwork by Norman Rockwell, used by returning troops to report their arrival in the United States from Europe. This example was sent on 28 May 1919 by Private Howard P. Moyer, of the 111th Engineer Regiment, 36th Division, who was embarked on USS Great Northern (ID # 4569). It was mailed to his sister, Mrs. Edith Folger of Richmond, Indiana.
The reverse side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 104114-A-KN.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 465 x 765 pixels

Photo #: NH 104114-A-KN (color)

Knights of Columbus Post Card for Returning Troops, 1919

Reverse side of a card, featuring an artwork by Norman Rockwell, used by returning troops to report their arrival in the United States from Europe. This example was sent on 28 May 1919 by Private Howard P. Moyer, of the 111th Engineer Regiment, 36th Division, who was embarked on USS Great Northern (ID # 4569). It was mailed to his sister, Mrs. Edith Folger of Richmond, Indiana.
The front side of this card is seen in Photo # NH 104114-KN.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 495 pixels

The following images show USS Great Northern (1917-1919) distantly, or in the background of views of other subjects:

Photo #: NH 41719

Troopships in Convoy during World War I

Photographed from on board USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), circa 1918.
The two troopships are identified as USS Great Northern and USS Northern Pacific.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 620 pixels

Photo #: NH 53778

Troopships in Convoy

At sea, approaching the French coast with two escorting destroyers to starboard, circa 1918. Photographed from on board USS Leviathan (ID # 1326).
The two troopships are identified as USS Great Northern and USS Northern Pacific.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 535 pixels

Note: The ship seen in Photo # NH 53775, previously thought to be USS Great Northern, has since been conclusively identified as her sister, USS Northern Pacific.