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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
901 M STREET SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Hist (1898-1911)

USS Hist, a 472-ton yacht, was built for private use at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1895. Purchased in April 1898 for use in the Spanish-American War, she was active in Cuban waters during that conflict and participated in the Battle of Santiago on 3 June 1898. Following the war, Hist served along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean area until July 1911, when she was decommissioned. She was sold in November 1911.

This page features several views of USS Hist that have been cross-referenced from Spanish-American War coverage.

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Photo #: NH 53539

USS Hist (1898-1911)

Photographed on 7 June 1898, prior to her departure from the U.S. east coast for war service off Cuba.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53,100 bytes; 740 x 590 pixels

 

Photo #: 19-N-19-16-12

USS Viking (1898-1899), at left,
and
USS Hist (1898-1911)

At the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, while being prepared for Spanish-American War service, 12 May 1898.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 68,271 bytes; 590 x 775 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 

Photo #: 19-N-14187

USS Hist (1898-1911)

Chief Petty Officer demonstrates the operation of a Maxim 1- pounder machine gun, circa May 1898.
USS Topeka is fitting out in the background.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 55,010 bytes; 740 x 625 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system

 

Photo #: NH 1004

USS Hist (1898-1911)

Scene looking aft on the main deck, with crewmen relaxing as water keeps the deck awash, during the Spanish-American War, 1898.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72,148 bytes; 740 x 610 pixels

 

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2 October 1998