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WWI Photo Collection USS MERCY AH-4 1918 Hospital Ship US Navy Ships Subs Sailor

$ 287.76

Availability: 16 in stock
  • Time Period: 1914-1918
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Collection of: USS Mercy AH-4
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Condition: Used
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Modified Item: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Type: Vernacular Found Candid
  • Service: US Navy
  • Reprint: NO
  • Type Ship: Hospital Ship
  • Era: WWI WW1

    Description

    WWI Photo Collection USS MERCY AH-4 1918 Hospital Ship US Navy Ships Subs Sailor
    ORIGINAL PHOTO LOT OF 140+ PHOTOS. THE LOT WAS PURCHASED AND IS PART OF A LARGER SINGLE OWNER (SAILOR) COLLECTION.
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    Photos are priced in the range of ~2.00 to ~4.00 per photo. Most have either military historical and/or US Navy historical value. This lot is not cheap to purchase and is intended for collectors of US Navy history, US Navy Hospital Ships, USS Mercy and WW1 History. I have had all of the photos listed individually for quite some time - I will not sell the photos individually any longer.
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    All of my Mercy photos are from a collection that belonged to a hospitalman (crew) of the USS Mercy.
    Content of the collection of photos -  (Note - there are about 30 photos not included in the photo of the entire lot - these are of scenes in France taken by the Mercy Sailor)
    US Naval Radio Service Telegram Facsimile (original facsimile) Via Arlington Radio to USS Mercy 05/23/1919 Advising
    "USS MERCY: UPON ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK AGOUT TWENTY FOUR MAY AND UPON COMPLETION DISEMBARKING PASSENGERS AND HOSPITAL CASES USS MERCY DETACHED TEMPORARY DUTY CRUISER AND TRANSPORT FORCE AND REASSIGNED TRAIN US FLEET. COMMANDER TRAIN DIRECTS USS MERCY REMAIN IN NEW YORK AND AWAIT ORDERS FROM CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. USS MERCY. B1F Y30 PVB ACKNOWLEDGE (fifty seven)
    SUBMARINE
    -  Boat at Sea Deck Gun Conn number is incomplete due to photo quality - includes the number "7" US Navy
    Several Warships Anchored Together 1918 (possibly in Brest France)
    4 Stackers DDs
    1918 Tiny Photo of
    US Hospital Ship (Mercy)
    - 1 3/4 x 3/4
    Photo Taken by Sailor USS MERCY AH-4 1918 of
    Sailing Ship France
    Harbor Port Scene New York City
    1918 1919
    Sailor with Sheep
    Sailor in Woods
    Lizard on Uniform - 3rd Class PO
    Hazy Cold
    Shipyard Port Dock Scene France
    1918 or 1919
    Motor Whaleboat Yacht Navy
    France
    Street Scene
    Burro Cart
    Epicerie Mercerie
    Sailor with 48 star Flag Dress Blues
    Sinking
    of Super Dreadnaught
    AUDACIOUS
    IFS N. Moser N.Y. Photo Postcard
    France German POW's
    Chow Time Eating 1918-19. Best guess as to the content based on some other historical photos depicting German POW's working on the docks/shipyards
    Navy Nurses
    either departing or about to
    embark aboard USS Mercy
    . Extremely rare photo of some of the first United States Navy Nurses as they are seen either arriving or departing the USS Mercy
    Submarine DAPHNE FRANCE
    The French submarine Daphné was one of two Diane-class submarines built for the French Navy during World War I
    Crew Sunbathing
    in Chairs on Deck
    1918
    Municipal Ferry MV Manhattan
    - City of New York
    Sailor Reading Literary Digest Magazine
    1918-19
    S
    ailors on Deck Life Rafts
    G. L. Hall Optical Co Norfolk VA
    Lot of 1
    2 City Peasant Scenes France
    Brest? AEF 1918
    1918
    Secretary of the Navy Jocephus Daniels
    Visits USS Mercy AH-4
    NEW YORK CITY PORT HARBOR
    Brooklyn Bridge
    USS Caldwell DD-69
    4 Stack Destroyer - Dazzle Paint - 2 Mast
    Woman with Fur
    TROOP SHIP FRANCE BOUND
    Army Navy. In the background there is either a Heavy Cruiser or a Battleship with caged masts.
    Lighthouse US or France Photo taken by sailor
    Two Navy Warships
    (appears to be British) Alongside in France
    Interesting photo that was taken of a photographer taking a photo of a group of USS Mercy's officers in what appears to be a dock/pier/shipyard area.
    USS OHIO BB-12 Battleship
    ST. (Saint) NAZAIRE FRANCE
    Port City VD City
    Tiny photo of
    USS Mercy Hospital
    Ship 1 1/2"  x ~1"
    USS Mercy
    EENT Eyes Ears Nose Throat Room Onboard Hospital Ship
    Grave Markers with Roundels
    - Military Officers giving respects. Due to the photo being black & white, I can't discern the nation the roundels are attributed.  US, French, Great Britain?
    Salty Sailor with Pipe
    on Deck-  Whites & Apron
    Coffins Caskets
    on deck of USS Mercy Hospital Ship.
    Sailor's Photo of
    Frenchman Pushing Cart Brest
    Sailor Sitting on Inflatable Rafts Lifeboats
    on Deck 1918
    Cemetery France
    Port-side
    view of the Hospital Ship - USS Mercy
    AH-4     2 1/4 x 1
    Sailor Standing over sailor
    laying on Deck
    USS MERCY AH-4 1918
    SHIP'S BASEBALL TEAM in Uniform
    RPPC
    Seaport Shipyard Scene
    Possibly France Brest AEF
    Stylish Women
    at Depot Posed
    Playing Dice
    USS MERCY Collection
    USS Seattle Cruiser ARC-11 & US Submarine  RPPC
    2 Stack 4 Mast Freighter - Dazzle Paint
    WWI Real Photo Postcard By
    N. Moser,
    N.Y. -
    Storm off the Azores.
    This Unposted Vintage Post Card depicts an American
    US Navy Battleship (USS Vermont) BB-20
    in heavy seas with only the cage masts visible.
    G.L. Hall Optical Co.
    Sailor Up to No Good 1918
    Dirty French Shipyard Dock -
    Possible POW's GERMAN
    1918
    POINT PLEASANT
    Ship's Officers
    France French Scene Farmer Oxen Ox Cart
    US Navy
    Sailors with French Children
    Flathats
    Portsmouth N.H. Lighthouse
    1918-1919 Sunset
    TRAIN with
    CHILD WORKER France
    1918 1919
    US Navy Sailor
    posing on ship w/ unknown object
    US 48 Star Flag
    Fantail Stern of the Ship
    FRENCH CEMETERY Headstones
    1918-1919 France
    View of
    New York Piers/Harbor
    Coast Park Scene
    . Location Unknown-France?
    Sailors Dress Blues Uniforms White Hats
    1918
    Gothic Cathedral France
    "Such is the Life" Wash Day On Ship
    Sailors doing Laundry
    AH-4 1918 -
    Crow's Nest Mast
    USS MERCY AH-4 1918
    SHIP'S FOOTBALL TEAM in Uniform
    Sailor Posed in Huge Ship's Cowl Vent
    US Presidential Yacht
    USS Mayflower PY-1
    Coastal Town Scene
    taken from Mercy
    Model T/A Car Ferry Pic
    Taken from Mercy
    Pair of
    Swabby Sailors
    Dress Whites on Deck
    Candid Original pictures - H
    istorically Significant - AMBULANCES
    lined up on the pier to
    transfer sick & wounded US servicemen
    aboard the
    USS Mercy AH-4.
    On 27 September 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased Saratoga from the War Department. On 30 October 1917, she began conversion to a hospital ship at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, and was commissioned USS Mercy on 24 January 1918. Mercy and Comfort (former Ward Line mate, Havana) were the first Navy hospital ships to have female nurses aboard. Both ships were outfitted with state-of-the-art operating rooms and X-ray labs and could accommodate 500 patients each. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, Mercy operated in the Chesapeake Bay area with Yorktown, Virginia, as her home port, attending the war wounded and transporting them from ships to shore hospitals. In October 1918 she sailed for New York to join the Cruiser and Transport Service. On 3 November the hospital ship departed New York on the first of four round trips to France, returning 1,977 casualties by 25 March 1919.