Historical Maritime Transportation

A collection of historical images depicting various ships and maritime activities, including World War I supply transport and early steamships, emphasizing the evolution of waterway transport.

During World War One, a destroyer delivers an important message at sea to a transport ship. The photo was taken by the Committee Public Information and is marked with the symbol E.U. The specific details of the message and the nature of the transport are not provided in the caption.

Old sailboat unloading supplies into barges as part of the work of the Inland Water Transportation Co., formerly 57th Engrs. U.S.A., during World War I. The company's objective was to alleviate the burden on railroads by shipping supplies via inland waterways. Image taken in Rouen, Seine Inferieure, France on February 11, 1919. Photographed by CPL. AL. LUBATTY, S.C. REED. Catalog number: 51401.

Dutch ship, 1900 - 1922 stereograph A Dutch steamship, lying for anchor. Part of a group of stereo photos of Robert Julius Boers, chief of the state-owned company De Banka-Tinwinning on Banka, from the period ca. 1900-1922. Bangka photographic support. cardboard Dutch East Indies, The

Ocean-going steamships docked at Manchester Ship Canal, England. This photograph was taken in December 1918 by the Signal Corps. The image, registered as a symbol in March 1921, shows ships lined up at the dock. The photo, labeled 63536, is part of a collection depicting American military activities during World War One.

"Image of a sunken ship, the S.S. Sixaola, at Hoboken, NJ. The ship was scuttled and now rests at her pier, with her masts leaning against the top of the Pier Shed. This photo was taken on February 24, 1919. Led C notes are present."

Description: A Bermudian Boat. Location: Bermuda Date: 1870-1877 caribbean, bermuda, caribbeanthroughalens

TX - Sabine Bank. Sabine Bank Light Station, Texas. Caisson in tow of Tender Arbutus and tug Della.

"Sea Bird" and Convoy. This image depicts ships in the ocean, taken from a Coast Guard "Sea Bird" soaring above the peaceful scene.

USS Preble anchored in the harbor during World War One. The ship displays the symbol issued in 1908.

One Way Traffic. With a narrow hard-won channel stretching behind her the Coast Guard icebreaker "Apalachee" pusher her way up Chesapeake Bay towards Baltimore. The single channel here shown is too narrow for most traffic so the icebreaker must turn around and struggle once more town the bay to make this channel twice its present width to accommodate the broad flat barges loaded vitally with needed fuel oil.

During World War One, a destroyer delivers an important message at sea to a transport ship. The photo was taken by the Committee Public Information and is marked with the symbol E.U. The specific details of the message and the nature of the transport are not provided in the caption.

Submarine Chaser (U.S. Navy) Number 61434 captured in this image. Date of the photograph is March 10, 1921, taken by a Signal Corps photographer. The symbol "A" indicates the official designation. This submarine chaser was provided by the U.S. Navy with the notes 9961434.

TEXT MESSAGE. Loreley at sea near Delphi, Anonymous, 1905 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Greece and Egypt. Delphi paper. photographic support steamship, motorship. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Delphi

Wooden boat, United States, USA, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920, Cyanotype, a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print.

The NORTHWIND Hits It!. The Antarctic. The World of Ice. With her diesel-electric motors, with power ranging up to 10,000, going full blast, the Coast Guard's icebreaker NORTHWIND charges the ice pack at top speed. Following the terrific crash, the NORTHWIND rides half a ship's length up onto the ice before she is stopped. She backs away and charges again and again, until the area is broken up and ready for the thin-hulled vessels which follow her. This arduous duty of the NORTHWIND was a day after day routine, as her part of the work of the Byrd Expedition to the Antarctic. This photo was taken from the NORTHWIND's helicopter, which proved so valuable in scouting out loads in the ice, far in advance of the ships.

Three people in a sailboat on a lake, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika (attributed to), 1912 - 1913 photograph These photos are part of an album. cardboard. baryta paper sailing-ship, sailing-boat

View of houses and sailing ships in Volendam, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of Volendam, Dordrecht, Gorinchem and Woudrichem. Volendam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print prospect of village, silhouette of village. pier, quay, wharf. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Volendam

U.S.S. Utah during a fleet review. Photograph taken by Naval Intelligence in Washington D.C. DATE: December 11, 1919. Caption provided by MINDER 2982 PHOTOCAMER NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. U.S.S. Utah is seen in the image.

The image shows the S.S. Concretia, a ship belonging to the Subiect 53,334 Portland Cement Association in Chicago. The photograph was taken on May 15, 1919. The ship is featured in its environment and is labeled with the name and identification number, emphasizing its role during World War I.

"The photograph shows the sinking of S.S. Sixaola at Hoboken, New Jersey. The USS Sixaola, ID-2777, can be seen stern and starboard of the vessel. This image was captured by GEC.H.LYON.S.C. on February 24, 1919, and classified as Subject Number 39815."

Reed of Surabaya.; S 2 No 13. Surabaya on the edge.

Soaring Overhead. This image depicts Coast Guard planes watching over a convoy enroute to a United Nations port.

Laying down a sloop, c. 1930 - c. 1939 photograph Laying down a sloop from another boat. Five Indians. In the background land in sight. Coming from the loose -leaf photo album 'Fraters van Tilburg on Celebes and Sumatra'. Dutch East Indies, The photographic support rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Dutch East Indies, The

U.S. Transport Mount Vernon making its way into the harbor of Brest, France after being torpedoed by a U-boat. This image was taken on September 5, 1918. Please note that this photograph is not permitted for publication and is intended for official use only.

Sailing ships with a port in the background, Anonymous, 1920 - 1965 photograph Sailing ships with a port in the background. photographic support gelatin silver print

U.S.S. "Great Northern" Army Transport, loaded with troops, sails from New York Harbor on Nov. 12, 1918, after the signing of the armistice. This was the second transport to depart from N.Y. after the armistice. Official photograph taken by Lt. Geo. Lyons, S.C., on Nov. 19, 1918. Strictly for official use only, not for publication.

The Wyatt Earp, 1935-1936, Melbourne, by Alfred Saunders.

Berti Hoppe and her mother on the boat from Arnhem to Nijmegen, Herman Besselaar (Possible), 1933 photograph Five photos taken during the visit of Berti Hoppe's mother in the summer of 1933. This page is part of an album. paper. cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print mother and daughter(s) (family group). steamship, motorship. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Sailboat in the port of Granville, 1896 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Granville paper. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat. harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.) Granville

Wreck of the SS Hawea on the Grey Bar, circa 1906, Greymouth, maker unknown.

East River, N.Y. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

Harbor with sailboats and a jetty, c. 1879 Page 18 Verso and 19 Recto from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. Amsterdam paper. pencil harbour. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Amsterdam

Sailing ship on a water, presumably in the Netherlands. Part of photo album with 35 photos from Amsterdam, people and animals.

Steamboat at sea along the Norwegian coast; Am NordCap.

Wilja, in Wohumpia "; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Boles / toned bromide print; products with wtkiens / paper / photo paper / bromide paper, products from W Dziekien / paper / cardboard / color cardboard / black cardboard; photographic print: height 8.3 cm, width 13.4 cm, width Card in the album: height 16.6 cm, width 25.0 cm; di 67090/43 MNW; all rights reservation.

AMERICAN DOCKS, FRENCH DOCKS in distance. American Tug "22" in foreground. Bassens, Gironde, France. This photograph captures the view of the American and French docks, with the American Tug "22" prominent in the foreground at Bassens, Gironde, France. Taken on January 14, 1919, by photographer 46226 Lt. Strohmeyes.

Signs - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

U.S.A. Quartermaster tug leaving dock number 61442. This photograph, taken by a Signal Corps photographer on March 10, 1921, captures the scene of the tug embarking from the dock. The image is a symbol of the activities of the U.S.A. Quartermaster during World War One.

U.S.S. American, a transport ship, seen slowly sinking at her dock in Port Newark, NJ. This photo, taken on October 31, 1918, shows a view of the bow. This image is for official use only and not for publication.

Vissersboten.Fishing boat with big sail in the foreground, reflective in the water. Two boats in the background, three birds in the air.

Unloading of transport ship SUBIECT 23326 at Bassons Docks, Bordeaux, France. Pvt. J.W. Beach, S.C. in photograph. Photo taken by photographer SUMBER B on August 28, 1918. This image is for official use only and not for publication. Note: A3326.

In the Fog. This image depicts artwork of a Gloucester fishing schooner slinking through the fog. Artwork by Hunter Wood.

Het Vlot van Maroons op de Suriname Rivier.Wood raft from Maroons on the Surinamer River. The smooth speeds in the direction of Paramaribo. The Maroons lived a few weeks at the raft.

Buoy Tender Madrona: Ice Breaking on the Potomac. During the worst freeze in years the Coast Guard buoy tender Madrona pushes her way up the Potomac clearing a channel for barges carrying urgently needed fuel to Washington. File Date: March 19, 1948.

Two photos of Nereus's winning rowing boat on the Varsity and Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam, Hendrik Herman van den Berg, 1924 photograph These photos are part of an album. North Holland Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print rowing, canoeing, etc. (sport). queen North Sea Canal. Amsterdam

Boats at sea seen from the Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight; View from Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight ..

Coast Guard Cutter and Ice Breaker "Citrus.". This image depicts a Coast Guard Cutter and Icebreaker "Citrus" coming to aid of "B. Lyman Smith" off the Point Abino.

Princess Matoika is seen entering locks, passing between the U.S. Transport Finland and Freighter Artimas at St. Nazaire, Loire Infer., France. The photo was taken by P.J.V. Lilles during World War One. It is numbered as C taken 1-30-10.

Woman is carried from sailboat to the bank, presumably at Le Mouleau near Arcachon, 1897 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Arcachon paper. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat. carrying a person Arcachon

Elsevier photo collection. Laid launch cargo ship "Milly" Muntendam (gr.). April 1917. Muntendam

"Constructional progress at Camp Humphreys, Virginia. The government steamer, 'Major L'Enfant,' is seen on the Potomac River approaching Belvoir as it rounds the point for Camp Humphreys. This photograph was taken between May 1-10, 1918, and is part of Subiect 9559. It is for official use only."

Ships in a storm, Isaac Weissenbruch, 1836 - 1912 print Netherlands paper ships (in general). storm at sea

No. 22 - Sampan!. William Saunders (English, 1832 - 1892)

The White Pageant.Sailing ship The White Pageant. Part of the foto album from Dolph Kessler with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip that he undertook to Dutch-India, Japan, China and the United States as a secretary of Henri Deterding (director of Royal Oil), between 1906 and 1908.

Steamer Massachusetts, New York. Standard series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

A group of airplanes soaring through the skies over Mineola, Long Island. This photograph was taken by a photographer from Columbia University in New York. The picture is part of the SC Columbia University collection and has the reference number 46646.

Six photos of the ships Sardegna and Rumania, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika (Circle of), 1926 photograph These photos are part of an album. Mediterranean baryta paper gelatin silver print steamship, motorship. crew and passengers ~ ship. canal. monkeys, apes Mediterranean. Korinthe channel

Princess Matoika at Dock No. 2, St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France, just before sailing to America. Taken by Joseph L. Liles, S.C. on March 1, 1919. Photo received and described on December 18, 1918. Note the number 44501.

Coast Guard Project Tugbird. This image depicts the Coast Guard testing a Ho43-3 helicopter towing a 75-ton boat.

A photograph of the U.S.S. Michigan, a South Carolina-class battleship, taken on February 12, 1918. The ship is seen from a side view, stationed in water. There is an "H" symbol on the ship, indicating its identifier. A numerical note of 62975 is mentioned, possibly a reference number.

Locomotives on railway yard Roosendaal (1), 1930 photograph Album magazine with six photos of locomotives with accompanying songs and type designation. Part of photographic travel report of the visit of the Stephenson Locomotive Society to the Netherlands. Roosendaal cardboard. paper. photographic support. ink gelatin silver print railway, train. locomotive Roosendaal

The photograph shows the shipbuilding process of the "Coyote" at the Passaic River in New Jersey. The ship, named "Coyote," is being launched on March 19, 1918. The photograph was taken by an unknown photographer.

Location: Sarawak, Borneo asia, sarawak, malaysia, borneo, asiathroughalens

Port and grave Zeppelin. Album leaf with two photos. Above a face on a harbor on the Maas, under the Zeppelin 'Graf Zeppelin' during flight above Rotterdam on October 13, 1929.

Logging: Transportation: Rafting - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Description: Mt Santubong (2000 ft) at mouth of Western entrance Kuching river. View from the left bank. Location: Sarawak, Borneo Description: Ship in dry dock. Location: Sarawak, Borneo asia, sarawak, malaysia, borneo, santubong, asiathroughalens

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology 1948-58. Motive depicting boat. The picture is written: bet ½ my rodankoppar. Toned a) 1 min b) 5 min methylene blue (0.1%) H. Bäckström Jan 1936.

President Wilson boarding a launch from the S.S. George Washington in Brest, Finistere, France. The photograph was taken on December 11, 1918 by photographer Reed. This image is from the collection with the identification number 63,483 S.C. and is described as President Wilson boarding the launch.

A sailboat in the harbor of Piraeus, Greece , Harbors, Sailboats. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Brooklyn ferry boat, New York. American views, peoples' series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Naval yards & naval stations , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Company at a rowing boat on the coast near Arcachon, 1898 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Arcachon paper. photographic support rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Arcachon

Anefo photo collection. Fleet. English cruisers. 1945

Three people talking to the railing of a ship; Im hafen von mountains.

Ships in a port, Anonymous, 1895 - 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. France baryta paper harbour France

DE - Delaware Breakwater. Delaware Breakwater West End, Delaware. From WNW.

USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279) Antarctic, Operation Deep Freeze. A close-up shows how the reinforced bow of the 6,515-ton U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind rides up onto a thick ice lodge in crystal-paved McMurdo Sound and lets the fall of her weight break the ice. Two stern propellers delivering 10,000 horsepower at full speed for her climb. The ice may be 7 to 15 feet or more in depth. Some times the surface friction causes the bow to stick fast to the ice. So that the icebreaker may cut loose and back down off the ledge in that case, her system of heeling tanks is set in motion. Thousands of gallons of water are pumped into huge tanks on both sides of the ship. The swishing of water back and forth from the tanks produce a rocking motion which frees the ship.

View aboard The Mohawk. Florida Mar. 1915. 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Florida, Ocean liners, Mohawk (Steamship), Cowls (ventilation system components)

Rowing boat and a ship in Lake Geneva, R. Licht, c. 1894 - in or before 1899 photomechanical print More from Geneva paper collotype lake. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. ships (in general)

Chesapeake Ice Pack. With all oil barge stuck fast in the channel she has broken, the Coast Guard icebreaker "Chinook" maneuvers into position to further help by putting a tow line on the barge and help it on its way. For the past several weeks Coast Guard icebreakers have been doing twofold duty - breaking a channel for Bay traffic and then pulling the traffic up these channels into their respective ports.

Off on an Errand of Mercy. This image depicts the U.S Coast Guard plane responds to an emergency call.

Coast Guard Firefighters. This image depicts several boats firing their hoses.

Sailing ships with hoisted sailing off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, c. 1920 - c. 1930 photograph Part of photo album of the Kleiterp-Vermeulen family with recordings of the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support sailing-ship, sailing-boat Dutch East Indies, The

Princess Matoika entering locks, passing between the U.S. Transport Finland and Freighter Artimas, captured from the top of a four-story building in St. Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France in the 1910s. The photograph was taken by Pvt. J.M. Liles, SC 51406, and bears the RECO code 4-5-19 2474-39. It is part of the led number 1-30-19 and serves to document American military activities during World War One.

Whaling in the Ross sea, 1924, Southern Ocean, by Captain George Samuel Hooper.

The Crossroads of Time. The Crossroads of Time. Somewhere in the Philippines, the old crosses paths with the new as a native outrigger threads its way between the islands and passes a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport loaded for the historic strike into Lingayen Gulf and the beaches of Luzon. This pictorial shot was made from another Coast Guard-manned invasion transport which participated in the Jan. 9 assault against the Japs on Luzon.

Historical Transportation - Maryland. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wings And Flight. This image depicts a U.S. Coast Guard manned ship; a study in winged flight.

Steamer on Chautauqua Lake. American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Chautauqua (N.Y.), Chautauqua Lake (N.Y.)

View of boaters in the Hudson River, Lona Island. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1891 - 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State)

in australia boat and light in the catamaran deck concept of sport and relax

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Port improvement Harlingen. Zuiderhaavendam. October 19, 1911. Friesland, Friesland, Harlingen, Harlingen

Moth Plane in flight., 1935-1936, Melbourne, by Alfred Saunders.

Alaska Highway, Canada. State: Canada.

Beaver Creek Bridge. Original caption: 43-3548: Facing north toward the Beaver Creek Bridge under construction by Pedersen Bros. Incorporated. A portion of the road straight ahead from the bridge has already been cut down to grade, however, at the time this picture was taken the road across this bridge had been connected with the Army road at the extreme left of the picture and the winding Army road has been widened to carry the traffic. Mile post 162 N. St. Johns. Sec. E. Original caption: 43-3549: Facing upstream toward the Beaver Creek Bridge, a steel deck plate girder structure under construction by Pedersen Bros. Inc. Section E. Mile post 162 N. Ft. St. Johns. Photos by Pinkstaff, Sept. 3, 1943. State: Alaska.

Photograph of Ship Off The Coast. This image depicts a small boat filled with people and a sailing ship on the ocean.

The S.S. Northern Pacific, carrying 2582 wounded soldiers, caught fire and ran aground on the Fire Island sand bar near Honelyville, L.I. The soldiers were safely evacuated using breeches buoys, surf boats, naval launches, and submarine chasers. No lives were lost in the incident. The photograph shows the Northern Pacific about 200 yards off the Fire Island beach, partially buried in approximately 11 feet of sand.

Description: One of the Island boats from Inaccessible, just hoisted and being secured for the passage back to Tristan. Location: Tristan Da Cunha Date: 1927 Description: Nightingale Island. Location: Nightingale Island, Tristan Da Cunha Date: 1927

Boats in the port of Marseille, Anonymous, 1880 - 1900 stereograph Marseille glass slide lighthouse, lightship. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. rowing facing backward, pulling Marseille

Wisconsin - Manitowoc. Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Prior to 1912. Fog signal and pier, WSW 50 ft.

Lamp Blackened Iceberg Ready for Test. Lieutenant (jg) Thomas F. Budinger, USCGR, last of the Ice Patrol iceberg lamp blacking party to abandon target, make a run for the lifeboat from the oceanographic vessel USCG Evergreen. One-half of this 75-ft. wide, 150-ft. long tabular iceberg in Cape Bonavista bay, Nfld., has been covered with 100 lbs. of the carbon by three U.S. Coast Guard officers. The berg will be watched from the Cutter Evergreen for 12 hours and the effects of the carbon evaluated. The theory of this test is based on the carbon's potential capacity for holding the heat from sun rays which can penetrate the iceberg and hasten its melting. Several days before this test, the Ice Patrol tried mining and igniting thermite incendiary charges on this same berg. There was no marked demolishing effect.

South Polar Towing Job. The Antarctic. The World of Ice. While on a mission, towing the submarine SENNET toward Scott Island where the sub could find open water, the Coast Guard's icebreaker NORTHWIND received a radio message that the MERRICK, YANCEY, and the MT. OLYMPUS were in danger from floating ice. The NORTHWIND dropped her tow temporarily, rushed back to the assistance of the beleaguered vessels, and is shown here towing the YANCEY towards an area of less danger. The effect of crushing ice on the thin-hulled vessels could be disastrous. The NORTHWIND arrived in time to meet and defeat the ice threat. This is one of the exciting episodes which faced the Byrd Expedition in Antarctic regions during the past few months.

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