ship

1898

image shows large boat, with a tug boat at its rear, in an area that looks like a port as other ships are in the background. Hand written in pink, belpw the image it reads U.S. Transport Tartar...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "When ocean transportation was the dominant method of overseas movement, passenger trains often pulled right onto the dock to facilitate the exchange...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "The overseas movement of millions of tons of cargo and thousands of troops has been managed by base transportation professionals over the years. The last...

1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Buses, trains, trucks and ships. Soldiers, materiel and equipment load up for the month-long voyage to South East Asia in 1965." Photo shows a dock near...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Soldiers separated from the army at the transfer point located at Oakland Army Base for many years. Until the mid-1960s, soldiers could purchase rail...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Although troop transport vessels continue to remain part of America's Ready Researve Fleet, transporting soldiers overseas by sea hasn't been a common...

c. 1965

A label attached to the front of the photo says "A tank that just arrived from Vietnam gets a bath." Photo shows to men in overalls and hardhats standing on the edge of a pier with a fire hose...

c. 1965

Lined piece of paper attached to the back, "Army Troops loading on an MSC troop ship at Oakland around 1965. The last troop ships left Oakland for Vietnam in 1966. After that all passengers...

c. 1965

Photo shows a line of soldiers walking up the gang plank of a ship. They are all carrying duffle bags on their shoulders.

c. 1965

Label attached to the foam core on the back, "'I take it this is not First Class?' Soldiers stake out their territory for the 25 to 30 day trip to Vietnam in 1965." Photo shows the cramped...

c. 1966

Photo shows a line of soldiers all carrying duffle bags on their shoulders waiting to board a ramp to a ship. At the base of the ramp are a stack of wood crates on one side and on the other a...

21-Nov-66

Typed in blue on the back of the photo, "Official U.S. Army Photograph G4197-2772-26/mtw-66: Unit move through Oakland Army Base 1963 (?). Copied by: V. Jones, 21 Nov 66, Headquarters, Western...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph captures the classic ship launching moment when the bottle of champagne breaks, spuing champagne all over the ship sponsor, in this case, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn....

8-Jul-43

Black and white photograph of eleven shipwrights at the hull of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, preparing the ship for launching. (Other workers are standing in the distance.) This image is interesting...

8-Jul-43

A black and white photograph taken at the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, showing G. D. Hom, Bette Chinn (then Bette Lew) child in the foreground, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn (Sponsor of the ship,...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph of the S.S. John E. Wilkie on launching day is one of a series of images made the day that Mrs. Mary Chinn (Mary Lew Chinn) was the sponsor of the ship and...

8-Jul-43

This photograph, from the series about the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, shows the ship draped in red,. white and blue bunting, with a worker looking down at another worker nearer the keel...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph show Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn, sponsor of the ship, S.S. John E. Wilkie before she christened it. She is wearing an embroidered black silk satin jacket, with an orchid...

20-May-44

A: Black and white, glossy photograph. Image shows three African American women, and an African American man; they appear to be in their twenties. They're in a nightclub in the Internation...

1899

Image shows the flooded deck of a Spanish ship, one of the smoke funnels is tipped over, and three soldiers are standing beside it. On the back it reads, "The Spanish Flag Ship Rena Christina,...

1899

Image shows large battleship in foreground, with a lot of smaller Junks around it, in the background are many more battleships

1895-1898

Image shows a large ship with its decks full of men waving hankercheifs and hats. Possibly departure for Manila Bay and the Spanish American War.

1949

Taped to the back of mounting is an entry for for "News Pictures of the Year" Jointly Sponsored by the Encyclopedia Britannica Book Of The Year and the University of missouri School of Journalism...

Aerial view of ship dock Oakland estuary

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