Arethusa (AO-7): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Arethusa (1898-1927) Photographed on 2 December 1898, probably near the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she had just completed conversion. Arethusa was converted to a distilling and station ship for the Spanish-American War but was commissioned after the end of that conflict. About a decade later she becaue the U.S. Navy's first oiler. She appears to retain her previous owner's stack markings. Photo No. NH 61686 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Arethusa (1898-1927) Photographed on 2 December 1898, probably near the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she had just completed conversion. Note the 6 pounder gun on the forecastle and the lighter alongside to port. Photo No. 19-N-14250 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 26. |
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USS Arethusa (1898-1927) Near the New York Navy Yard on 3 October 1911 Her bow is marked "Auxiliary - U.S. Navy - Arethusa." Photo No. 19-N-61-8-17 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-A-1. |
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USS Arethusa (1898-1927) Fueling submarine chasers during an Atlantic crossing in mid-1918. The photo is from a scrapbook created by George Graham Smith of USS SC-254 that was broken up and sold on Ebay. Other submarine chasers pictured include SC-178 and SC-329. The group left New London on 28 June 1918 and after stopping at Bermuda on 2-7 July and at Ponta Delgada on 20-27 July arrived at Brest on 5 August, Plymouth on 11 August, and their initial duty station at Queenstown on 21 August. Arethusa probably escorted the group from New London to the Azores. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe. |
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USS Arethusa (1898-1927) Fueling six submarine chasers in a moderate gale in early November 1918 on a transit from the United States to France. Two of the submarine chasers, SC-370 and SC-388, were on their delivery voyage to France where they became C-97 and C-90 respectively. The American SC-135 is in the foreground. The convoy departed New London, Conn., on 24 October 1918 and spent a few days enroute at Bermuda where Arethusa probably joined it. Photo No. NH 42568 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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