Sara Thompson (AO-8): 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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S.S. Gut Heil (1888) Wrecked in the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, La., circa 1913. This tanker belonging to a German affiliate of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey was wrecked in a river flood on 28 April 1913 and lay abandoned until 1917. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe. |
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USS Sara Thompson (ID-3148) Photographed soon after entering U.S. Navy service in September 1918. Note her World War I pattern camouflage. Photo No. 19-N-14835 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 8. |
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USS Sara Thompson (ID-3148) Photographed soon after entering U.S. Navy service in September 1918. Gun positions were fitted on the bow and probably on the stern but the guns were not installed. Photo No. NH 44070 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Sara Thompson (AO-8) Near the U.S. Naval Station, Cavite, Philippine Islands, on 26 October 1920. This photo was taken in compliance with a Bureau of Construction and Repair letter dated 16 April 1920. Photo No. None (copied as NH 65033) Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM (SP files). |
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USS Sara Thompson (AO-8) Photographed circa the early 1920s. Photo No. NH 71251 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Sara Thompson (AO-8) Probably photographed on the Asiatic Station in the 1920s. The collier to the left may be USS Jason, which was attached to the Asiatic Station between 1925 and 1932. Photo No. NH 44070 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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