Sturgeon Bay (IX-27): 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. Sturgeon Bay At Green Bay, Wisconsin, soon after completion at Sturgeon Bay. Note the wartime camouflage paint. Photo No. NH 105922-A-KN Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. Sturgeon Bay Underway probably in late 1918 on the Great Lakes. Photo No. NH 85642 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Sturgeon Bay (IX-27) Probably shown at the Norfolk Navy Yard in late 1921 or early 1922 soon after delivery to the Navy by the Shipping Board. The faded inscription on her bow shows her previous occupation: "Sturgeon Bay, United States Shipping Board, Recruiting Service." Photo No. NH 438 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Sturgeon Bay (IX-27) Probably shown at the Norfolk Navy Yard in late 1921 or early 1922 soon after delivery to the Navy by the Shipping Board. Upon arrival she was showing daylight through the seams in her sides. These images probably show her after recaulking by the yard. Photo No. NH 2203 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Sturgeon Bay (IX-27) Shown on one of her rare Naval Militia training cruises soon after entering service on the Great Lakes in 1923, probably in the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Photo No. NH 43662 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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