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NH 65496 USS Rhode Island

Photo #: NH 65496 USS Rhode Island
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Title: USS Rhode Island
Description: (complete caption) USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17) Members of the ship's crew posed on her foredeck, forward turrets and superstructure, circa 1908. The identities of some of those present, as provided by the donor** and numbered on the original print, are: 1. Captain Joseph B. Murdock; 2. Warrant Machinist Charles S. Wolf; 3. Fireman Second Class Clifford D. Bemis; 4. Fireman Second Class L.J. Sell; 5. Fireman First Class Sam Hornstein; 6. Fireman First Class Raymond J. Hill; 7. Oiler Peter J. Osterhoff; 8. Fireman First Class Charles Wright; 9. Fireman Second Class Joseph Monaghan; 10. Coal Passer John Quincy Adams (Great Grandson of President Adams); 11. Coal Passer Henry Dawson; 12. Coal Passer Walter J. Fennimore (hometown, Darby, Pennsylvania); 13. Fireman Second Class Harry J. Morris; 14. Boilermaker John Daries; 15. Fireman First Class George W. Moultrie; 16. Coal Passer Bert Landers; 17. Fireman Second Class Harry Fillmore; 18. Fireman First Class George Perry; 19. Chief Master-at-Arms Bush (not on Roster); 20. Coal Passer Patrick Donnelley; 21. Coal Passer James Fanning; 22. Oiler/Water Tender Jeremiah O'Leary. ** In providing these identities, Mr. Bemis commented: You know after 60 years you can't remember so well. Donation of Clifford D. Bemus, 1968. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 65496
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