A Collection Of 162 Real Photo Postcards From The U S S Pittsburgh Images Taken During Its Mission As

by S V M Ray Photographer

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Aboard ship: 1922-1923 . Chief Yeoman S.V.M. Ray documented the voyage of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh from its recommissioning in Philadelphia in October 1922 to serve in European and Mediterranean waters for two years, and through some 81 ports of call. Nearly every card, 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in., has a caption title in white ink, accompanied by Ray's name or initials, and occasionally a stock number. Images show the ship in dry dock in Philadelphia, destroyers in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the crew

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