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Anti-aircraft gun on "AMIRAL AUBE" (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
Anti - Aircraft gun on "AMIRAL AUBE" (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
Anti - Aircraft gun on "AMIRAL AUBE" (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
Big gun on AMIRAL AUBE (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
Capt. Jules Petit (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
On AMIRAL AUBE (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
On AMIRAL AUBE (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
On AMIRAL AUBE (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
On AMIRAL AUBE (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2015
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On AMIRAL AUBE (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
"The French cruiser Amiral Aube was an armored cruiser of the Gloire class that was built for the French Navy in the early 1900s." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Amiral_Aube www.worldnavalships.com/amiral_aube.htm fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiral_Aube According to this article, she was docked at Pier 9 in the North (Hudson) River while in New York in May, 1917 [Rector and West Streets]: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1917-05-07/ed-... A different Bain photo of an acrobatic sailor from the Amiral Aube ran in the New York Tribune, May 13, 1917 with the caption: "A French sailor-acrobat. He is one of the crew of the cruiser Amiral Aube, which docked at New York last week, and is proving here that he is as dexterous atop the machine-gun as behind it." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-05-13/ed-... A similar shot taken from above ran in the South Bend news-times., May 05, 1917 with the caption: "A deck scene on board the French cruiser Amiral Aube. which put in to New York after escorting to American shores the ship that brought Gen. Joffre and the French war mission. The Amiral Aube is the first warship of the allies to put in at New York since the outbreak of the war." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87055779/1917-05-05/ed-... The Evening star. (Washington, D.C.) , May 13, 1917, ran a photo of the ship with the caption: "French cruiser Admiral Aube, first allied fighter to come into New York harbor since United States entered the war." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-05-13/ed-...
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks Art Siegel, we'll update this catalog record and the ones for the 3 other similar photos.
Capt. Jules Petit (LOC)
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Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Amiral_Aube
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Art Siegel said:
see comments under
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B-59 said:
According to ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/officiers_petit_louis.htm, Louis Jules Petit (1865 - ?) was commander of the Amiral Aube from September 1916 until December 1918.
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Art Siegel said:
A detailed account of the Aube and her arrival in New York on May 1, 1917 in the New York Evening Telegram, mentions "Capt. G. Petit", a typo. fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evenin...
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Pete (LOC P&P) said:
B-59: thanks for finding more information on Capt. Petit. We will include it in the record.