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J.S. Morgan is Junius Spencer Morgan III. He was pictured in the Portland Morning Oregonian on August 24, 1916 in uniform. "Son of J. Pierpont Morgan, Standing In Line on Deck of U.S.S. Maine, NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Young Mr. Morgan is one of the several prominent men aboard the three battleships which sailed from the Brooklyn Navy-Yard on a cruise for citizen tars." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1916-08-24/ed-1/se... "Junius Spencer Morgan III (March 15, 1892 - October 19, 1960), was an American banker and a director of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company." He was a son of banker J.P. Morgan and grandson of the more famous J. Pierpont Morgan.

The link is oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1916-08-24/ed-1/se... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junius_Spencer_Morgan_III

Junius' partner in twine is Alfred Greenough (Harvard '08) Both Morgan & Greenough earned commissions and served in Europe during the war. Harvards Military Record in the War is a good resource for these type pics.

That is a good resource, especially since the publicity on this project tended to stress the blue-blooded nature of the civilian rookies. Here is Greenough's entry: "Greenough Alfred AB 08, Ensign US Naval Reserve Force when United States entered the war. called to active duty April 27 1917 and assigned to USS Harvard served as junior watch and division officer sailed for overseas service June 8 vessel on escort duty in English Channel transferred to staff of Admiral Wilson Brest France June 10 1918 served as director of mails for US Naval Forces in France promoted lieutenant junior grade September 16 returned to United States January 5 1919 released from active duty January 15 1919 ."

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_%28ACR-1%29#Raising_and_f... On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 crew members. She was raised in 1910-12, and towed out to sea to be sunk again on March 16, 1912. This was likely taken in 1912. The state of repair is comparable to the new York Tribune's front page on March 16, 1912. See navsource.org/archives/01/pdf/maine17b.pdf or chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1912-03-16/ed-...

First time I've seen this picture of an iconic American warship. Will not soon forget this pic.

a clear indication of the problems with spotting tops and funnel smoke. Always a miserable combination, sometimes completely untenable.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad pier on the far left.

As seen from the Brooklyn Bridge, looking northwest across the East River toward the Manhattan Bridge. I think all of those piers are gone now. See also taken from the same spot.