ussmountvernon

that's an amazing shot.

The US Transport MOUNT VERNON (AP-22) aground at Balmain, Sydney during her arrival from Auckland on 12 October 1942. She was pulled clear by tugs the same day with no apparent damage. Built as the luxury liner SS WASHINGTON she entered service with the United States Lines in 1933. Acquired by the US Navy in June 1941, MOUNT VERNON transported British reinforcements and Hurricane fighters to Singapore in January 1942. A few months later in March she transported over 4,000 Australian troops from Middle East to Australia. Following the war she had a short period back in commercial service between 1947 and 1951 before being laid up for over a decade until broken up in 1965. Source: Sydney Harbour History/Ash Moore

As is named on the lifeboat behind Mr. Gould, this is the German Liner S.S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kronprinzessin_Cecilie Later to become USS Mount Vernon: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3006358188/

Could be this fellow, sure looks like him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_II Frank (identified above) is his uncle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Jay_Gould

Thanks for spotting the second generation Gould and the boat name. We updated our source description today, aiming to reload the record by October for Flickr. Sorry we got so behind.

Love these panoramas. Great stuff.

Josephus Daniels was Secretary of the Navy under Woodrow Wilson as well as a newsaper publisher. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Daniels The U.S.S. Mount Vernon (ID #4508) was originally a German Trans-Atlantic passenger liner named Kronzprinzessen Cecilie. www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/id4508.htm

cool

Dazzle Painting! Cool! Neat camo attempt to thwart U-boats, hard to gauge direction and speed due to lack of uniformity in paint....

See a photo of a portion of Kronprinzessin Cecilie here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3775431480/in/p...