United States Ships en route to France during World War I. Allied Curtiss HS-2L seaplanes in flight as they escort a convoy of United States ships. Ships underway as they approach Brest, France. Aircraft in flight.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for France to negotiate peace between Germany and Allies. Sailors abandon a ship drill. The sailors stand next to life boats on the ship. Officials stand with their wives on the ship deck.
Liner USS George Washington on the Atlantic Ocean after its departure from Hoboken, New Jersey, bound for the Paris Peace Conference after World War 1. One of the ship's officers looks through binoculars. Two ships in the background (one is likely the USS Pennsylvania BB-38 which accompanied the flotilla). President Woodrow Wilson looks through binoculars. Standing behind him is Rear Admiral Cary Grayson, who was also the President's physician, Two women talk to a man on ship. John W Davis looks through binoculars, a woman stands beside him. The woman looks through binoculars. Robert Lansing, U.S. Secretary of State stands on ship wearing a hat and bowtie and looks around. French Ambassador Jean Aderian Antoine Jules Jusserand sits and talks with two women. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
View from the escorting U.S. Battleship, USS Pennsylvania, of the USS George Washington, making way through rough seas of the Atlantic Ocean, while carrying President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference, at the end of world War 1. President Wilson working at his desk in a stateroom aboard the USS George Washington. Views from bow of the USS Pennsylvania. View from amidship of the Pennsylvania, showing a triple 14-inch gun turret and a 5-inch gun turret turned to starboard. The USS George Washington in the distant background. Scene returns to the President at his desk. Late afternoon view from the USS George Washington, in calmer waters, of the setting sun, and an escorting four-stacker destroyer in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
United States Naval fleet in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I defending shipping lanes from German U-boats, and transporting soldiers to battle front. Battleships and cruisers of U.S. Navy at sea. Sailors aboard the deck. A group of African American crew members dancing during a relaxation time. A destroyer ship escorts a convoy. A German submarine in view. The crew being called to quarters as they man a battery. Men aboard ship rush to quarters. U-boat alarm on the transport ship. Torpedo being fired from the submarine and misses the transport ship. Deck guns and Y-Gun depth charges being fired at the submarine. Explosion in water. Smoke rises up from water. A destroyer spreads a smokescreen around a convoy.
View from US Navy warship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), as it escorts the SS George Washington liner with U.S. President Woodrow Wilson aboard on his voyage to France for the Paris Peace Conference, shortly after the end of World War I. Sailors and officers on the USS Pennsylvania in the Atlantic Ocean. Guns mounted aboard the USS Pennsylvania are fired. Views of the SS George Washington in the background, and of other ships in the escort group. Water sweeps over the deck from heavy seas. The President's ship is placed at a position astern. People stand near the railings of the USS Pennsvlvania. A ship in the background. View of bow of ship rising and falling in heavy seas during voyage.