Funeral service onboard the U.S.S. Louisiana - a flag-draped casket being lowered over the side of the ship into a waiting boat

Title

Funeral service onboard the U.S.S. Louisiana - a flag-draped casket being lowered over the side of the ship into a waiting boat

Creator

["McNeill, Warren Carson"]

Local Call Number

Military Collection, World War I Papers, Private Collections. Box 42, Warren C. McNeill Papers

Document Details

Title

Funeral service onboard the U.S.S. Louisiana - a flag-draped casket being lowered over the side of the ship into a waiting boat

Creator

["McNeill, Warren Carson"]

Rights

The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.;

Description

Photograph of a funeral service onboard the U.S.S. Louisiana showing a flag-draped casket being lowered over the side of the ship into a waiting boat. This photographic postcard is part of a photo album belonging to Warren C. McNeill, a Gunner’s Mate Second Class from Lumberton (Robeson County) who served on the U.S.S. Louisiana during World War I. Above this series of photographs of a funeral at sea is written: "Ray Mattis [?] Luder's [?] funeral, USS La."

Subject

["Sailors--United States","United States. Navy","Louisiana (Battleship)","Naval ceremonies, honors, and salutes--United States","Military funerals--United States","World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American","World War, 1914-1918"]

Index Terms

McNeill, Warren Carson.; Luder, Ray Mattis;

Local Call Number

Military Collection, World War I Papers, Private Collections. Box 42, Warren C. McNeill Papers

Time Period

["(1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One"]

Digital Collections

["World War I"]

Source Collections

["World War I Papers. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Physical Characteristics

1 photographic postcard (from a photograph album)

Format

["Postcards","Photographs"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Identifier

McNeill_Warren_album_0038

Funeral service onboard the U.S.S. Louisiana - a flag-draped casket being lowered over the side of the ship into a waiting boat

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