Usnavy

Contains 382 photos

View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Telephoto view from Twin Peaks across Mission District south of Market and SF Bay, filled with navy ships. Mission High School at center, Seal Stadium and National Guard Armory. [Fleet's in]

Clarendon Heights
Pacific Fleet
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Pacific Fleet

Aerial view west over SF Bay as the Pacific Fleet enters the bay to celebrate the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge ( Associated Press)

USS Oklahoma Battleship
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USS Oklahoma Battleship

Heavily retouched news photo of battleship USS Oklahoma entering SF Bay along with the US Navy Fleet. View north across the Golden Gate, Fort Point in the foreground.

Presidio
Turk near Hyde
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Turk near Hyde

view east on Turk, two sailors in front of YMCA Hotel, 351 Turk, between Hyde and Leavenworth. Hotel Dewalt in background.

Tenderloin
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Sailor poses alongside a tower on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Sailor and Bicycle on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge

Alcatraz
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Alcatraz

View of west side of Alcatraz from boat with military men assembled on deck.

Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

[CC11 5/ /37] View from Battery Spencer south of USS Ranger CV-4 aircraft carrier passing under bridge. Possibly first week after opening ceremonies. Safety net still strung beneath bridge deck.

Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island

Aerial of Goat Island (today's Yerba Buena) looking northeast showing lighthouse, aids to navigation depot, and naval training facility.

Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

[U.S. Battleship passing under S.F.- Oakland Bay Bridge (worlds largest] J.K. Piggot 1256 Copyright 1936] Taken from atop a suspension tower looking east to Yerba Buena Island. Battleship is possibly USS New York

Transbay Terminal
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Transbay Terminal

View from 1st Street. Large group of sailors and man in wheelchair. Muni N-Line streetcar stopped in front of terminal.

South of Market
3rd & Market
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3rd & Market

View south on 3rd from across Market. Hearst Examiner Building at left. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Final days of Muni's Wartime 16-line.

Downtown / Union Square
Market at Mason
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Market at Mason

View east on Market, Pix Theater, Esquire Theater, Humboldt Bank Building, Emporium Building, Hale Bros. and J.C. Penny Company. Rainy day, many people on the sidewalk. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 7-line - Streetcar #150, Market at Mason. Street decorated for Shrine convention. Birdcage traffic signal.

Downtown / Union Square
Presidio & California
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Presidio & California

View northeast, Jewish Community Center at left. Cal Street Cable RR Cable Car #8 at the end of the terminus. Two sailors leaving cable car.

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
SF Bay
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SF Bay

Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga passing Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island.