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[Anderson Scrapbook 1]

Description: Scrapbook featuring images from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish during World War II, along with military correspondence and clippings. Included is a booklet entitled "Navy Day 1945: U.S.S. Skirmish" featuring photographs and a written history of the U.S.S. Skirmish's activities during WWII and a listing of personnel.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Anderson Scrapbook 2]

Description: Scrapbook of collected items including photographs, clippings, letters, and other documents from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Anderson Scrapbook 3]

Description: Scrapbook of collected items including photographs, clippings, letters, and other documents from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S.S. Hancock Ship Store]

Description: Photograph of three men at a ship store on board the U.S.S. Hancock. The store is a small room set behind a counter with a wall of shelves holding a variety of small items. On the counter there are two small boxes, possibly a pack of cigarettes and matches. Behind the counter is a man in a white t-shirt smiling at the camera. A man on the left leans against the counter from outside the store with one leg up in a dark t-shirt and pants with a large knife strapped to his hip and something in his … more
Date: 1945~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Photographers Take Group Portrait of Sailors]

Description: Photograph of photographers taking a group portrait of the sailors on U.S.S. Hancock. The sailors is lined up in three rows against a wall while in uniform and two men stand off to the right by an automobile. In front of the crew stand the two photographers in dark pants and short sleeved shirts with a bulky camera on a tripod. To their left in a man standing profile in a light-colored uniform and another on the far-left standing facing the sailors in dark pants and long-sleeved shirt rolled up… more
Date: 1945~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[My "Personal" Barber]

Description: Photograph of a barber cutting the hair of an unidentified sailor aboard the U.S.S. Hancock. The sailor sits on the left in a white hair cutting cape as the barber stands behind him with a hand on the sailor's head. The barber is wearing a short sleeved white shirt with a large pocket on the front.
Date: 1945~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Photography Division Pose in Helmets]

Description: Photograph of the Photography Division of the USS Hancock dressed in helmets, face scarves and goggles while posing for a photograph. Four people sit in the front, three of them holding cameras. The person sitting on the far right has a helmet that reads "Daddy". Three more people stand in a row behind them, the one on the left has their eyes closed and wears a helmet that reads "F Photo" and the two on the right hold up a bulky camera together.
Date: 1945~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Sailing Crew in Small Boat]

Description: Photograph of three sailors standing on a small boat beside a larger sailboat, the Evaleeta. The two sailors towards the bow are wearing long sleeved uniforms and garrison caps, the third stands further back and is wearing a light-colored crew neck shirt. The men are holding onto these long poles that run over the edge and into tires hanging off the Evaleeta. Onboard the Evaleeta three more sailors look over the railing watching the men on the smaller boat. The bow of the smaller boat has plate… more
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Crew Working Onboard the Evaleeta]

Description: Photograph of the Evaleeta crew working in front of large gears and pulling on a rope. On the left a hand with two rings can be seen resting on a cog, a man stands profile in the center in a fedora, white collared shirt, suspenders, a tie, and glasses hunched over the gears. To his right stands a man reaching up to pull on a rope in a dark jacket and brimmed hat as another man in a white shirt reaches up with him. The second man pulling the rope only has his arm visible with their body being hi… more
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Sailor on Evaleeta's Jacob's Ladder]

Description: Photograph of a sailor in a dark t-shirt and light-colored pants climbing up the Jacob's ladder on the Evaleeta. The photograph is taken from a distance and shows most of the deck, and a large sail. In the background a small section of land can be seen amongst the vast expanse of water.
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Cook Washes Dishes on the Evaleeta]

Description: Photograph of a man, identified only as Pong is crouched down doing dishes on the Evaleeta. He is wearing a white shirt cut at the elbows, jeans and a belt. In his hand is a bowl and a mug he is washing.
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Cluttered Deck of the Evaleeta]

Description: Photograph taken on the deck of the Evaleeta. Piles of things and ropes are everywhere, a sailor lays on his back in the center of the deck, another stands shirtless with his back to the camera and a rope in hand. The bottom half of a large sail fills the top portion of the image.
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Sailor Poses on Bow of Evaleeta]

Description: Photograph of a man standing with one leg propped up and his hand resting on his knee by the bow of the Evaleeta. The man is wearing a light-colored collared shirt and shorts. A large sail and the bowsprit can be seen behind the man.
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Negative of Front and Deck View of the Evaleeta]

Description: Negative of the Evaleeta taken from the bowsprit showing the front of the ship and its deck with several sailors visible. The one closet to the camera is presumably Ralph Sprinkle sitting near the bow in a white t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him are two shirtless sailors with their back turned and even further back a man in a long-sleeved shirt and cap is sitting hunched over. On the left side of the ship a lone man stands in the shade of one of Evaleeta's large sails.
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Negative of Ralph Sprinkle Walking Along Evaleeta's Deck]

Description: Negative of the deck of the Evaleeta showing Ralph Sprinkle walking in a white t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him another sailor in shirtless and standing underneath a clothesline of hanging laundry. There are also two sailors sitting side by side on the ship's railing. The deck itself has barrels, tires ropes and buckets strew around. On the right side in the background is a hilly landmass.
Date: August 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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