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Looks a lot like Thermomylae but probably not.

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[Ridgerunner79]

Impressive, whomever she is!

 

[KurtC]

Judging by the portholes, it is probably a passenger or luxury yacht.

 

[Sniper_M-14]

Well it's a 3 masted schooner I can tell you that. Could have even been a new one.. any idea where it was taken?. Ocean or lake?

 

[RealReglarGuy]

Well it's a 3 masted schooner I can tell you that. Could have even been a new one.. any idea where it was taken?. Ocean or lake?

Not sure, in the 30s he was on three different DDs, two did world cruises.

 

[nf1e]

Looks an awful lot like the German ship that became the USCGC Eagle.

 

[blfuller99026]

That is going to be a difficult one. Too bad you can't see her colors. It's a 3 masted barquintine schooner for sure. Looks similar to the Belgian Mercator.

 

[macethetemplar]

Tried to colorize it but not enough to bring any specific colors out.

Here is the tool if you have others you would like to try (Colorize Photos - Free Online Image Converter)

 

[luigi]

blfuller99026.....the winner

La resistencia del buque escuela Mercator

Buque escuela Mercator.

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[KurtC]

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[MRusan]

My first thought was the Eagle, but I've seen her with square rigging on the mid and aft masts (sorry for any misnamed items).
Maybe this site might be a help: EAGLE - Tall Ships America
Starting you with the Eagle (of course, her aft mast is rigged differently than I remember), but you should be able to root around in the ship's directory and find a reasonable candidate.

 

[WaM14gunner]

Beautiful ship!

 

[blfuller99026]

I'd say the pic above, which is of the Mercator is the very same picture of your father's below. The above came from this website...
La resistencia del buque escuela Mercator

 

[Sniper_M-14]

Always funny how two ships can be made from the same set of plans but can have their own personality and lines.

 

[RealReglarGuy]

Tried to colorize it but not enough to bring any specific colors out.

Here is the tool if you have others you would like to try (Colorize Photos - Free Online Image Converter)

Wow!
Thanks, I've got a trunk full of old pics, will be fun to scan them and play with this tool.

 

[KurtC]

Tried to colorize it but not enough to bring any specific colors out.

I think it's a white boat with white sails.

 

[nf1e]

Funny but all those white boats look alike to me.

 

[RealReglarGuy]

I posted this pic on other forums and got some real interesting opinions which I'm posting here . . . someone may be interested.
Several guys think my pic is an exact copy of other pics found online. Here's just a couple of responses I'm inclined to agree with.

Response: "Same pic. Even the buoy ahead of the bow is the same. The people on deck are the same. Sails are identically deployed. The angle of the sails are identical. Count the portholes and compare positions. Look at the waterline of the hull where the whitewater is identical. Flag is same. Droop of the rigging is the same."

Another response: "What if it was some significant event and the reporter and his father were on the same dock taking a picture of that ship at its mooring at about the same time?"

My reply: "I'm beginning to think he (my Dad) might have gotten this picture as you say, at "some significant event."

My dad was not the average sailor who hit the bars and chased the whores. He'd much rather read, research, explore, etc. That is how he came to eventually command his own ships. In addition, the entire time he was in the navy his records show an excellent 4.0 grade every year.

So, yes, knowing him, I'm now thinking his ship may have been in port when the Mystery Ship was in port, he attended some event and that's where the posted pic came from.

Does this sound logical, given what we now know about the pic I posted?"

 

[sbird]

OP, I'm guessing your father shared his negatives and that photography was part of his duty after seeing the photo of the officers so close in the other thread.