An amazing WW1 life saving service photograph album. This album was kept by Charles Chambon, a crewman aboard the Corsair from its commission in 1917. The album chronicles the Corsair's life saving service with several ships including the Antilles and Finland, which was torpedoed while transporting Antilles survivors back to America. More than 260 photographs of survivors, including rescued mascot dogs and cats, dirigibles, bi-planes, depth charges, crewmen, prisoners of war and much more. Included are several photographs of ships in distress and in the process of sinking. The Corsair sailed from New York on June 14, 1917 with the very first contingent of the American Expeditionary Forces to France. She joined the U.S. patrol Squadrons operating against enemy submarines and performed escort and patrol duties off the west coast of France. She crossed the war zone several times on convoy, patrol and rescue missions of torpedoed On October 17, 1917, she assisted in the rescue of survivors aboard the Antilles, several photographs are included here. On June 22, 1918, she rescued the crew of the Californian, which had struck a mine. A truly amazing and one-of-a-kind photographic history of the Corsair.