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BB-8 USS ALABAMA

Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - India

Illinois Class Battleship: Displacement 11,565 Tons, Dimensions, 374' (oa) x 72' 3" x 25' (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 14 x 6"/40, 4 x 18" tt. Armor, 16" 1/2 Belt, 14" Turrets, 4 " Decks, 10" Conning Tower.Machinery, 10,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 536.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia, on 2 December 1896. Launched 18 May 1898. Commissioned 16 October 1900, Decommissioned 17 August 1909, Recommissioned 1 July 1912, Decommissioned 1 July 1914, Recommissioned 5 April 1917, Decommissioned 7 May 1920. Transferred to War Department, 15 September 1921.
Fate: Used as Target by Army Air Corps, 27 September 1921, in Chesapeake Bay. Hulk sold for scrap, 19 March 1924.
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Keel Laying / Commissioning
1898 - 1900
BB-8 Alabama NR Uncle Sam's New Battleship,
THE ALABAMA (BB-8) NOW APPROACHING COMPLETION.
The Alabama as she will appear when completed.		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Saint Paul Globe. (St.Paul. Minn.)1896-1905, 19 September 1897, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama157k Model of the Alabama (BB-8) at Battleship Park, Mobile, Ala.Courtesy of Judson Phillips.
BB-8 Alabama 745k UNCLE SAM'S NEWEST BATTLESHIP.
The Alabama (BB-8), the new warship for the American navy, is rapidly approaching completion, and it is one of the finest, if not the finest that have risen from the ways in the big shipyards of the Cramps. This engine of destruction is one of four sister ships. The three others are the Kearsarge (BB-5), Kentucky (BB-6) and Illinois (BB-7), which are now well under way at the yards in Newport News. The Alabama is a battleship of the first class. She is 372 feet long by 70 feet in the beam and draws 23 feet of water. She has 11,500 tons displacement, or just 100 tons more than the Iowa (BB-4). The Alabama will have only two turrets and will be much less heavily armored in every way than the Iowa and the Indiana class (BB-1 / 3) of ships.
The Alabama will he the most powerful fighter in all the navy. The engines of the new ship are of the triple expansion type, working in separate water-tight compartments. The engines will develop a combined horse power of 10,000, which will drive the ship at a speed of sixteen knots an hour. Seven decks will rise one on the other. There are water bottom, platform deck, berth deck, protective deck, main deck, upper deck and bridge deck. There will be living quarters for 500 men with their officers. 		Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from Chicago Eagle. (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 11 December 1897, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Turret Plans480kThis is an original 1898 2-page article from the Scientific American Journal from January 29th entitled "The Latest Battleships For The United States Navy". This article details turret plans for the Kearsarge & Illinois classes. Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-8 Alabama NR ANOTHER BATTLESHIP FOR THE AMERICAN NAVYImage and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 18 April 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR WORK ON ALABAMA (BB-8)
PUSHING TO COMPLETION ONE OF THE FINEST OF OUR WARSHIPS.		 Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from Richmond Dispatch.(Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 15 May 1898, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR THE ALABAMA (BB-8) AFLOAT
ANOTHER BATTLE-SHIP LAUNCHED AT THE CRAMP YARDS		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 18 May 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR THE NEW ALABAMA (BB-8) LAUNCHED.
The Big Battleship Has an Omen of Good Fortune-Christened by Miss Morgan With Native Alabama Wine-Same Number as Her Confederate Namesake. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC & University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo from The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 19 May 1898, Mailable Edition, Image 4, & The Evening Times. (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 18 May 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Monitors677kOUR NAVY AS IT IS TODAY
1. Monadnock (BM-3) . 2. Petrel. 3. Puritan (BM-1) . 4. Concord. 5. Wilmington. 6. Amphitrite (BM-2) . 7. Ajax. 8. Machias. 9. Cincinnati. 10. Marblehead. 1 1. Montgomery. 12. Minneapolis. 13. Kearsarge (BB-5). 14. Kentucky (BB-6). 15. Bancroft. 16. Dolphin. 17. Vesuvius. 18. Raleigh. 19. Indiana (BB-1). 20. Iowa (BB-4). 21. Olympia. 22. Terror (M-4). 23. Catskill . 24. Miantonomah (BM-5). 25. Gustine. 26. Yorktown. 27. Texas. 28. Helena. 29. Massachusetts (BB-2). 30. Columbia. 31. New Orleans, 32. San Francisco. 33. Canonicus . 34. Camanche . 35. Monterey (BM-6). 36. Brooklyn. 37. Detroit 38. Atlanta. 39. Alabama (BB-8). 40. Albany. 41. Baltimore. 42. Chicago. 43. Newark, 44. Boston. 45. Charleston. 46. Oregon (BB-3). 47. New York. 48. Manhattan. 49. Philadelphia. 50. Lehigh. And Torpedo Boats. Drawn by "W. A. Verhas.		Image and text provided by University of Tennessee.
Photo by The Maryville Times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 28 May 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
BB-5NROUR NEW BATTLESHIPS.
KEARSARGE (BB-5), KENTUCKY (BB-6), ILLINOIS (BB-7), ALABAMA (BB-8) & WISCONSIN (BB-9)		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from Richmond Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 26 June 1898, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR BATTLESHIP ALABAMA (BB-8) READY FOR THE NAVY
New Fighting Craft to Go Out to Sea on Monday on the Builders' Trial Trip		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 August 1899, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR BATTLESHIP ALABAMA (BB-8) STARTS ON HER BUILDERS' TRIAL TRIP
Contractors Confident That the New Fighting Craft Will Come Up to the Requirements of the Specifications.
THE NEW ALABAMA AND HER PREDECESSORS.
Alabama is not a new name in the American naval register. In 1818 the keel was laid for a line-of-battle ship in the Portsmouth Navy Yard. After a time work was suspended, and only resumed in a desultory manner as the years went by. She was christened Alabama and was a sister ship to the Vermont, which had been completed at the Boston yard the year the Alabama was commenced. When the war of the Rebellion broke out in 1861, the name Alabama was changed to New Hampshire, and the work of the builders was rushed, so that the craft was completed and went into commission early in 1864. She never saw any active service, as when she was ready for sea the day of the sailing vessel had long passed by. She is at present in use by the New York Naval Reserve, and entered upon the register as "unserviceable."
The most infamous of the vessels bearing that name was the Confederate cruiser Alabama, which was sunk off Cherbourg, France, July 1864, by the Kearsarge, in command of Captain Winslow, after an action lasting sixty-five minutes.
The new Kearsarge (BB-5) is nearing completion at the Newport News yard, and at no distant day the Alabama and the Kearsarge may be seen in one fleet, both flying the stars and stripes and ready to engage a common foe.		 Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 August 1899, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1900's
BB-5NRKEARSARGE (BB-5) AND ALABAMA (BB-8) TO FIGURE IN A PEACE INCIDENT.
THESE FAMOUS OLD NAMES WILL BE LINKED TOGETHER IN A CHARMING SENTIMENT.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo from The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 20 May 1900, Magazine Section, Image 32, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR GIANT ALABAMA (BB-8) ARRIVES IN PORT
New Battleship Here to Be Put in Trim for Her Trial Test Trip Off Maine Coast		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 22 August 1900, Evening Edition, Image 5, &New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 23 August 1900, Image 1 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR THE ALABAMA (BB-8) IN DRYDOCK
CAPTAIN W. H. BROWNSON COMMANDER
BIG WARSHIP EXPECTED TO GIVE A GOOD ACCOUNT OF HERSELF 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 August 1900, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
New Queen
010800q		 NR A NEW QUEEN OF NAVY
THE ALABAMA'S (BB-8) TRIAL SURPASSES FORMER RECORD.
AN AVERAGE SPEED OF SEVENTEEN KNOTS MAINTAINED
RUN OF THE KEARSARGE (BB-5) BEATEN
There is a new queen of the American Navy, the United States battleship Alabama (BB-8), which today won the title in one of the most magnificent speed trials yet held in the history of the United States Navy. Her average speed for four hours' continuous steaming was 17 knots, a figure not quite as high as that made by another great battleship produced from the same builders' yard three years ago the Iowa (BB-4), but notable from the fact that it gave an idea of the yet undeveloped power in this latest and greatest product of American shipbuilders... 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 August 1901, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama 938k Alabama (BB-8) stern view. 1900-1911. Photo # Lot 3000-K-3, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-8 Alabama 938k Alabama (BB-8) port view. Cyanotype print. 1900-1911. Photo # Lot 3000-K-5, Detroit Publishing Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-8 Alabama1.05kAlabama (BB-8) crewmen watch the photographer while in port, 1901. LC-DIG-det-4a08496 courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama108kMoored in port, June 1901. Note the large National Ensign, booms rigged out as propeller guards, and semaphore "paddles" on the mainmast.Photo # NH 57755, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-8 Alabama NR BATTLESHIP ALABAMA (BB-8) THAT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY BY THE PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF A SHELL RECENTLY DURING TARGET PRACTICE. THE BIG GUNS. THE MAIN SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MAIN BATTERIES WERE DAMAGED, NECESSITATING EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO THE VESSELImage and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 18 November 1901, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama600kAlabama (BB-8) underway on a contemporary color-tinted postal card.Photo taken from Our Country in War by Murat Halstead (1898) via Robert Hurst.
Alabama
010808g		2.25k A rare color postcard by Britton & Rey, San Francisco lithographers featuring Alabama (BB-8). It's obviously a litho PC from an original color painting, however, I have been unable to find any record of the original artwork. My best guess is B&R commissioned the artwork in oil, then reproduced it as a color litho for postcards. Photo courtesy of Jim Geldert.
Alabama
010800		811k Alabama (BB-8) firing a salute, in New York Harbor, Decoration Day, (Memorial Day) 1902. Photo courtesy of New York Historical Society via Daniel Hacker.
BB-8 Alabama 543k Jealousy Rankles at Preference.
The proposed appointment of Commander Richard Wainwright to command the battleship Alabama (BB-8) is causing a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction in naval circles. The Alabama is one of the largest battleships in the United States Navy and to be her commander is, therefore, considered one of the choice plums of the service. To give Wainwright this post it will be necessary to promote him to the rank of Captain. Naval men state that there are several existing captains whose claims to the post are much greater than that of Wainwright. President Roosevelt, however, is a great admirer of that officer and this explains the Navy Department's action as being "for the best interests of the service." 		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from Evening Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, 23 August 1902, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR FORTS AND WARSHIPS READY FOR THE FRAY
Army Prepares to Prevent Invasion by the Approaching Hostile Fleets.
ONE OF THE LARGEST SHIPS {ALABAMA (BB-8)} ENGAGED IN THE PRESENT MANEUVERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY AND THE TWO NOTED OFFICERS COMMANDING THE HOSTILE FLEETS		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 31 August 1902, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama119kCapt. Willard Herbert Brownson commanded of the battleship Alabama (BB-8) from 1902 to 1905. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-8 Alabama
010819		 75kMISS EOLINE OCTAVIA RUSSELL, OF MOBILE.
Miss Russell is th« daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Edward LaFayette Russell of Mobile. Her piquant beauty and intellectual gifts make her a brilliant figure in society. She has travelled extensively and is rarely accomplished. Miss Russell was recently selected to write the inscription on the superb silver service which the State will present to the battleship Alabama (BB-8). 		Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Photo & text by The Montgomery Advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 12 October 1902, Image 15, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010803t		 NR The Beautiful Silver Service is Presented to the Warship Alabama Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Photo & text by The Montgomery Advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 25 February 1903, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama561kAnchored in 1903. LC-DIG-det-4a15345u courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010803f		 NR ALABAMA"S (BB-8) RECORD FLAG.
Proudly Flies New Pennant as She Comes Into Port.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 02 May 1903, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama 774k Alabama (BB-8) starboard view, showing secondary battery, 1903. Photo # Lot-3305-2, Photographed by K. Loeffler, 1903, courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
WAR GAME
010803g		 NR ARMY DEFENCES AGAINST THE NAVAL ASSAULT IN THE WAR GAME.
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY
Daybreak this morning witnessed the first conflict in the war game. Skirmishes early in the evening were followed by a grand dash by the battleships Kearsarge (BB-5),  Alabama (BB-8) and Illinois (BB-7) straight through the main ship channel in the teeth of the fire of the forts and straight into the harbor. For two hours the guns of the fleet and shore were booming, and it was daylight before the last shots were exchanged. The army says that a great victory has been won, alleging the destruction of the fleet by mines and gunfire. The fleet will say that the searchlights, which guided the shots of the army were destroyed by the secondary batteries of the fleet, and that the fire control station and headquarters were similarly wiped out. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 August 1903, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Blazes Away 985k HOW OUR NAVAL GUNNERS BREAK RECORDS.
Their Marvelous Accuracy Only Attained by Constant Practice with Most Ingenious Mechanical Aids.
Champion crew of the Alabama's (BB-8) after turret.
CHAMPION GUNNER OF THE NAVY, H. TRAINOR
Trainor is the young gunner of the battleship Indiana (BB-1) who made the wonderful record of four consecutive bullseye at 1000 yards in firing an eight-inch turret gun. He was photographed with his friend Harry Hagberg.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 04 October 1903, Image 31, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama125kShip's Gunner and Gunner's Mates, 1903. Note the kitten and parrot mascots, and the comment written on the First Class Gunner's Mate at right.Photo # NH 57497, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-8 Alabama95kForward turret crew Gunner's Mates pose by the breech of one of the ship's 13"/35 guns, 1903. Note the ex-Apprentice marks (figure "8" knot badges) worn by two of these men.Photo # NH 57494, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-8 Alabama95kChampion guns crew with Lieutenant Lewis J. Clark, 1903. They are posed with a 13-inch shell, on the foredeck in front of the ship's forward 13"/35 gun turret.Photo # NH 57495.
BB-8 Alabama71kCrew members F. Petry (left) and W.M. Langridge (in gun) pose at the breech of one of the ship's 13"/35 guns, 1903. Note the "A" with figure "8" knot on Petry's shirt.Photo # NH 57496, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
Texas 2.63k Texas at Brooklyn Navy Yard, probably in mid May 1903, beyond her is Kearsarge (BB-5) and a Indiana class, either Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2).
The Auxiliary Cruiser Buffalo appears on the right, in the center is an Illinois class (Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8). 		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Detroit Publishing Company Photo by Edward H. Hart. LC-DIG-det-4a15442 courtesy of loc.gov.
Alabama
010871		 4.83 Photo of Alabama (BB-8) docked at League Island Navy Yard as she is under going some repair work in the fall of 1904. The masts beyond BB-8 belong to Prairie (AD-5) and the single tall mast at far left belongs to Miantonomoh (BM-5). Photo courtesy of Harley Flowers via flickr.com.
BB-8 Alabama877kAlabama (BB-8) seen off New York in 1904. Photographed by A. Loeffler. USN photo courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, via flickr.com.
BB-8 Alabama 781k Alabama (BB-8) & Illinois (BB-7) in New York, by West Pier # 7, circa 1905. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a15759 courtesy of loc.gov.
Review
010869		3.10k ON THE QUARTERDECK. Sunday morning quarters, when the commanding officer inspects his ship.
Configuration is closest to Alabama (BB-8), but Illinois (BB-7) and Wisconsin (BB-9) can not entirely be ruled out. The Maine (BB-10/12) class would have had a similar appearance, but I found no photos of any of that class having the shields on the small guns flanking the officers in this photo. But those shields would have been an easy addition/deletion.		 Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Photo by Enrique Mueller Jr., 1905, from loc.gov courtesy of Joe Reese.
BB-4 Iowa 626k Iowa (BB-4) recommissioned 23 December 1903 and joined the North Atlantic Squadron. She participated in the John Paul Jones Commemoration ceremonies, 30 June 1905. Iowa appears here in Boston Harbor possibly circa 1905. Of the two battleships in the near distance, the Alabama (BB-8) is the closest, leaving the Illinois (BB-7) as the only choice. A Indiana (BB-01/03) class appears beyond her, with a Maine (BB-10/12) or Virginia class BB-13/17 docked in the distance. Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Photo 08_06_005034, courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection, via digitalcommonwealth.org
BB-1 Indiana 1.21k Dry Dock No. 4 Looking East from Building No. 131.
Indiana (BB-1) inboard (with only one mast in this photo) & a two funnelled battleship, either the Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8) outboard, 5 December 1905. 		National Archives Identifier: 6282079
Agency-Assigned Identifier: F544 N69
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama NR BATTLESHIPS IN CRASH
TWO RUN AGROUND
Alabama (BB-8) Rams Kentucky (BB-6) in Avoiding Stranded Kearsarge (BB-5) — All Off.
While five of the big battleships of the North Atlantic squadron, under Rear Admiral Evans,were steaming out to sea yesterday, bound for Hampton Roads, the Kearsarge and the Kentucky went aground, about noon, off the northwest point of the East Bank, about a mile and a half south of Norton's Island and two miles east of West Bank Light. The Alabama, fourth in line, tore through the channel and struck the Kentucky on the starboard quarter with terrific force, tearing a hole in her own port bow and seriously damaging the Kentucky. The fleet was proceeding under reduced speed, probably not more than seven or eight knots, when the high wind and strong tide eddies played havoc with the Kentucky, forcing her to swing almost half a mile off the main channel.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.& University of California, Riverside.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 January 1906, Image 1, & The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, Image 3 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama 816k AMERICA'S STRONGEST SQUADRON.
VESSELS OF NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET ASSEMBLED AT PENSACOLA.
Officers and Crew of Battleship Alabama (BB-8).
After-turret of the Battleship Missouri (BB-11) in which the charge of the twelve-inch gun at left prematurely exploded killing thirty-two men and wounding two.		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 06 May 1904, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama825kDry Dock Number 4, Looking East from Third Floor, Building 131, 1 June 1905.Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
National Archives Identifier: 6881049
Agency-Assigned Identifier: F544 N35.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama 640k Battleships in Danger.
These three battleships figured in a remarkable naval accident in New York bay 7 January. The Kentucky (BB-6) which ran aground and was rammed by the Alabama (BB-8) is in the picture at the upper left. The Alabama is in the upper right. At the lower left is the Kearsarge (BB-5) which also ran aground. The diagram in the lower right shows how the accidents occurred. It is drawn from a description furnished by Rear Admiral Davis.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from The Spanish Fork Press. (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 18 January 1906, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Oyster Bay2.63kAN IMPOSING SPECTACLE
Birds-eye View Showing Position of Fleet in Naval Review at Oyster Bay.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo & text by The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 04 September 1906, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010806a		 NR BATTLESHIP ALABAMA (BB-8).
The Alabama Took a Prominent Part In Yesterday’s Great Naval Review by the President.		Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Photo & text by The Birmingham Age-Herald. [volume], 1902-1950, 04 September 1906, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010807n		 NR NOVELIST JAMES B. CONNOLLY, WHO HAS JOINED THE NAVY.
JAMES B. CONNOLLY, who recently entered the United States navy as yeoman on the battleship Alabama (BB-8), has won fame as the author of "Out of Gloucester." "The Sainers" and "The Deep Sea's Toll," powerful stories of the Gloucester fishermen. "The president is said to have urged Mr. Connolly to take this step in order that literature might be enriched by stirring tales of life on a modern American man-of-war. ' Mr. Connolly is also noted as an amateur athlete. In 1896, he was the first modern Olympic champion.		 Image and text provided by Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS.
The Topeka State Journal.[volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 07 January 1907, Last Edition, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Illinois class
010705		467k 1907 Print First-Class Battleship Illinois (BB-7), Alabama (BB-8), and Wisconsin (BB-9). Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-13 VirginiaNRGREATEST AMERICAN FLEET
EVER ASSEMBLED IN TIME OFPEACE OR WAR UNDER ONE COMMANDER
Great Fighting Sea Monsters At Anchor in Hampton Roads for Spectacular Contrast of U S Engines of War With Foreign Countries Death - Dealing Machines and for Most Powerful and Terrible Peace Plea. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 April 1907, Magazine Section, Image 47, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Hampton Roads
011557		1.45k U. S. Naval display, Hampton Roads, Jamestown, Virginia.
Postcard shows battleships in the Great White Fleet surrounded by smaller craft at Hampton, Virginia. Ships include the Georgia (BB-15), Maine (BB-10), Indiana (BB-1), Rhode Island (BB-17), New Jersey (BB-16), Virginia (BB-13), Ohio (BB-12), Minnesota (BB-22), Alabama (BB-8), Louisiana (BB-19), Iowa (BB-4), Tennessee (ACR-10), Connecticut (BB-18), Kearsarge (BB-5), Illinois (BB-7) and Kentucky (BB-6). 		Photo & Copyright 1907 by W. N. Jennings, Phila., via Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-02684 (digital file from left half of original item) LC-DIG-ds-02744 (digital file from right half of original item)
BB-8 Alabama
010807c		 NR ALABAMA (BB-8) OFFICERS WIN JAMESTOWN CUP IN INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Photo & text by The Birmingham Age-Herald. [volume], 1902-1950, 30 April 1907, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Great White Fleet Cruise
BB-8 Alabama674kAlabama (BB-8) in Dry Dock Number 2, US Navy Yard, 12 November 1907. Showing West Wall.National Archives Identifier:6881201
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-18 Connecticut 2.19k GETTING THE BATTLESHIPS AT THE New York Navy Yard READY FOR THEIR VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC.
BLOCKING UP THE ALABAMA (BB-8) IN DRYDOCK.
THE SHIP'S POST-OFFICE ON THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18).
REPAIRING A PROPELLER OF THE CONNECTICUT. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 November 1907, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama650kA FLOCK OF UNCLE SAM'S PEACE DOVES AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
Battleship Indiana (BB-1), armored cruiser Pennsylvania (ACR-4), armored curiser Colorado (ACR-7), battleship Alabama (BB-8), armored cruiser Maryland (ACR-8), and armored cruiser West Virginia (ACR-5) in foregrd.		Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1907 Dec. 7, p. 1792.
Photo LC-DIG-det-3b13538u courtesy of loc.gov.
Great White Fleet112kChart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route to be taken by the Atlantic Fleet's battleships and their associated Torpedo Flotilla, from their December 1907 departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia, until their planned arrival at San Francisco, California, in the spring of 1908. Text below the chart indicates that it was published in mid-December 1907.USNHC photograph # NH 106219. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
Great White Fleet 15.4k The "Great White Fleet" steaming in column, probably while departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of their cruise around the World, December 1907. Kansas (BB-21) is at left, followed by Vermont (BB-20). USN photo # N-0000X-001 courtesy of navy.mil. Photographed by C.E. Waterman, Hampton, Va. via Bob Canchola
Eighteen-inch Torpedo 64k Eighteen-inch Torpedo (Whitehead type).
On board a U.S. Navy battleship of the Indiana class (BB-1 / 3) or Maine class (BB-10 / 12) , circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.		 USNHC photograph # NH 106066. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
Hard-Hat Diver 72k "Hard-Hat" Diver descending from the stern of a launch alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908. Note the 6"/50 broadside gun mounted in the battleship's hull side.
This ship is either Indiana class (BB-1 / 3) or Maine class (BB-10 / 12) or Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship.
This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.		 USNHC photograph # NH 106072. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
Great White Fleet112kChart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 29 January 1907 departure from Trinidad until their arrival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 January 1908. It emphasizes the offshore course taken to avoid strong westerly currents off the northeastern coast of South America.USNHC photograph # NH 106221. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
Straits of Magellan290k The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl.Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
Great White Fleet129kChart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the movements of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 8 February 1908 passage of the western part of the Straits of Magellan until their arrival at Callao, Peru, on 20 February 1908.USNHC photograph # NH 106227b. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
BB-18 Connecticut185kMAGDELENA BAY, WHERE THE FLEET ASSEMBLES FOR TARGET PRACTICE.
INTENSE RIVALRY OF CREWS IN MAKING NEW RECORDS WITH THE BIG GUNS
Seven inch gun drill aboard the Connecticut (BB-18) in Magdalena Bay, Mexico on 12 March 1908.		PDF Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo & text by The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 March 1908, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Fleet at Long Beach 507k The fleet at San Diego, Calif., 5, May 1908.
What looks like two Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships to the left; a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship in the center with what might be three other Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships in the immediate distance; two Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleships are on the right corner, behind them are the two Kearsarge class (BB-5 / 6) battleships and a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) or Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleship in the right corner of the photo. 		Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33626,by W. D. Lambert; submitted by Tom Kermen.
Great White Fleet 192k The "Great White Fleet" lies in San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908.
Nearest ship is an Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleship. Ahead of it are what appears to be two Maine class (BB-10 / 12) battleships. 		Photo by Louis Bostwick, courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart.
BB-8 Alabama512kAlabama (BB-8) in a California port, 1908. The photo is from a collection called "California Reception to the Fleet 1908. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-18 Connecticut3.71kUnited States fleet, San Francisco Bay. Photo pan 6a33217 courtesy of loc.gov via Detroit Photographic Company.
Naval Review in San Francisco Bay, 17 May 1908 155k Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" on 17 May 1908 by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in Yorktown (PG-1), which is steaming toward the left in the right center of the image. Three destroyers are in the line nearest to the camera (from left to center), with either Hopkins (DD-6) or Hull (DD-7) in the center and Lawrence (DD-8) next astern. Eleven battleships are present, in the rows on the opposite side of Yorktown's course, and seven Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the most distant row. Photo # NH 105310, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
BB 8 & 10
010810h		 NR ALABAMA (BB-8) on left, MAINE (BB-10) on right. SECRETARY GARFIELD'S ARRIVIAL
James Rudolph Garfield, son of the 20th President, James Abram Garfield. He served as Secretary of the Interior during President Theodore Roosevelt's administration.		Insert text via wikipedia.org.
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 17 June 1908, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama 549k THE BATTLESHIPS MAINE (BB-10) AND ALABAMA (BB-8) HOMEWARD BOUND.Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 19 June 1908, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
GWF901kTHE ATLANTIC FLEET OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
From Official Bulletin of Bureau of Navigation showing the Vessels off the Port of Callao practicing the Gridiron maneuver. This is considered by Naval authorities to be the most dangerous evolution in steam tactics and its improper execution caused the loss of HMS Victoria with 798 men in 1893.
Picture faithfully represents the entire Fleet in official formation and vessels can be identified by numbers corresponding to table appended:
First Division
1. Connecticut (BB-18), Flagship, 2. Kansas (BB-21), 3. Vermont (BB-20), 4. Louisiana (BB-19),
Second Division
5. Georgia (BB-15), Flagship, 6. New Jersey (BB-16), 7. Rhode Island (BB-17), 8. Virginia (BB-13),
18 Torpedo Flotilla
Whipple (DD-15), Truxtun (DD-14), Lawrence (DD-8), Stewart (DD-13), Hopkins (DD-6) & Hull (DD-7)
Third Division
9. Minnesota (BB-22), Flagship, 10. Ohio (BB-12), 11. Missouri (BB-11), 12. Maine (BB-10)
17. Yankton {Special Dispatch Tender}
Fourth Division
13. Alabama (BB-8), Flagship 14. Illinois (BB-7), 15. Kearsarge (BB-5), 16. Kentucky (BB-6)
19. Auxiliaries
Glacier, [refrigerating ship], Panther,[repair ship],Culgoa,[storeship] & Arethusa,[torpedo flotilla tender]. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 24 September 1908, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama 1.80k Battleship Alabama (BB-8) Her Commander and Route of Her 35,000 Mile Trip
ENDS 35,000 MILE TRIP READY FOR A FIGHT OR FROLIC
To Be Sure Alabama Has a Cracked Cylinder but Whats the Odds?
DOES 12 KNOTS AN HOUR
Blames Coal HogMaine (BB-10) for Her Being Kept From Visiting the Japs 		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Evening World.(New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 20 October 1908, Final Results Edition, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama66kWith Captain Ten Eyck DeWitt Veeder in command the Alabama (BB-8) accompanied the "Great White Fleet" on its voyage around the South American continent as far as San Francisco. On 18 May 1908 when the bulk of the Fleet headed north to visit the Pacific northwest, she remained at San Francisco for repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard. As a consequence, the warship did not participate in the celebrated visit to Japan. Instead, Alabama and Maine (BB-10) departed San Francisco on June to complete their own, more direct, circumnavigation of the globe. Steaming by way of Honolulu and Guam, the two battleships arrived at Manila in the Philippines on 20 July. In August, they visited Singapore and Colombo on the island of Ceylon. From Colombo, the two battleships made their way, via Aden on the Arabian Peninsula to the Suez Canal. Through the canal early in September. Alabama and Maine made an expeditious transit of the Mediterranean Sea, pausing only at Naples at mid-month. Following a port call at Gibraltar, they embarked upon the Atlantic passage on 4 October. They made one stop, in the Azores, on their way across the Atlantic. On 19 October as they neared the end of their long voyage, the two battleships parted company. Maine headed for Portsmouth, N.H.; and Alabama steered for New York. Both reached their destinations on the 20th. Alabama was placed in reserve at New York on 3 November 1908. Though she remained inactive at New York, the battleship was not decommissioned until 17 August 1909.Photo courtesy of the James Melville Gilliss Library via Bill Gonyo.
BB-10 & 83.14kFollowing a port call at Gibraltar, Maine (BB-10) and Alabama (BB-8) embarked upon the Atlantic passage on 4 October 1908. They made one stop, in the Azores, on their way across the Atlantic.
Maine & Alabama appear here dockside at Ponta Delgada in the Azores.		Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Manuel Estrela via Fabio Pena.
BB-8 Alabama NR THE ALABAMA (BB-8) AFTER HER LONG CRUISE
This is a photograph of the battleship Alabama taken the day she dropped anchor off Tompkinsville, N. Y. after a world encyclical tour in which she logged off more than 36,000 miles. The Alabama is now in dry dock where several hundred thousand dollars are to be expended in bringing her up to the standard required for service. A flaw in her engines made it necessary for her to leave the great American fleet with which she embarked last December. 		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from Deseret Evening News.(Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 14 November 1908, Last Edition, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1910's
BB-8 Alabama593kAlabama (BB-8) was placed in reserve at New York on 3 November 1908. Though she remained inactive at New York, the battleship was not decommissioned until 17 August 1909.
She is seen here 31 May 1910.
The Ohio (BB-12) is moored to her starboard.
The large white vessel is the Hancock (Transport / AP-3), in front of the Nebraska (BB-14) in the right distance.		 Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo i.d. courtesy of Charles Haberlein.
National Archives Identifier: 6126468
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama409kAlabama (BB-8) waiting around for modernization, 29 August 1910.National Archives Identifier: 6126470
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama584kThe cage mast of the Alabama (BB-8) is under construction on 1 August 1911.
The battleship broadside on her right is the North Dakota (BB-29). 		National Archives Identifier: 6125987
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama326kBow view of the Alabama (BB-8) New York Navy Yard, 20 November 1911. National Archives Identifier: 6281791
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
324kAlabama (BB-8). The warship underwent an extensive overhaul that lasted until the early part of 1912.
Alabama appears here at New York Navy Yard on 21 November 1911.		Text courtesy of DANFS.
National Archives Identifier: 6880539
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama198kShowing one of her 14 x 6"/40 guns and shutters at New York Navy Yard on 27 November 1911.National Archives Identifier: 6281800
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
551kArrangement of Hull Zincs on Port Side, 20 January 1912.National Archives Identifier: 6880335
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Preston162kCommander Charles Francis Preston was the commanding officer of the battleship Alabama (BB-8) in 1912.Photo courtesy of the USNA Alumni Association via Bill Gonyo.
BB-8 Alabama
010870		 652k Alabama (BB-8) awaits the future in N.Y., 1 June 1912.National Archives Identifier: 6126022
Agency-Assigned Identifier F672 N67
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Various Views of the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson
Review
012173m		4.51k Mobilization of Atlantic Fleet at New York, 12 - 15 October 1912. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
Review
012173		1.36k U.S. Battleship Fleet during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson.
The nearest ship half visible on the right is the New Hampshire (BB-25) based on the distinctive half-cased stacks. The two sister ships behind her are not clear enough to specifically ID. The fourth ship is one of the Mississippi class, but again, not clear enough to ID.		 Photo i.d. via Richard M. Jensen.
Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
Review
012173d		1.38k Small boats join during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
BB-8 Alabama
010820		1.26kOff New York City, during the October 1912 Naval Review.Photo from the Bain News Service, Library of Congress Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-10758.
Photo courtesy of loc.gov.
Almost UnknownNRSCENE OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY WHEN FLEET AND SHORE WERE ILLUMINATED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF FLAMING ELECTRIC BULBS
NEW YORK, Oct. 16—Pen cannot describe and even photography is inadequate in depicting the splendor of the scene at night during the visit of the fleet to this city. Thousands and thousands of electric lights were hung along Riverside drive, which parallels the Hudson river for miles, and all of the vessels in the fleet were outlined by lines of gleaming lamps. In the accompanying picture the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument appears in the foreground with the curved line of Riverside drive at the left. Several battleships are shown in the river, with the lights on the New Jersey shore in the distance. 		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH.
Photo by The Democratic Banner.(Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 18 October 1912, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010813j		 NR LOCAL JACKIES OFF FOR ANNUAL CRUISE
Boarding cars at 15th street and New York avenue for Baltimore, battalion there to embark on the Alabama (BB-8).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 July 1913, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010826s		1.17kNaval Militia boarding Alabama (BB-8).
Second Battalion Back from Its Bermuda Cruise on the Alabama Wins Laurels 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 21 July 1913, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo from the Bain News Service, Library of Congress Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-13763 & ggbain 13761.
Photos courtesy of loc.gov & loc.gov.
Caperton 140k Admiral William B. Caperton became Commander in Chief, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Alabama (BB-8), flagship, in 1913 and after a year's service in that command, he assumed command in November 1914 of Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, Washington (ACR-11), flagship. In 1915 he transferred his flag to Tennessee (ACR-10), and later to Dolphin (PG-24), he commanded the Naval Forces that intervened at Haiti in 1915-1916; was Commander Naval Forces, Veracruz, in 1915; and commanded Naval Forces intervening and suppressing the Santo Domingo Revolution in 1916.Digital ID: ggbain # 15823. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-1 Indiana 4.25k ARGENTINE SAILORS DRILLING AT NAVY YARD ON THE NOSE ENDS OF FIVE OF UNCLE SAM'S NAVAL BULLDOGS
An unusual photograph, taken at League Island, showing five battleships and steamer lying in a row while the seamen of the South American Republic make themselves as much at home as if on their own drill grounds, by special arrangement with the U.S. government.
Either the Indiana (BB-1) or the Massachusetts (BB-2) is the first battleship on the left side. The distinctive twin funnels of the Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8) appear two ships down.		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 05 March 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama 605k CROWD WATCHES BATTLESHIP ALABAMA (BB-8) DEPART SUDDENLYImage and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 29 March 1915, Night Extra, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010806		 2.53k Stern view of the Alabama (BB-8) in front of a fleet view of US battleships in a 1910's view.National Archives Identifier: 55183611
Local Identifier: 111-SC-11745.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama
010815a		 NR WARSHIP ALABAMA (BB-8) AT HAMPTON ROADS
Ordered to Enforce American Neutrality at Norfolk and Newport News.
MAY PREVENT ALLIES FROM TAKING SUPPLIES
Commander of Eitel Friedrich Abandons Plan to Slip Up to Port of New York. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 30 March 1915, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010815g		 NR GERMAN CRUISER IN AMERICAN PORT AND WARSHIP GUARDING NEUTRALITY
HOW THE PRINCE EITEL FREDERICK IS BOTTLED UP 		Image and text provided by Wisconsin Historical Society
Photo & text by The Milwaukee Leader. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1911-1938, 01 April 1915, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama55kCommander Edward H. Watson, USN spent most of World War I in command of the transport Madawaska and battleship Alabama (BB-8), receiving the Navy Cross for his "exceptionally meritorious service" in the latter. Photograph dated 10 May 1915.
His career was washed up after his court martial for the Honda Point Grounding. Considering the ships had no radar and steaming in a heavy fog but there always has to be a fall guy. It does not mention when he was promoted to Captain but I would assume he held the rank while in command of the Alabama. 		Photograph # 24-P-90 from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Personnel Collections in the U.S. National Archives & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
BB-1 Indiana 443k A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE BACK BASIN AT LEAGUE ISLAND
The Illinois (BB-7) or Alabama (BB-8) appears to the right.
Other battleships appear on the left along the pier. 		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 19 June 1915, Final, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR NEW COMMANDANT INDUCTED INTO OFFICE AT NAVY YARD
Captain Robert Lee Russell, formerly commander of the battleship South Carolina (BB-26), arrived at League Island Navy Yard today to assume charge of the affairs of the naval station. Captain Russell succeeds the late Captain John J. Knapp. The picture shows the reception of the new commandant on the Alabama (BB-8).		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 03 December 1915, Night Extra, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Alabama 145k Naval Militia boarding Alabama (BB-8) during the 1910's. Digital ID # ggbain 13761, LC-B2-2777-5 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, via flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress.
BB-8 Alabama56kAlabama (BB-8), Illinois (BB-7) and Maine (BB-10) in the Canal Zone, Balboa. Port Captain's office in rear-the building with many windows. The other buildings are the Mechanical division, shops, etc. Circa 1915 plus.From the collection of Charles Munson. Courtesy Doris & Chuk Munson.
BB-7 Illinois 415k Ships of the sea and air as seen at dusk on the Delaware.
The more burly hulks silhouetted on the lower right are the battleships Illinois (BB-7) and Alabama (BB-8), which have been here to take - part in the waterways celebration. The aeroplane is one from the Essington hangars. 		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 18 September 1916, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama45kWhen the United States entered World War I, Admiral Albert Parker Niblack took command of Division 1, Atlantic Fleet, with Alabama (BB-8), as flagship 5 April 1917, and was appointed Rear Admiral 31 August. Niblack assumed command of Squadron 2, Patrol Force, 23 October and served in this post through the Armistice.Digital ID: ggbain # 15930. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
Niblack490kAdmiral Albert Parker Niblack took command of Division 1, Atlantic Fleet, with Alabama (BB-8) as flagship 5 April 1917, and was appointed Rear Admiral 31 August 1917. Niblack assumed command of Squadron 2, Patrol Force, 23 October and served in this post through the Armistice. This is an image of RADM Niblack and his staff taken on Gibraltar by an unknown photographer.
Here is how Niblack describe his command:
In August 1917, the United States Navy had also begun operating out of Gibraltar, at first just in the Atlantic approaches, but later in the Mediterranean itself. The force included three of the only modern scout cruisers -- the Birmingham (CL-2), the Salem (CL-3), and the Chester (CL-1) -- as well as a heterogeneous collection of five ancient Bainbridge class (DD-1 / 13) destroyers sent from the Philippines via the Suez Canal, several gunboats, six Coast Guard cutters, and ten yachts. The American commander, the sharp tongued Rear Admiral Albert Niblack, described his command as "a lot of junk here that has to be continuously rebuilt to keep it going." With respect to the old destroyers, he said: "Every time they go out I feel particularly anxious until they get in again." Two modern destroyers joined the command in the summer of 1918 along with the well equipped, and badly needed, repair ship, the Buffalo (AD-8). [I believe later on the British described our destroyers as "scandalous".] 		Image from the digital library of East Carolina University, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-8 Alabama101kCrew photo 1918.Authors collection.
BB-8 Alabama1.18kUnderway, circa 1918, showing modifications made to the ship during the First World War.National Archives Identifier:45512693
Local Identifier: 165-WW-335A-1.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-8 Alabama
010819b		 1.86k AMERICA'S BATTLE FLEET IS HONORED
Part of U. S. battle fleet in Hudson river, seen from Riverside drive, and Rear Admiral Gleaves on way to shore in power boat from Alabama (BB-8) during recent review.		Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo from Bisbee Daily Review. (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 05 January 1919, MINING SECTION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
National Archives Identifier:45513429
Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-61.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 138k Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
Ships in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, circa spring 1919. Panoramic photograph taken by Keystone Photo Studios, 817 So. Broad St., Philadelphia. The following ships can be identified from among those present:
Rowan (DD-64)); Preston (DD-19); Macdonough (DD-09); Patterson (DD-36); St. Louis (C-12); Ohio (BB-12); SC-342; SC-344; Alabama (BB-8); Kearsarge (BB-5); Illinois (BB-7); Ozark (Monitor -7); Kentucky(BB-6); and Hancock(AP-3). 		USNHC photograph # NH 98604, from the collection of Eugene Bennett, donated by his daughter, Jene B. Hart, September 1988.
BB-8 Alabama 2.13k 6 page PDF of the Alabama's (BB-8) Log, April 1919.Photos courtesy of Thomas Becher.
Atlantic Fleet3.46kPhiladelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, circa 1919.
Very congested basin and the lack of a clearer view makes identifying vessels a challenge.
In the distance, beyond Kearsarge's (BB-5) mainmast, is the Alabama (BB-8). Also, the BB hidden behind Kentucky (BB-6) is likely the Maine (BB-10), based on the two circular control tops on her masts, but I can't see enough other details to confirm it.
At the left side of the photo, on the near side of the basin, Ohio (BB-12) is next to the pier with St Louis (C-20) outboard of her. To the right we have Kearsarge closer to the camera with Illinois (BB-7) beyond. Immediately aft of these two is Wisconsin (BB-9). Behind Wisconsin are Connecticut (BB-18) on the right and Louisiana (BB-19) as the next ship to the left.		Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Richard Jensen.
BB-8
010828		967kAlabama (BB-8) in Middle West Chamber Gatun Locks, Going South 7 July 1919. National Archives Identifier: 100996396.
Local Identifier: 185-G-908
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Almost UnknownNRSTRANGE MASCOTS OF THE FLEET
Coxswain Caulkett and his goat mascot Shooter, on board the Kentucky (BB-6). Redhead and 14 Bore, parrot mascots belonging to C. B. M. Rolenhagen and Coxswain Curtis of the New Jersey (BB-16). Goat mascots Caliber and Anchor of the Wyoming (BB-32). Boatswain's Mate B. P. Holloway and a close-up of Frisky, the Panama sugar bear mascot of the battleship Alabama (BB-8). Seaman Du Bois and his Panama squirrel Creeper aboard the Maryland (BB-46).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 07 September 1919, Image 80, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
crab fleet
010619s		 NR Last review of the "crab fleet," from deck of Kentucky (BB-6). The Alabama (BB-8), Kenshaw and Illinois (BB-7) in the background. The sailors named the fleet after the crab. It is made up of fighting ships that were the pride of the Navy during the Spanish-American war. The vessels are to be given a military funeral, dismantled and used as targets. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 21 September 1919, Image 88, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Reserve Basin 812k Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, Warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Evening Public Ledger photographer. Ships are (from left to right): Wisconsin (BB-9); Illinois (BB-7); Alabama (BB-8); a Pittsburgh class armored cruiser; two battleships, probably Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) ; Stringham (DD-83); Craven (DD-70); Maury (DD-100); and Sigourney (DD-81). Photo # NH 42524, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-6
010778		864k Battleships photographed in December 1919 by the Evening Public Ledger Co. From left to right: Illinois (BB-7),Wisconsin (BB-9), Iowa (BB-4), Massachusetts (BB-2), Indiana (BB-1), Kearsarge (BB-5), Kentucky (BB-6) and Maine (BB-10). Photo NH-42523 from history.navy.mil
U-1112.63kU-111 showing the bridge at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 April 1920.
In the background is the distinctive twin funnel belonging to an Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleship;
Illinois (BB-7); Alabama (BB-8) & Wisconsin (BB-9).
All three were docked there during this period; the Alabama & Wisconsin would be decommissioned the following month. 		Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil.
MASCOTS104kU. S. WARSHIPS CARRY QUEER MASCOTS TO KEEP UP THE "LUCK OF THE NAVY"
Every one of Uncle Sam's fighting ships has its mascot, and some of them are very queer indeed. Note the Panama sugar bear on the shoulder of the Jackie in the center. He is the mascot on the battleship Alabama (BB-8). The Michigan (BB-27) has - a bird mascot, a parakeet shown at the right. Goats are probably the commonest mascots. The one at the left is on the Kentucky (BB-6), and the one below entertains the sailors on the big battleship Wyoming (BB-32). 		Image and text provided by University of Tennessee.The News Scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 25 September 1920, 4TH EDITION, AUTO NUMBER, Image 26, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Destruction
BB-8 Alabama
010821p		 NR Parachute Flares to Aid Flyers In Night Attack on Battleship
New weapons of aerial warfare will be given an initial test when the Army air service conducts its next bombing operation-a night attack on the old battleship Alabama (BB-8). The present plan is to stage the attack about 15 September, probably at the scene of the recent tests upon the former German craft, off the Virginia capes.
A "light barrage," composed of giant aerial flares, each of more than 200,000 candlepower, will be one feature of the attack. Army engineers have submitted such enthusiastic reports on this weapon that larger flares, estimated to be equal to 1.000,000 candles have been placed under construction. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 September 1921, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama61k A white phosphorus bomb explodes on a mast top, while the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in use as a target in Chesapeake Bay, 23 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Photo # 57483, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
Insert and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The New York Herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 09 October 1921, SECTION FIVE, Image 55, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama112kEx-Alabama (BB-8) is hit by a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, September 1921. An Army DH-4 type single-engine bomber is flying nearby. Photo # 924, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-8 Alabama83kEx-Alabama (BB-8) showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1). This photograph has been hand-tinted in colors. Photograph # NH 263-KN, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-8 Alabama88kEx-Alabama (BB-8) serving as a bombing target in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. A U.S. Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying in the right foreground. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1), both of which had previously been used as targets. USNHC photograph # 80-G-424471. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960.
General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. 468k General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. USN photo # Lot-6095-1 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. 343k 100lb demotion – Martin aircraft, with MK.20 rack and Mk.1 bomb. USN photo # Lot-6095-4 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
General William Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. 796k Brigadier General Billy Mitchell standing with two officers on the deck of a battleship, surveying the considerable damage caused by a 300 lb. bomb dropped from an airplane during air power demonstrations in 1921. | Location: Near Virginia, USA. Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images courtesy of gettyimages.com.
BB-8 Alabama 8.04k Alabama (BB-8), Final Victim of Bombing Tests, 25-27 September 1921.
15 photo PDF of her destrution. 		USN photo # Lot-6095-42/55 from the album entitled, First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921. From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com
BB-8 Alabama86kEx-Alabama (BB-8) officers pose on the ship's after deck in September 1921, immediately before the commencement of the bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama was the target. Third from left, wearing an old-style uniform and large binoculars, is Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN, who was then assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance. USNHC # NH 104540. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama114kEx-Alabama (BB-8) officers pose with gas masks, on the ship's after deck in September 1921, immediately before the commencement of the bombing tests in which the former USS Alabama was the target. Those present include officers of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and a foreign navy (in white uniform, second from left). Most of the gas masks are marked with a numeral 3 at the top, and one has a numeral 4 in that location.USNHC # NH 104541. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama82kMontage of six photographs taken during the early phases of September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show the ship before the bombing began, a U.S. Army Martin bomber laying a smoke screen near the ship, and smoke screens near the ship and enveloping her.USNHC # NH 104538. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama99kMontage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show the ship under attack with phosphorus bombs. In two of the photos (middle-right and lower-left) the sunken hulk of ex-Indiana (BB-1) is visible in the left distance.USNHC # NH 104539. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama86k Montage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show the ship being enveloped by a smoke screen during the second day of the tests, a simulated torpedo attack by four U.S. Army Martin bombers, the explosion of two 300-pound bombs on the ship's forecastle, and damage caused by the explosion of those bombs. USNHC # NH 104542. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama114kMontage of six photographs taken during the September 1921 aerial bombing tests in which the former Ex-Alabama (BB-8) was the target. These views show demolition bomb attacks on the ship, which was sunk in shallow water as a result of damage received from these and other bombs.USNHC # NH 104543. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama57kView on board the sunken wreck of the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in Chesapeake Bay, after she had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September 1921. This photograph looks forward from to starboard of the forward 13"/35 gun turret, showing the deck blown upward as a result of a bomb explosion inside the bow. USNHC photograph # NH 52583. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960.
BB-8 Alabama52kView on board the sunken wreck of the Ex-Alabama (BB-8) in Chesapeake Bay, after she had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September 1921. This photograph looks forward from the stern, showing the after 13"/35 gun turret and "cage" mainmast. USNHC photograph # NH 52584. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960.
BB-8 Alabama50kOfficers examine damage on the ship's deck, during bombing tests in which she was the target, September 1921. The smoke may come from remnants of a phosphorus bomb. At left, with his back to the camera, is Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN, who was then serving with the Bureau of Ordnance.USNHC # NH 104544. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-8 Alabama233k The Ex-Alabama (BB-8), as seen on 24 September 1921. The photo shows the effects of two hits by 300# bombs on the bow of the ship. Source: National Museum of Naval Aviation, Photo No. NNAM.1987.096.004.008. via Mike Green.
BB-8 Alabama235kEx-Alabama (BB-8) begins to heel over after being hit by 1,000- and 2,000-pound bombs while being employed as a target hulk by the USAAC, Chesapeake Bay, 15 September 1921. USAAF photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
BB-8 Alabama
010821t		 NR 2,000-POUND AERIAL BOMB SINKS HISTORIC ALABAMA (BB-8)
Alabama listing and going down following the explosion.
Another historic fighting ship of the U. S. navy has served its last in the interest of progress in naval warfare. The historic battleship Alabama sank off Tangier Island, Va., in the Chesapeake Bay, recently, after being struck amidships by a two thousand pound bomb from an army plane flying overhead. The bombing, which was done late in the afternoon, required light, so the aviators were forced to drop phosphorous bombs first. 		Image and text provided by Indiana State Library.
The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 07 October 1921, Image 14, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama NR KNELL OF BATTLESHIPS.
The historic battleship Alabama (BB-8) sank off Tangier Island, VA., in the Chesapeake Bay, recently, after being struck amidships by a two thousand pound bomb from an army plane flying overhead. The bombing, which was done late in the afternoon, required light so the aviators were forced to drop phosphorous bombs first.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 09 October 1921, SUNDAY MORNING, Image 22, & Image and text provided by University of New Mexico via Albuquerque Morning Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 17 October 1921, CITY EDITION, Image 3 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 AlabamaNRSALVAGING OF ALABAMA (BB-8) REVEALS AIR BOMB TOLL.
The wreck of the battleship Alabama, shown between two salvage craft, which are trying to raise it from Tangier Sound, after years beneath the waves.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 08 August 1926, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama
010826w		 NR What was left of the old battleship Alabama (BB-8) after it was sunk by Army air bombers in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay was raised the other day for scrap. This shows what the bombs did to the superstructure and the bow section. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 05 September 1926, Image 64, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-8 Alabama118k Ship's hulk being scrapped at the Union Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 June 1928. Alabama (BB-8) had been sunk in bombing tests in September 1921 and had to be raised for scrapping. Note the cofferdam used to seal her hull amidships, and the dished-in side plating caused by near-miss bomb explosions.Photograph # 19-N-11926, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Brownson, Willard Herbert, USN (USNA 1865) :RADM16.10.1900 - 03.11.1902
02CAPT. Davis II, Charles Henry, USN (USNA 1864)03.11.1902 - 04.10.1904
03CAPT. Reeder, William Heron, USN (USNA 1867)04.10.1904 - 21.12.1905
04CAPT. Comly, Samuel Pancoast, USN (USNA 1869) :RADM21.12.1905 - 17.10.1907
05CAPT. Veeder, Ten Eyck DeWitt, USN (USNA 1873) :RADM17.10.1907 - 20.10.1908
06LCDR. Magruder, Thomas Pickett, USN (USNA 1889) :RADM20.10.1908 - 17.08.1909
 Decommissioned17.08.1909 - 17.04.1912
07CAPT. Oliver, James Harrison, USN (USNA 1877) :RADM17.04.1912 - 01.07.1912
08CDR. Latimer, Julius Lane, USN (USNA 1890)11.10.1911 - 01.07.1912 also BB-5, BB-6, BB-7
09CDR. Preston, Charles Francis, USN (USNA 1891)01.07.1912 - 04.03.1913
10LCDR. Joyce, Myles, USN04.03.1913 - 31.05.1913
11CDR. Latimer, Julius Lane, USN (USNA 1890)31.05.1913 - 14.05.1914
12LCDR. Roper, Walter Gordon, USN (USNA 1898)14.05.1914 - 23.05.1914 also BB-5, BB-6, BB-9
13CDR. Enochs, John Matt, CDR (O-in-Ch) USN (USNA 1901)23.05.1914 - 01.07.1914 in Ordinary
14LT. Bullock, Charles Herbert, USN24.09.1914 - 26.11.1914
15LT. Kessler, Robert Wood, USN26.11.1914 - 05.06.1915
16LT. McCracken, John James, LT (O-in-Ch) USN (USNA 1904)05.06.1915 - 16.06.1915
17CDR. Lyon, Frank, (O-in-Ch) 1USN (USNA 1894)16.06.1915 - 04.01.1916
18LT. Wickersham, Darrell Palmer, USN (USNA 1904)04.01.1916 - 01.06.1916
19CDR. Luby, John McClane, USN (USNA 1894) :RADM01.06.1916 - 19.06.1916
20CDR. Carter, James Francis, USN (USNA 1891)19.06.1916 - 23.04.1917
21CAPT. Pollock, Edwin Taylor, USN (USNA 1891)23.04.1917 - 28.01.1918
22CAPT. Watson, Edward Howe, USN (USNA 189528.01.1918 - 08.01.1919
23CAPT. Kimberly, Victor Ashfield, USN (USNA 1899)08.01.1919 - 07.05.1920
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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