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BB-29 USS NORTH DAKOTA

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Keel Laying / Commissioning 1907 - 1910
012973	1.14k	The ship structure, showing Battleship North Dakota (BB-29), Fore River Ship Yards Quincy, Mass.		Photo courtesy of digitalcommonwealth.org
012907k	2.50k	Greatest battleship started. The keel of the North Dakota (BB-29) the first of the American battleships designed to be greater than the British Dreadnoughts, was today laid at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at 10:10 a. m. on December Xmas. Laying the keel of the North Dakota (BB-29) at Fore River Yards, first of the American dreadnoughts - 20,000 tons.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 26 December 1907, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Photo from the Bain News Service, Library of Congress Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-139012. Photo courtesy of loc.gov.
012907b	2.30k	Beginning the "North Dakota (BB-29)," Fore River Yards, Dec. '07 (The American Dreadnought" - 20,000 tons).		Photo from the Bain News Service, Library of Congress Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-139011. Photo courtesy of loc.gov.
	563k	BIG BATTLESHIP WILL BREAK AMERICAN BUILDING RECORD Keel laid 16 December. 17.50% Completed today. BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) AS IT WILL LOOK WHEN COMPLETED		Image and text provided by University of New Mexico. Photo by Albuquerque Citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 16 March 1908, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	878k	THE ALL-BIG-GUN 20,000 TON BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) CROSS SECTION OF NORTH DAKOTA SHOWING PROTECTION AFFORDED BY HEAVY ARMOR AND COAL STORAGE.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 23 April 1908, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	New Battleships of the Dreadnought Type; Does the Peace of the World Depend Upon Them? The Delaware (BB-28) is shown under construction at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA. The North Dakota (BB-29) is shown as she will appear when completed.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 24 October 1908, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.80k	UNCLE SAMS NEWEST BATTLESHIP Big Fighting Craft Soon to Be Launched at Quincy Point		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 29 October 1908, Last Edition, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	The North Dakota (BB-29) is to be launched next Tuesday at Quincy, Mass. Picture shows the new military masts of steel latticework and the latest efficent arrangement of the guns.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 November 1908, Image 52 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST PEACEMAKER Great Prow of Biggest Yankee Fighter Ever Built Struck the Waters at Fore River, Mass., today and was christened the North Dakota (BB-29) by Miss Mary L. Benton of Fargo. The great battleship started down the ways amid a breathless silence. The bottle of champagne, red with silk ribbons, had been attached to the bow. Rear Admiral Bowles, who had been watching the preparations with the trained eye of an expert of many launchings, told Miss Mary Benton to be ready. The huge hull began to move. "I christen thee North Dakota," shouted the fair sponsor in solid, clear tones, and smash went the bottle of champagne against the steel side of the battleship. If she stood on end, the battleship North Dakota would be the same height as the Washington monument and nearly twice that of the Flat Iron building. The powers of the engines will be equal to that of 6,000 horses or a string of them 40 miles long if they were harnessed one ahead of the other....		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican.[volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 10 November 1908, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012908c	NR	Fair Daughter of North Dakota Who Has Been Chosen to Christen the King of Uncle Sam's Armada MISS MARY L. BENTON Popular Fargo Girl who has been signally honored by being named sponsor for the battleship North Dakota (BB-29), which will be launched on Nov. 10. Miss Benton is the charming and cultured daughter of Col. and Mrs. John D. Benton. Colonel Benton is one of the prominent pioneers of the state and is at the present time a member of Governor Burke's staff.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican.([volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 17 October 1908, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	485k	Launching of the North Dakota (BB-29) at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 10 November 1908. Note that the ship wears a bow decoration, a feature removed before her completion.		Photograph # NH 93814, courtesy of the Submarine Force Library & Museum, Groton, Connecticut via Robert Hurst & Scanned from Conway's Battleships: Revised Edition, edited by Ian Sturton.
	318k	Entitled Unknown at Fore River. Photo of the bow of the North Dakota (BB-29) & bow spirit.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Views from Fore River 1903; Photo # LS1036 by Warren S. Parker from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
	NR	BIGGER, SWIFTER, MORE DEADLY IS UNCLE SAM'S NEW DREADNOUGHT THAN ENGLAND'S THE NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) AS SHE LOOKED JUST BEFORE SHE GLIDED INTO THE WATER. MISS MARY BENTON, OF FARGO, N. D., WHO CHRISTENED HER		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo from The Spokane Press. (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 13 November 1908, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	LAUNCH OF NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) UNCLE SAM'S GREATEST WARSHIP CHRISTENED. Is Most Powerful Battleship of Dreadnought Type and Marks New Epoch in Construction of Naval Vessels.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.) 1900-1911, 11 November 1908, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	ARE OUR LATEST BATTLESHIPS REALLY DREADNOUGHTS OR PRACTICALLY DERELICTS? Authorized Board of Investigation Contradicts Charges of Naval Officers Regarding Value of the North Dakota (BB-29)		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.) 1902-1939, 22 November 1908, Magazine Section, Image 38, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	79k	Installing a 12"/45 gun in a battleship gun turret. This is probably Turret # 3 of either Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29). The view may have been taken while the ship was under construction, circa 1909-1910. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A handwritten inscription penciled on its reverse ("Franklin") has no obvious bearing on the subject of the photo.		Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 105785, Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
	NR	UNITED STATES NAVY'S LATEST DREADNOUGHT This picture shows the new Dreadnought of the American navy, the battleship North Dakota (BB-29), as she will appear when she goes into commission. She will be the first of our battleships to be equipped with the new military masts, which are shown in the picture.		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Appeal. (Saint Paul, Minn.;) 1889-19??, 20 March 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	121k	Bonita (SS-15); Tarpon (SS-14); Narwhal (SS-17); and Snapper (SS-16); (listed from left to right). Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. North Dakota (BB-29) is in the right background, also fitting out.		Photograph # NH 99005, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	NR	Uncle Sam's First Two Dreadnoughts Which Soon Will Be Placed in Commission in East UNCLE SAM'S first two Dreadnoughts, the battleships North Dakota (BB-29) and Delaware (BB-28), are practically completed and soon will be in commission. The Delaware is now having her powerful guns installed at Newport News and the North Dakota is getting: ready for her trial at Quincy, Mass. These two leviathans differ from the other battleships of our navy in many respects aside from their tremendous size. The most striking difference is noted in the long, rakish hulls, the absence of the high superstructures so predominant in the older ships and the five immense turrets which protect the ten twelve-inch rifles that each of the ships will carry. It is estimated that either the Delaware or the North Dakota with their high speed will be more than a match for any other three ships now in the navy. The North Dakota is to have her speed trials November 2, and if she comes up to expectations she will be a vessel to be feared by anything that floats the seas. These great fighting machines each cost $10,000,000.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.) 1900-1911, 15 October 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	414k	Fore River flag flies from the fore funnel.		Photo # 08_06_005159 courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
	221k	Old Glory & the Fore River flag fly forward fastened from foretop & fantail following a North Dakota (BB-29) trial run.		Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
	237k	North Dakota (BB-29) leaving for the Fore River for her trial trip off Maine coast.		Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
	288k	North Dakota (BB-29) on trial run from Fore River.		Photo 08_06_005134 courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
	1.18k	Running trials in early November 1909. Photographed by N.L. Stebbins, Boston. Note the five-inch gun mounted in a low sponson forward. This gun and sponson were soon removed. Note the Fore River flag flies from aft mast.		Text for insert i.d. via Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 44729. USN photo # 19-N-60-3-17, from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
	2.50k	NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) LEADS WORLD THE FASTEST DREADNOUGHT AFLOAT Battleship, with Parsons Turbines, Develops 22.25 Knots and 35,150 Horsepower		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.) 1866-1924, 05 November 1909, Image 1 & 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	1.96k	OUT FOR RECORD DESPITE ACCIDENT UNCLE SAM'S NEW DREADNOUGHT NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) BIG SEA FIGHTER CONTINUES TRIAL		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.) 1902-1939, 06 November 1909, Last Edition, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	NR	MISHAP MARS ENDURANCE RUN OF NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29). Tube Bursts in Boiler Room While Huge Dreadnought Is at High Speed. Four Men injured and Battleship Races Back to port With the Sufferers. Vessel More Than Meets All the Requirements Called for by Contract.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.) 1895-1913, 06 November 1909, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
012909e	NR	GREATEST BATTLESHIP In World - The North Dakota (BB-29) With Turbine Engines Breaks Speed Record For Her Class		Inspired by John Dapper. Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC. Photo by The Herald and News. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 09 November 1909, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	619k	Novel view of the mighty bulk of Uncle Sam's latest and fastest battleship, North Dakota (BB-29), 1909.		Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.) 1866-1924, 28 November 1909, Image 17 via flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress.
	438k	The New Battleship North Dakota (BB-29) Has Broken All Records for Ships of Its Class. Tube Bursts in Boiler Room While Huge Dreadnought Is at High Speed. Four Men injured and Battleship Races Back to port With the Sufferers. Vessel More Than Meets All the Requirements Called for by Contract.		Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo from The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 27 November 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	692k	U. S. BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) EXCITES ENVY Turkey Now Proposes to Expend $100,000,000 for a Navy.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The Montgomery Tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 03 December 1909, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012964	2.34k	North Dakota (BB-29) wearing her bow decoration before her commissioning between 1909 & April 1910.		National Archives Identifier: 45512576 Local Identifier:165-WW-334A-52 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
012913	4.22k	North Dakota (BB-29) on builders trials at Fore River, Mass., 1910.		Photographer: Committee Public Information. E. Muller, New York, N.Y. National Archives Identifier: 45512570 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-49. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	NR	Terror of the seas slides from the ways. I christen thee Utah (BB-31). In a clear and musical voice spoke out Miss Mary Alice Spry as the worlds greatest death dealing monster slid from its ways and gracefully glided into its watery home. I christen thee Utah echoed the vast concourse of assembled guests and as the reverberations died away the workmen who for months had toiled to build the mighty vessel bowed their heads in awed silence and suddenly as would a victorious army their husky voices shouted back I christen thee Utah. Scene at launching recently of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29), a terror of the deep built much along the lines of the Utah.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 24 December 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	47k	Lifting 70-ton turbine rotor aboard the North Dakota (BB-29), 1909.		Photo Copyright MIT Museum.
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	1.20k	THE NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), ONE OF THE DREADNOUGHTS OF OUR NAVY, COMMISSIONED A FEW DAYS AGO This vessel of 20,000 tons looks as the Florida (BB-30) will when completed. The 26.000 ton Arkansas (BB-33) and Wyoming (BB-32) will also be similar in appearance. NEARLY EVERY GREAT POWER IN THE WORLD NOW HAS IN COMMISSION OR IS BUILDING ONE OR MORE OF THE DREADNOUGHT CLASS, WHICH COST ABOUT TEN MILLIONS APIECE.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.) 1866-1924, 24 April 1910, Image 20, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Eleven Foot Model of Battleship North Dakota (BB-29) Secured for State Fair by Cong. Hanna Exact Duplicate of the Greatest Battleship Now Floating the Seas, Complete in Every Detail, Will Be Star Attraction at Big Exhibition—Government Required $5,000 Bond to Insure the Safe Return of the Model		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican.[volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 31 May 1910, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Defects in Warship Armor Develop At top, two of Uncle Sam's largest and latest battleships, the North Dakota (BB-29) at top) and the Utah (BB-30) (at right). Scretary of Navy George Von L. Meyer		Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT. Photo from The Daily Missoulian. (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 17 July 1910, Morning, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Giant Battleship North Dakota (BB-29) Goes For "Shakedown" at Sea For "shaking down" the rough places and a general "tuning up" the Dreadnought North Dakota is at sea and on 5 Sept. will join the other vessels of the Atlantic battleship fleet for the annual target practice. It was at one time announced that the giant fighting ship was a failure, and perhaps it is to finally settle this question that the navy department has decided to make the severe test of a "trial" at sea under the most trying circumstances.		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo from The Wenatchee Daily World. (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 15 August 1910, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	A DRINK FROM SILVER SERVICE PUNCHBOWL FOR EVERY VISITOR TO BIG FAIR She Designs $10,000 Silver Service For Battleship North Dakota (BB-29).		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. & State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Tacoma Times.(Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 18 August 1910, Image 8, & The Evening Times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 19 July 1911, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Silver Service photos courtesy of Robert Hall.
	685k	BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) IS AFIRE.		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo by El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 08 September 1910, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.78k	View on deck of the North Dakota (BB-29) looking forward from aft, showing smoke from an oil tank explosion. The image bears a date that appears to be 8 September 1910. Photographed by F.B. Jones. The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.		Photo courtesy of digitalcommonwealth.org
	59k	Machinist Charles Church Roberts, USN had been awarded the Medal of Honor (whose ribbon he wears in this photograph) for "heroism in the line of his profession" during a fire on board North Dakota (BB-29) on 8 September 1910. He was a Machinist's Mate First Class at that time.		Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # NH 105428-B. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. Photo submitted by Bill Gonyo.
	NR	Big Battleship North Dakota (BB-29), Scene of Fierce Struggle Against Oil Flames. 3 KILLED, 7 HURT,ON U.S. WARSHIP		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside & Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.) 1900-1911, 09 September 1910, Image 1, & New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.) 1866-1924, 09 September 1910, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), HER COMMANDER, AND WASHINGTON MAN WHO WAS INJURED		Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 09 September 1910, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	692k	The battleship North Dakota (BB-29); Captain Albert Gleaves, her commander and map showing where an explosion of oil fuel on the vessel killed three and injured nine.		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo by The Marion Daily Mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 13 September 1910, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	202k	1st Div American Fleet in Portland Harbor: Identifiable ships include the two Delaware class (BB-28 / 29) battleships, Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29), with a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship to the left.		Digital ID ggbain # 15953. LC-B2-2903-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
	62k	Panoramic image (made from two individual views), showing U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships and auxiliaries in Guantanamo Bay, circa the early or middle 1910s. Ships present include (in left half of image): four Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleships, one South Carolina class (BB-26 / 27) battleship, one Delaware class (BB-28 / 29) battleship, two unidentified auxiliaries and a collier; (in right half of image): all six Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships, both Mississippi class (BB-23 / 24) battleships, two unidentified auxiliaries, hospital ship Solace (AH-2) and a gunboat.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 104537. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
	672k	THE FINEST DRYDOCK IN THE WORLD Uncle Sam is building a new dry dock, which, when completed, will be the finest in the world. This dock is being built at the Norfolk navy yard, Norfolk, Va., and the above photograph was taken from the fighting top of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29). This dock will be 732 feet long, and will be able to accommodate two ships as large as the battleship North Dakota at the same time. It is expected that. the dry dock will cost upward of half a million.		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo by El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 03 March 1911, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Coast Awaits Warships - Pacific Fleet Assured Four of the big battleships that probably will be seen in the Pacific before the close of the year. Georgia (BB-15), Louisiana (BB-19), Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29) will probably comprise one squadron of the battleship fleet which the navy department will order to the Pacific coast during the coming summer or fall.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.) 1895-1913, 09 April 1911, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	109k	Captain Charles Peshall Plunkett was the first Commanding Officer of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) after she was commissioned on 11 April 1910.		Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
	824k	NAVAL HEROES RECEIVE MEDALS FROM TAFT TAFT, as commander-In-chief of the navy, recently presented medals of honor to six members of the crew of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) for heroic action that probably saved that vessel from complete destruction. On 8 September 1910, after an explosion of oil, these men rushed into the boiler room, brought out the dead bodies of three comrades and successfully fought the fire. In the photograph, from left to right, they are: August Holtz of St. Louis, chief water tender; Thomas Stanton of Rhode Island, chief machinist's mate; Harry Lipscombe of Washington, Patrick Reid of New York, Karl Westa of Massachusetts, and Charles C. Roberts of Newton, Mass.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 13 June 1911, LAST EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	564k	Fire Perils Battleship Ohio (BB-12); Heroes Prevent Explosion. Great Dreadnought North Dakota (BB-29) and Other Warships Endangered		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo & text by The Salt Lake Tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 29 June 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012967	553k	Bakery, crew at work, Navy Yard, New York, 22 June 1911.		Photo courtesy of loc.gov
	NR	Naval Thunder and Lightning The Big 12-inch Guns of the Battleship North Dakota (BB-29), Which is Taking Part in the Great Maneuver Now on at Cape Cod.		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo & text by The Seattle Star.(Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 22 July 1911, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	584k	The 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
	188k	Admiral Togo visits the North Dakota (BB-29) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 15 August 1911.		Digital ID: # ggbain 09527v, LC-B2-2249-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	158k	Admiral Togo leaving the North Dakota (BB-29).		Digital ID:# ggbain 09526v, LC-B2-2249-12. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	1.86k	North Dakota (BB-29) at anchor in harbor, 1911. The Delaware (BB-28) is astern of her.		National Archives Identifier: 45513421 Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-058-001. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.02k	Great Fleet in New York Harbor Now Ready for Review The North Dakota (BB-29) is pictured along with the Connecticut (BB-18).		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 31 October 1911, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012929	1.94k	North Dakota (BB-29) at anchor, 1911.		National Archives Identifier: 45512568 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-48 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	NR	Jolly Tars Skating On Deck of Big War Vessel United States sailors at play. The photograph shows sailors of the North Dakota (BB-29), one of the battleships, at anchor in the Hudson river New York, roller skating on deck of the fighting vessel. The North Dakota is one of the battleships of the immense gathering of war vessels now mobilized in the Hudson river.		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo by El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 31 October 1911, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.10k	Sailors from the battleships mob mixed in New York harbor for review by President Taft and Secretary of the Navy Meyer in a boat race. The crew from the Georgia (BB-15) is leading, the Virginia (BB-13) second and the Missouri (BB-11) third. A launch from the North Dakota (BB-29) is in the foreground.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by The Mathews Journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House) 1903-1937, 09 November 1911, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	447k	North Dakota's (BB-29) bell is near the Long Arm System Emergency Station, 28 December 1911.		National Archives Identifier: 6281756 Agency-Assigned Identifier: F1043 N6 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	5.05k	Starboard view of the North Dakota (BB-29) underway in New York City harbor 1911 and 1915.		Library of Congress photo # LC-DIG-det-4a16256 courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Co. via Mike Green.
	679k	North Dakota (BB-29), Dents in Shell Caused by Dropping of Anchor - Starboard Side, 30 July 1912.		National Archives Identifier: 6038105 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	646k	Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, General View Looking South, North Dakota (BB-29), Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor, 1 August 1912.		National Archives Identifier: 6880465 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	780k	Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, General View Looking South, starboard view of North Dakota (BB-29), Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor, 1 August 1912.		National Archives Identifier: 6880467 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	781k	Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, General View Looking North, North Dakota (BB-29), The Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corp., Contractors, 1 August 1912.		National Archives Identifier: 6880558 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Various Views of the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson
012173m	4.51k	Mobilization of Atlantic Fleet at New York, 12 - 15 October 1912.		Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
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.
012173d	1.38k	Small boats join during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson.		Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
	1.05k	THE BIG FLEET READY FOR TODAY'S REVIEW-THE SHIPS, FROM LEFT TO BIGHT, ARE: NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), DELAWARE (BB-28), MICHIGAN (BB-27), SOUTH CAROLINA (BB-26), LOUISIANA (BB-19), KANSAS (BB-21), VERMONT (BB-20) AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (BB-25).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 14 October 1912, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	849k	North Dakota (BB-29) passing under the Brooklyn Bridge on the way to her review in the North River, circa October 1912.		AP Wire photoby Underwood X2 courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
	NR	SCENE 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.
	599k	Water Front, COB dock & Coal plant, looking N.E. Connecticut (BB-18) on the right, North Dakota (BB-29) appears on the left, 30 November 1912.		National Archives Identifier:6281407 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	554k	Water Front, Looking Northwest from Top after Mast, Wyoming (BB-32) in Dry Dock Number 4 on 3 December 1912. The North Dakota (BB-29) appears on the right, the Connecticut (BB-18) is pier side on the left.		National Archives Identifier: 6281653 Agency-Assigned Identifier: F672 N156 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	260k	Three crewmen atop fire control top on the North Dakota (BB-29), circa 1913.		Photo by Enrique Muller, Jr. Source: Library of Congress, Photo No. LC-USZ62-7453 via Mike Green.
012913s	1.88k	East Water Front of Navy Yard Looking East from Near Commandants Slip, The stern of the North Dakota (BB-29) appears on the right. Also present are Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), New York (BB-34), Arkansas (BB-33) & Wyoming (BB-32), 18 December 1913.		National Archives Identifier: 6038111 Agency-Assigned Identifier: F644 N108 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	93k	Group of officers and men posed on the boat deck of the North Dakota (BB-29), circa 1913-14. Among those present are: Captain Charles P. Plunkett, Commanding Officer (seated in center); Commander Orton P. Jackson; and Electrician's Mate 1st Class Mason Dunlap (seated at lower left).		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 85195.
Veracruz Incident
012919	2.73k	New York Navy Yard with snow along water front between Second and Third Streets, looking Northwest with the North Dakota (BB-29), 17 February 1914.		National Archives Identifier: 6126454 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.15k	U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach. OUR POWERFUL NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET This is to considered be the most powerful battle fleet in the world. Recently it returned from the Mediterranean and left Hampton Roads for the south. During the last battle practice each of the vessels made a record for herself while the flagship Wyoming (BB-32) broke the world's record at target practice. The photograph shows the nine ships in the order in which they usually sail. The Wyoming is in the lead at the right, and is followed by the Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), South Carolina (BB-26), Rhode Island (BB-17), Georgia (BB-15),and New Jersey (BB-16). The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the: Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), Michigan (BB-27), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35). In insets are (left to right): Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 60322. Insert PDF image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo by The Madison Journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 07 February 1914, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	593k	Coaling North Dakota (BB-29), 1910-15.		Photo # LC-B2-3036-1 & text from George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) via flickr.com.
012909b	1.54k	Coaling North Dakota (BB-29), 1910-15.		Photo Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-137317 courtesy of George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) via loc.gov
	782k	AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS IN FIGHTING LINE In This Photograph of Uncle Sam's Big Warships In Line of Battle with the Powerful Twelve-inch Guns of the Virginia (BB-13) in the Foreground. The Picture Was Taken Outside Hampton Roads During the Recent Target Practice. Note: The battleship in the foreground is a Delaware class (BB-28 / 29).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 16 April 1914, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) SAILS FOR MEXICO. FORCE IN GULF OF MEXICO AND ON WAY, 17,860 MEN.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 April 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) SAILS FOR MEXICAN WATERS; THOUSANDS CHEER THE BIG DREADNOUGHT.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 20 April 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	789k	MEN WHO MAY BE USED IN LANDING FORCE IN MEXICAN PORTS. A group of marines aboard the battleship North Dakota (BB-29).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 April 1914, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	507k	VERACRUZ TAKEN AFTER BOMBARDMENT PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE STURDY FIGHTERS OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET STEAMING OUT OF HAMPTON ROADS FOR MEXICAN WATERS LEFT TO RIGHT: THE OHIO (BB-12), THE VERMONT (BB-20), THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18), THE NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), THE DELAWARE (BB-28), THE FLORIDA (BB-30), THE UTAH (BB-31), AND THE ARKANSAS (BB-33).		Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene,OR. Photo from Medford Mail Tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, 22 April 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012928v	2.29k	Either the Delaware (BB-28), or North Dakota (BB-29) with other elements of the US Navy off Veracruz.		Photo courtesy of huntington.org. courtesy of Daniel Hacker.
	NR	Crew of the Battleship North Dakota (BB-29) Telling their Children "Goodbye" Before Sailing for Mexico to Engage in Battle.		Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo from Tulsa Daily World.[volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 23 April 1914, MORNING EDITION, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	632k	MAP OF NAVAL WAR ZONE SHOWING MEXICAN PORTS TO BE BLOCKADED Marines of the North Dakota (BB-29).		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH Photo from The Democratic Banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 24 April 1914, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.32k	SCENES IN CONNECTION WITH MEXICAN TROUBLE Photos of the battleships North Dakota (BB-29) & Michigan (BB-27) in action.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 24 April 1914, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012980a	NR	UNCLE SAM'S BATTLESHIP FLEET AT SEA An unusual photograph of our first line of defence steaming full speed ahead with their guns trained to port on an imaginary fleet. This picture was taken looking aft from the North Dakota (BB-29), of our battle fleet. The ship following is Delaware (BB-28).		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. PDF courtesy of New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]), 16 September 1917, 1866-1924 via loc.gov FYI, this photo originally appeared here Atlantic Fleet taken from North Dakota (BB-29), 1914. Photographer: Enrique Muller Jr. National Archives Identifier: 45512574 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-51. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	295k	Uncle Sam's Great Fighting Ships on Way. View of One of the Finest War Crafts Shown Leaving New York Harbor for Veracruz, on a Mission to Make Peace With Huerta. Battleship North Dakota (BB-29) Passing Under Brooklyn Bridge on Her Way to Mexican Waters.		Photo Copyright by Hearst-Selig Company. Image and text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR. Photo from The Gazette-Times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 14 May 1914, HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 24, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Mid 19 Teens
	413k	Deck view, October 1915.		Photographer: Committee Public Information. E. Muller, New York, N.Y. National Archives Identifier: 45512585 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-56. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	303k	North Dakota (BB-29) as modified in 1915. Wet casemate gun has been moved up to the superstructure 01 level, and the searchlights have been relocated to her derrick tops, all of the lights in one group to a side. Light towers, next to the aft stack, have been eliminated.		National Archives Identifier: 148727960 Local Identifier: 19-N-11454 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large.
	448k	Bridge of the North Dakota (BB-29), April 1915.		Photographer: Enrique Muller Jr. National Archives Identifier: 45512583 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-55. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	9.43k	Circa mid April 1915 panoramic photograph (looking west) of the Norfolk Navy Yard from the South Norfolk side of the river. Identified in the photograph are (left to right) two captured German raiders, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich, then, the super structure of a battleship {I believe Maine class (BB 10 / 12)}, two naval supply ships {I believe they are Proteus-class colliers}, and one more naval supply ship, {Neptune (AC-8) clearly marked} with two additional battleships {Delaware class (BB 28 / 29)} docked near it. On the far right side is Saint Helena Training Station in the Berkley section of Norfolk, Virginia.		Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.)
012815h	NR	ATLANTIC FLEET IN THE HUDSON The picture shows, reading from left to right, the battleships Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Michigan (BB-27), South Carolina (BB-26), Kansas (BB-21), Florida (BB-30) and Utah (BB-31).		Image and text provided by Rutgers University Libraries. Photo from Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 11 May 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	250k	OUTLINED AGAINST A CURTAIN OF DARKNESS A fleet of destroyers and torpedo-boats has now arrived at New York to join the heavy ships of the line. Altogether, about 50 vessels will be assembled when the ceremonies began next Monday. It is promised that the strained international relations will have no effect on the parade.		Photo by International News Service. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo & text by Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 13 May 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	106k	Captain Josiah Slutts McKean was the Commanding Officer of the North Dakota (BB-29) through most of 1915. He was interviewed here by a representative of the Forum.		Photo #15824v courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican.[volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 15 May 1915, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	823k	"These Quiet Ships Lying in the Harbor Have no Suggestion of Bluster About Them." - President Wilson The North Dakota (BB-29) is the first in line of battleships. On the left is the Dolphin, carrying the Secretary of the Navy. Ahead of her is the President's yacht, the Mayflower.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 18 May 1915, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	A powerful unit in the floating wall of steel which guards our coasts. The North Dakota (BB-29) cleared for action and stripped down to the bare decks, with her ten 12-inch rifles swung around to starboard and ready to fire a broadside.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Enrique Muller Jr, from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 14 September 1915, Image 25, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	255k	Postcard photo of what is probably the North Dakota (BB-29) cleared for action and stripped down to the bare decks, with her ten 12-inch rifles swung around to starboard and ready to fire a broadside.		Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	133k	North Dakota (BB-29) firing a broadside with her twelve-inch guns, prior to World War I. Mast details have been retouched in this photograph.		Photo is probably by Enrique Muller Jr. Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 73765.
012916e	NR	BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA NEEDS NEW ENGINES CAN BE PUT INTO COMMISSION IF APPROPRIATION NOW ASKED FOR IS GRANTED. Some little agitation has resulted from the fact that the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) is out of commission. Recently the executive board of the North Dakota Federation of Commercial Clubs sent a set of resolutions to our congressmen and senators asking that an effort be made to have the North Dakota again placed in commission......		Inspired by John Dapper. Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Ward County Independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 20 April 1916, Image 15, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	996k	GERMAN RAIDING CRUISERS ENTER BERTHS UNTIL END OF WAR The picture shows the Prinz Eitel resting in the back channel at League Island, interned under the guns of some of the heaviest units of the U.S. Fleet. The Kronprinz Wilhelm is now tied alongside of her, following her belated arrival from Norfolk. The Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29) is moored alongside of her.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Enrique Muller Jr, from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 3 October 1916, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	300k	CAMERA'S-EYE VIEW OF GREAT MASS OF FLOATING FORTRESSES BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS SEEN FROM THE TOP OF A MAST ON THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) AT LEAGUE ISLAND. Among the forest of masts closest to the camera lies the Indiana (BB-1) or Massachusetts (BB-2).		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 4 October 1916, Night Extra, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	976k	American Fleet in Atlantic Waters That Has Upheld Navy Traditions The photo was taken in very late 1916 or early 1917. Arizona (BB-39) is in the lead; next in line is Arkansas (BB-33), followed by North Dakota (BB-29) and Wyoming (BB-32). Beyond that, the bow-on silhouettes are too indistinct for an ID.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Photo from Page 378 from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings: Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial"(New York: New York Times, Co., 1919) via flickr.com/library of congress.
	4.06k	Steaming in formation with other Atlantic Fleet battleships, next in line is Arkansas (BB-33), followed by North Dakota (BB-29) during gunnery practice. The same ships are in the same configuration and the same order. The smoke is drifting off to the same side. This would suggest that the two photos are covering the same event. (Contrary to the original caption on this photo, the ship following Arizona can't be either Florida (BB-30) or Utah (BB-31) since neither was flush decked and neither had a raised turret that far separated from the after mast.)		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 95244 now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of H.E. Coffer.
Over There 1917 - 1919
	50k	Part of the North Dakota (BB-29) crew on leave, June 1917. Included in the photo is the contributor's father, Philip J. Robare (2-27-1897 / 12-17-75) who served on board between 1917-19. Note: The following photographs were contributed by Philip H. Robare, RMCS, USN - RET.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	810k	June 1918 photo - Inspection on board one of the battleships. The men are required to lay out their hammocks and bedding. Stern view of a Delaware (BB-28 / 29) or Florida (BB-30 / 31) class battleship.		Photo by Kadel & Herbert. National Archives Identifier: 45510907 Local Identifier: 165-WW-325B-8 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	44k	North Dakota (BB-29) bag inspection circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	49k	North Dakota (BB-29) portside view, alongside unidentified Collier (AC), circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	31k	North Dakota (BB-29), crew loading coal on deck, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	50k	North Dakota (BB-29), receiving coal at sea, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	47k	North Dakota (BB-29), crew receiving coal from a Collier (AC), circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	40k	Part of the crew of the North Dakota (BB-29), posed alongside one of the 12"/45 caliber main turrets, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	47k	North Dakota (BB-29) receiving bags of coal, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	55k	View of the bridge from the starboard side along side of Collier (AC), Note the decorative tampion in the muzzle of the one of the 12"/45 caliber main turrets, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	180k	Bow view, port side of the North Dakota (BB-29) in Dry Dock, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	44k	North Dakota (BB-29) riding an ocean swell, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	33k	North Dakota (BB-29) immersed in an ocean trough, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	53k	The U.S. Sixth Battle Squadron on North Sea Patrol.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	61k	North Dakota (BB-29) stern view, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	49k	North Dakota (BB-29) and fleet race from Guantanamo, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	57k	North Dakota (BB-29) and fleet in formation, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	65k	Forecastle, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
012942	1.54k	North Dakota (BB-29) passing through the Culebra Cut, prior to 6 February 1919. This ship is not going to be surprised on her port side!		Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45512579 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-53. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	57k	North Dakota (BB-29) passing through the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	52k	In profile, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	43k	North Dakota (BB-29) firing a broadside, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	36k	North Dakota (BB-29) firing from two of her rear 12" turrets, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	43k	In the Panama Canal, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	132k	North Dakota (BB-29) crew on leave in Culebra, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	189k	A South - West view of the North Dakota (BB-29) passing through the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal, circa 1917-19.		USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
	124k	North Dakota (BB-29) marines, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	105k	North Dakota (BB-29) marines taking aim, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	65k	Winning fleet regetta, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	45k	North Dakota (BB-29) getting ready to fire, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	55k	North Dakota (BB-29) and the Utah (BB-31) baseball teams, Guantanamo, Cuba, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	70k	Officers and crew, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	38k	North Dakota's (BB-29) Marine contingent on deck, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	76k	North Dakota (BB-29) working party, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	51k	Florida (BB-30) and North Dakota (BB-29) at St. Kitts Island, circa 1917-19.		Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET
	60k	Tambo, blackface ala Al Jolson, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	43k	Target sled for observing shots, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	45k	North Dakota (BB-29) small boat alongside a seaplane, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	77k	North Dakota (BB-29), crew cleaning mess tables, circa 1917-19.		Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	477k	North Dakota (BB-29) and Crew in Panama Canal. Another battleship is in the distance.		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
012938	2.08k	Crew photo of a 3 or 4 syllable named battleship. The superfiring turrets indicate BB-26 or later. The older style anchor arrangement on the right side of the photo indicates BB-29 or earlier. So either BB-26 class or BB-28 class. Most of the features are covered by the sailors, but the higher searchlight arrangements on the BB-26 class would show if they were present. So this is a BB-28 class, but the visible features (or lack there of) won't allow me to pin down which one.		Photo i.d. via Richard L. Jensen. Photo courtesy of Charlie Vance.
	NR	Feeding Our Jack Tars On the High Seas When it's mealtime in the navy the jack tars seat themselves at tables of this sort, with everything all set and ready for them. Photo shows mess tables and messmen in casemates on the North Dakota (BB-29).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 12 August 1917, Image 52, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012941	1.72k	In the Panama Canal, passing through the Culebra Cut with all guns turned towards port (a good way to get rid of mosquitoes), circa 1919.		Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45512581 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-54. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
1919 - 1923
	66k	North Dakota (BB-29) is shown at sea during post World War One gunnery practice. Note the searchlight control platform under the searchlights abaft her funnel and the 3-inch guns atop her derrick posts. The small raised range-finder platform atop the conning tower was unique to this class. The large object on her stern is a battle practice target. A concentration dial is visible on her foremast, and the two superfiring turrets show deflection markings. The pattern of spray shows that the hull secondary weapons could be drenched even in relatively calm weather. Her thick black smoke was characteristic of coal burners. Note also the large armored range-finder (probably of 20-foot base) atop her No.3 turret and the much smaller one (probably of 5-foot base) atop No.4 with a spreader for radio antennas atop No.5.		National Archives / USN photo. Text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
	1.30k	North Dakota (BB-29) at anchor, probably in Virginia.		US National Archives photo # 80G-1035060 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
013989	2.03k	Arizona (BB-39), Sao Paulo, (Brazilian battleship) & North Dakota (BB-29) in an unidentified port. Photo dates from June 1918, when Brazil sent Sao Paulo to the United States for a full refit that was not completed until 7 January 1920. The date is probably early 1919 & the port is Norfolk, VA.		Photo UA 420.02, courtesy of history.navy.mil Partial text via en.wikipedia.org
	1.78k	"American dreadnoughts & super-dreadnoughts steaming into New York harbor 14 April 1919." The Texas (BB-35) leads the procession with a airplane on her turret catapult. Note the escorting biplane. The "escorting" aircraft is either a Curtiss HS-1 or HS-2 (note the single engine) can't tell which from the photo. The aircraft on a fly-off platform atop the No. 2 turret of the Texas is 1 of 6 Sopwith Camels purchased from Britain at the end of the war. The platforms were a British concept designed to provide the fleet with an aircraft capable of reaching the high flying Zeppelins which the German Navy occasionally used as scouts. The Texas was the only US Battleship to be fitted with turret fly-off platforms while in Europe and was the test bed for this program in the US Navy. Not visible in this view is a stripped down (No fabric and no wings) Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter lashed atop the No. 3 Turret. The platforms were eventually mounted on all 14" gun BB's through the New Mexico (BB-40 / 42) class (with mixed reviews from their commanders) and carried either a Hanriot HD-1 or a Neiuport 28. Though equipped inflatable floats for water landings, this tended to do a lot of damage not the least of which was dowsing a hot engine in cold salt water. By 1920 a successful compressed air catapult was developed and were being mounted on the aft deck of all 4 turreted battleships and fly-off platforms were removed. The Texas and New York (BB-34), because of their 5 Turrets, lacked the deck space for the catapult and had to make do with a float plane (Vought VE-7) sitting on the aft deck which would be launched by lowering it over the side for a surface take-off. If you look carefully at this photo you see the VE-7 on the deck and the A-frame hoist used for handling it.		Photo by Paul Thompson. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
	1.00k	THE NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) AT ANCHOR IN THE HUDSON.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. PDF courtesy of New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 16 April 1919, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	How the Atlantic Fleet looked to the camera man in a seaplane flying over lower Manhattan a week ago yesterday morning as the mighty armada came up the bay to anchorage in the Hudson off Riverside Drive for a two weeks' vacation after months of strenuous maneuvers in Southern waters. The destroyers Dale (DD-290) and Flusser (DD-289) are shown leading the column of eight dreadnoughts: Oklahoma (BB-37), Nevada (BB-36), Arizona (BB-39), flagship Pennsylvania (BB-38), Utah (BB-31), Florida (BB-30), North Dakota (BB-29) and Delaware (BB-28) past the Statue of Liberty at a fifteen-knot clip. In addition to the big battleships, the fleet includes thirty-two destroyers, numerous supply ships and several submarines. The Atlantic battleship fleet is home: again. Here are the twelve great first line fighting ships that are paying Father Knickerbocker a two weeks' visit. Over a hundred of Uncle Sam's grim sea warriors gray the North River, while their 30,000 sailor-men are given the freedom of the city in a royal welcome home. The Battleship Mississippi (BB-41) leading the fleet into the harbor, as photographed from an airplane. Note the airplanes atop the forward and aft turrets.		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 April 1919, Image 48. courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	531k	Mascot Worries Are Over As Gobs Get Gift of Monkey		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Evening World.(New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 01 May 1919, Final Edition, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.43k	Navy Lacks Men; Only One Battleship Fully Manned DEFENDINGIn the United States today in active sea service there is exactly one warship, the 20,000-ton battleship North Dakota (BB-29), built in 1910. Capt. Thomas J. Senn commanding. With headquarters at Guantanamo, Cuba, Captain Senn commands the entire force that is ready to engage an enemy in either the Atlantic or Pacific. The North Dakota not only is able to navigate the sea at its full 21-knot speed, but could fire every one of its ten 12-inch guns and 14 6-inch guns.		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. PDF courtesy of The Bemidji Daily Pioneer.(Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 17 November 1919, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	67k	In the Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta, 18 December 1919. A British battleship is moored beyond North Dakota (BB-29).		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 77197 photograph from the scrapbooks of Fred M. Butler.
	117k	Captain Thomas Jones Senn was the Commanding Officer of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) in 1920.		Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
	350k	1920 picture showing that she still hasn't received her full peacetime boat complement. Visible are life rafts mounted on turrets and on her hull side. Rafts were found, by wartime experience, to be a liability in a battle. They were easily destroyed by shellfire and could contribute to crew casualties with splinters when they were struck and exploded by enemy rounds.		USN photo.
	49k	"Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay, 21st January 1921". Right section (of three) of a panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana. Among the ships present in this image are (from left to right): Sicard (DD-346), Hatfield (DD-231), North Dakota (BB-29), Delaware (BB-28), Brazos (AO-4), Prometheus (AR-3), Utah (BB-31), Oklahoma (BB-37), Bridge (AF-1), Nevada (BB-36), Schenck (DD-159), Arizona (BB-39), Black Hawk (AD-9), Dickerson (DD-157), Dahlgren (DD-187), Herbert (DD-160), Columbia (CA-16), Cleveland (PG-33), Tacoma (PG-32), Semmes (DD-189) and one other destroyer.		Photo # NH 86082-C, courtesy of Naval Historical Center, Naval Historical Foundation, D.H. Criswell Collection.
	89k	North Dakota (BB-29) sailor.		Photo courtesy of North Dakota State Historical Society via Bill Gonyo.
	NR	KING NEPTUNE VISITS THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) The sailors of the Atlantic fleet observed the time honored custom when crossing the Equator of staging a visit from King Neptune and raising the "Royal Flag". Neptune in a royal sea chariot drawn by sea horses and with a trident in his left hand and a dolphin in his right came over the bow the ship. The royal party inspected the ship's crew and then held court. Davy Jones and Peg Leg hauled offenders before His Majesty. The royal barber inflicted the punishment assisted by two dentists. The guilty ones were given a thorough pickeling with the royal grease, then thrown into the royal swimming pool. After the ceremonies Neptune returned to the royal domain under the waters of the Equator.		Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo from The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 21 March 1921, HOME EDITION, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.14k	U.S. Navy ships prepare to watch the Billy Mitchell bombing experiments, 20 July 1921. The ship at the far left is Ohio (BB-12). Moving to the right, the next two are the Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29), but the photo is not clear enough to tell which is which. The next BB (closest to the camera) is the Utah (BB-31), and the ship at the far right side of the photo is the Florida (BB-30).		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen. Image courtesy of National Archives, Washington, DC. via oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.
	1.06k	North Dakota (BB-29) in the harbor of Charleston, Massachusetts, 1921.		USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
	2.35k	North Dakota (BB-29) docked next to a pair of mine layers at Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts.		Photo i.d. courtesy of John Spivy. Photo # 08_06_005240 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
013021	650k	Florida (BB-30) steaming in line abreast with two other ships of Battleship Division FIVE, Atlantic Fleet, during an exercise in about 1921. The other ships are Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29). Photographed by A.E. Wells.		USN photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
	663k	Rotogravure Photo entitled Mighty American Dreadnoughts Under Full Power Plowing through Turbulent Waters Off The Coast of Scotland Florida (BB-30) with other vessels of the Naval Academy practice squadron running into rough weather while passing to the North of Scotland while en route from Copenhagen to Glasgow. She is followed by Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29).		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 54181 and text.
	NR	The scrap heap or to be sunk as a target will be the fate of the North Dakota (BB-29) (above) as soon as the two battleships of the West Virginia class are completed, according to the naval treaty signed by the powers Thursday.		Image and text provided by Indiana State Library. Photo & text by The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram. (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 07 February 1922, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012901	871k	Delaware (BB-28) (left) and North Dakota (BB-29) in middle chambers Gatun Locks, 14 June 1922.		Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 100996504 Local Identifier: 185-G-962. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
012910	1.20k	North Dakota (BB-29) passing in Gaillard Cut 15 February 1923.		Record Group 185:Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 Series: Photographs of the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1887 - 1940 File Unit: Construction of the Panama Canal - Volume 4 National Archives Identifier: 100996490 Local Identifier: 185-G-955 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	819k	Panoramic photo of the U.S. fleet in Panama Bay (Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal) on 1 March 1923. 70 vessels are viewed; the Battle Fleet consists of all U.S. battleships from the Delaware (BB-28) through the Idaho (BB-42).		Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Copyright R.G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z." .
	99k	Florida (BB-30) entering Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia in 1923. She is followed by two other U.S. Navy battleships. The other two battleships might be the Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29). DANFS records that they made midshipmen cruises to Europe during that time before they were decommissioned later in the fall.		Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # NH 54180.
	1.05k	Six weeks before decommissioning: North Dakota (BB-29) in port in Norfolk, Virginia, 2 October 1923.		Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.) via Andrew Payne.
	27k	Underway, starboard view. Looks as if all her rear turrets are empty. Circa 1924.		Photo courtesy of Jon Burdett.
	NR	NORTH DAKOTA SILVER SERVICE The silver service, given to the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) by the people of North Dakota and recently returned to the state to be placed in the state museum, is shown above as it appeared in the Memorial building on Capitol Hill during a public reception held Friday, 30 July. In the lower picture, left in right, are L. F. Crawford, superintendent of the state historical society; Governor A. G. Sortie, Mrs. Sorlio, Justice John Burke of the state supreme court, who was governor at the time the service was placed on the battleship; Mrs. Florence H. Davis, historical librarian. The lower picture was taken as the state officials prepared to drink a toast to the health to the state of North Dakota.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Bismarck Tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 24 August 1926, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
012947	3.62k	Record Group 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000 Series:Photographs of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1890 - 1952 U.S. Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., Substation S-1, Yard Labor. North Dakota (BB-29) 1 March 1928 awaits the future as her masts & funnels rise above the roofs in the left center of the photo.		National Archives Identifier: 52560491 Local Identifier: 181-V-3379. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	84k	Reeder, N.D. newspaper article dated 19 March 1930 concerning the fate of North Dakota's (BB-29) bell.		Photo courtesy of Robert Hall via Fabio Pena.
	691k	North Dakota (BB-29) at the breakers being dismantled.		Photo by CWO4 Cecil Wood USMC, contributed by his son Donald Wood via Gary Priolo.
	NR	As North Dakota (BB-29) Waits for Scrapper’s Torch Above at the left is shown the once proud battleship North Dakota as it waits in the "Isle of lost" ships at Baltimore to be scrapped. At the lower right is a picture of the ship as she appeared in the days of her glory, while above is a general view of the dismal "isle" in which the North Dakota is spending her last days. The silver service from the ship was returned to North Dakota, which donated it, and now is on exhibition in the state historical museum here.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by The Bismarck Tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 03 August 1931, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	911k	Ex-North Dakota (BB-29) photographed on about 5 June 1932 while being broken up by Union SB Co., Baltimore, MD. The ship was sold for scrapping 16 March 1931; breaking up began on about 15 February 1932 and was completed on 1 May 1933 (after at least one suspension that ran until 3 October 1932).		Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 90777 via Mike Green.
	461k	Model of the North Dakota (BB-29) from the North Dakota Historical Society display in the state capitol building, Bismarck. (If any one can take it out of the display case so we can get a better picture of it, please do so!)		Photo courtesy of Robert Hall.
	371k	A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991.		USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

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Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Plunkett, Charles Peshall, USN (USNA 1884) :RADM	11.04.1910 - 12.07.1910
02	CAPT. Gleaves, Albert, USN (USNA 1877) :ADM	21.07.1910 - 23.11.1911
03	CAPT. Wilson, Henry Braid, USN (USNA 1881) :ADM	23.11.1911 -
04	CAPT. Plunkett, Charles Peshall, USN (USNA 1884) :RADM	31.12.1913 -
05	CAPT. McKean, Josiah Slutts, USN (USNA 1884) :RADM	09.01.1915 -
06	CAPT. Field, Harry Ashby, USN (USNA 1883) :RADM	02.12.1915 - 01.01.1916
07	LT. Miller, John Paul, (O-in-Ch), USN (USNA 1906)	01.01.1916 -
08	CAPT. Crose, William Michael, USN (USNA 1888)	00.00.1916 -
09	CAPT. Senn, Thomas Jones, USN (USNA 1891) :RADM	24.09.1918 - 00.01.1920
10	CAPT. Trench, Martin Edward, USN (USNA 1893)	24.09.1920 -
11	CAPT. Reeves, Joseph Mason (Bull), USN (USNA 1894) :ADM	00.04.1922 - 00.00.1923

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