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472k | Katahdin Steam Cutter for Harbor Defense Ram, 22 December 1891. Note: The dimensions shown on the drawing are way smaller than those listed in the specifications. | National Archives Identifier: 75842408 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | ||
732k | 3 views of the Katahdin Steam Cutter for Harbor Defense Ram. | From the Scientific Amerian Magazine of 1898 Supplement, courtesy of David Upton. | ||
433k | Port quarter view of the Katahdin ready for launching on 4 February 1893 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. | Source: Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1570.04274 via Mike Green. | ||
407k | Bow view of the Katahdin ready for launching on 4 February 1893 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. | Source: Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1570.04272 via Mike Green. | ||
354k | 4 February 1893, snowy New England day, as the Katahdin is prepared for launching. | Source: Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1570.04273 via Mike Green. | ||
293k | 1893 Lithograph by Fred H. Cozzens of the Katahdin, Iowa (BB-4) & schooner rigged gunboat Machias (PG-5). | USNI photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory). | ||
1.18 | Sketch of the Katahdin underway, 1893. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from wikimedia.org |
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3.14k | TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS THE RAM KATAHDIN LAUNCHED, And the Indiana (BB-1) Nearly Ready. Both Formidable Battleships. Description of the Vessels. | Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC. Photo from The Watchman and Southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 15 February 1893, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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136k | A line drawing of the Katahdin, as completed. | Photo courtesy of Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, collection of Robb Jensen. | ||
1.48k | United States Ammen Ram Katahdin in Action. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 27 July 1893, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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4.15k | The Katahdin, designed to sink any battleship, is a veriable Nautilus. She can strike a blow and not feel it. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo from The Morning Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 03 January 1895, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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424k | Artist's sketch of the Katahdin in action. | Courtesy of maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca via commons.wikimedia.org. | ||
784k | HOW WE WILL SINK THE CRISTOBAL COLON By a Naval Officer Aboard the Ram Katahdin | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 01 May 1898, Mailable Edition, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||
NR | THE KATAHDIN A VESSEL FOR WHICH FOREIGN NATIONS HAVE NO MATCH | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 01 May 1898, Image 45, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | IS A QUEER CRAFT Ammen Ram Katahdin The Only Vessel of Her Kind. Built for Offensive Work Only - Calculated To Do Extensive Damage | Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 10 May 1898, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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1.00k | Halftone photograph of the Katahdin taken circa 1896-98. | Photo from The American Navy with Introduction and Descriptive Text - Reproductions of Photographs - Belford, Middlebrook & Co. - Chicago, 1898, submitted by Thomas Becher. | ||
62k | Crewmen of the Katahdin standing by her forward superstructure, 1898. The original photograph, taken by J.F. Jarvis, was printed on a stereographic card. Note sheet metal ladder on the ship's "turtle back" hull side. | USNHC photo # NH 94258. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1983. | ||
76k | A decommissioned Katahdin sits in port, possibly at Philadelphia Navy Yard sometime after 8 October 1898. | Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group 19-N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell. | ||
599k | Katahdin ramming a vessel. Reproductions of a painting, by Koerner & Hayes, circa 1897-98. | USN photo # Lot 4812-2, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com. | ||
663k | Katahdin in New York between 1896 and 1901; the armored cruisers New York (ACR-2) and Cincinnati ((C-7) are in the background. | Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a13901 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | ||
111k | Undated port quarter drawing of the Katahdin underway. | Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group 19-N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell. | ||
279k | Katahdin at anchor, c1899. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a03643 by Edward H. Hart, courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | ||
927k | Colored print of the Katahdin. | Photo courtesy Darryl L. Baker. | ||
1.02k | Katahdin sits moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1901. | Photo LC-DIG-det-4a13904 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | ||
1.10k | Pictured are ships moored at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. circa 1907. From right to left are the decommissioned ships Katahdin, cruiser Columbia (C-12), & the Minneapolis (C-13). The Columbia was re-commissioned on 22 June 1915 and the Minneapolis 2 July 1917. | Photo i.d. courtesy of Joseph Longo via Aryeh Weterhorn & Tom Bateman. Photo courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Company via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division courtesy of Bill Gonyo. |
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NR | THIS IS WHAT THE RAM KATAHDIN WAS EXPECTED TO DO. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 06 January 1907, Magazine Section, Image 40, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | ||
NR | The million dollar target. | Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library. Photo from The Calumet News. (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 13 October 1909, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | Will Test Twelve-Inch Projectile As in Battle | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 09 February 1911, Last Edition, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | Former Naval Scrappers Now Headed For The Scrap Heap | Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL. Photo from Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 11 March 1911, Image 12, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | OLD "RAM" KATAHDIN TO BE TARGET The ship was reported sunk in 1909. | Image and text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR. Photo from East Oregonian (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 06 March 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | RAM KATAHDIN IS SUNK. Used as Target to Test Resistance of Armor to 13-Inch Shells. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 13 April 1916, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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