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THE NEW YOKK DIPS HER BOW
The launching of the great armored cruiser New York at Philadelphia the other day was the chief event so for recorded in the history of the new American navy, and it was deemed highly appropriate that the vessel, because of its name, should be christened by a New York girl.
The maiden chosen for the honor was the eighteen year old daughter of J. Seaver Page....Helen Page, who is a stately blond, wore a tailor made gown of peacock blue silk, trimmed with black hat to correspond. Trimmed with violent tinted feathers and jet, and in her hand she carried a bunch of violets. |
Image and text provided by The Kootenai Herald. & The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 03 December 1891, Image 7, & New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 November 1896, Image 37, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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THE BIG CRUISER
New York, Beautifully Launched at Philadelphia Yesterday.
Under the Stars and Stripes, and She Cost Three Million Dollars. Coal Enough to Go Round the World.
The United States armored cruiser New York was launched this afternoon from the yard of the Cramp Ship Building Company, in the presence of 15,000 people, included among whom were the Secretaries of the Navy, Treasury and Interior Departments, United States Senators, Congressmen, high naval officials and representative business and professional men from all parts of the country.
Miss Helen Page, daughter of J. Seaver Page, Secretary of the Union League Club, of New York, broke the traditional bottle of wine upon the great steel ram of the cruiser as she slid from her wooden cradle into the Delaware river, and christened her New York.
| Image and text provided by West Virginia University.
Photo from Wheeling Register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 03 December 1891, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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FASTEST IN THE WORLD.
Trial Trip of the Armored Cruiser New York.
Philadelphia, March 26. With the proud distinction of having broken the records of all preliminary trials and of being the fastest armored vessel in the world the cruiser New York returned to the Cramps' shipyard this morning.
Despite the heavy rain and biting wind 5000 enthusiastic cheered the war ship as she backed out into the stream and stood down the river on her trial trip. Captain Sargent acknowledged the salutes with the powerful siren whistle, and the mighty $3,000,000 ship was headed down the Delaware. Then arose another
wild shout as the four powerful engines began to work and the water was crushed into foam astern.
The maximum pressure of steam carried was 120 pounds. Starting with forty-five revolutions a speed of ten knots was attained until Greenwich point was passed. After this the new vessel warmed to her work. At ninety-five revolutions the speed increased to 17.5 knots, deluging the vessel with spray.
The vessel glided through the water as lightly and noiselessly as a yacht, however, and scarcely a vibration was felt throughout the ship.
On the first trial the course from the five-fathom bank lightship to the north-east end lightship, a distance of 9.88 nautical, was covered in 29 minutes 38 seconds, which means a speed of 28.03 nautical miles an hour. On the second trial, returning over the same course, the time was 29 minutes 51 seconds, or a speed of 111.87 nautical miles.
The average of the two trials was 19.95 miles an hour.
The cruiser was then headed eastward into deeper water. On a run of four consecutive hours she maintained a speed of 20.38 knots, reaching as high as 20.57 as the water deepened. The New York then steamed to the shipyard. She will be ready for her official trial within three weeks..... |
Image and text provided University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]), 1865-1918, 18 April 1893. Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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New York (ACR-2) in like namesake city, circa 1893-1901. |
Photographer Edward H. Hart, courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Company, Digital Id det 4a14499 loc.gov |
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If you like your warships with a beautiful paint job, then this isn't your ship: Starboard quarter view while underway. |
Darryl Baker |
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Armored cruiser New York (ACR-2), circa
1889.
Library of Congress digital ID det 4a04864
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Mike Green |
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New York (ACR-2) sailors relaxing on the forecastle, in 1898, seen from the masthead. Note: Wind sail anchor stowed decorated capstan cowl vents.
Photo & text courtesy of history.navy.mil
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Captain Chadwick and officers of the cruiser New York (ACR-2) circa 1890's.
Image #LC-D4-20755) courtesy of the Library of Congress |
Bill Gonyo |
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The cruiser New York (ACR-2) ship's tailor takes time out from his duties to pose for a picture with his shipmates circa 1890's.
Image #LC-DIG-det-4a14554 courtesy of the Library of Congress |
Bill Gonyo |
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Port bow view while at anchor on 18 May 1893, location unknown.
Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.5850.04333 |
Mike Green |
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Port side view while at anchor on 14 July 1894, location unknown.
Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1920.04971 |
Mike Green |
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New York (ACR-2) at anchor in 1895.
Photo Imperial War Museum.
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Robert Hurst |
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Photo of a group of sailors aboard New York in 1896.
Library of Congress
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New York, 7 miles off Key West, Florida. |
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THE ARMORED CRUISER NEW YORK FIRING ON A COAST GUARD OF SPANISH CAVALRY OFF CABANAS, APRIL 2.
From a drawing by Carlton T. Chapman in Harpers Weekly.
| Photo via history.navy.mil
Image and text provided by Rhode Island Digital Newspaper Project.
Photo from The Evening Tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 12 May 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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NEW YORK CAPTURES THE BIG STEAMER PEDRO.
Merchantman Raced in Vain to Get Away and Was Caught Near Havana. |
Image and text Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New York Evening Journal , (New York [N.Y.]) 1897-1909, 23 April 1898, (NIGHT SPECIAL. WAR EXTRA), Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Drawing by Carlton Theodore Chapman |
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CRUISER NEW YORK IN HER WAR PAINT.
The big cruiser New York was was one of the first ships to don her war paint. White was too good a mark for Spanish gunners, and the New York was given a drab coat to make her less conspicuous against a background of sea water. |
Image and text provided by Rutgers University Libraries.
Photo from The Monmouth Inquirer. ,[volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 19 May 1898, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Drawing by Carlton Theodore Chapman |
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Stern view of the New York (ACR-2) at the New
York Navy Yard, 1898, with ladies visiting the ship. The original photograph
was published on a stereograph card by the International View Company,
copyrighted by C.L. Wasson, 1899. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100315.
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ADMIRAL SAMPSON AND HIS FLAGSHIP
The Cruiser New York, Pride of the Americaa Fleet. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The National Tribune. , [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 19 May 1898, Image 1 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Drawing by Carlton Theodore Chapman |
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AMERICAN SHIPS AT SANTIAGO.
Torpedo-Boat Porter, Massachusetts (BB-2), Cruiser New York, Flagship, Texas. Iowa (BB-1), Cruiser New Orleans, Cruiser Marblehead. |
Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from Richmond Dispatch. , [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 05 June 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S VICTORIOUS FLEET FIRING A SALUTE AT GRANT'S TOMB.
New York gave a royal welcome to the victorious squadron of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. When the armored cruiser New York (ACR-02), the flagship of Rear Admiral Sampson; the armored cruiser Brooklyn (ACR-3), the flagship of Rear Admiral Schley; the formidable battleships Massachusetts (BB-2), Oregon (BB-3), Iowa (BB-4), Indiana (BB-1) and Texas began their parade through New York bay and up the North river, they were surrounded by a monster fleet of excursion boats and tugs profusely decorated with Old Glory. The battle scarred ships were also decked with bunting, and as they steamed slowly along they were greeted by the booming of cannons from the pleasure yachts and the shrill shrieks of the whistles of the excursion fleet.
Proceeding up the North river, the New York floating Rear Admiral Sampson's flag, was in the lead. Then came the mammoth cruiser Brooklyn, with Rear Admiral Schley's new flag floating proudly at her fore truck, and, following the Brooklyn in the order named, were the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the Iowa, the Indiana and the Texas.
When the fleet of cruisers and battleships reached Grant's tomb, the guns that spoke at Santiago were again heard in a grand national salute of 21 guns. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Record-Union. (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 26 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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New York (ACR-2) off New York City during
the victory fleet review, August 1898.
From Colliers Spanish American War, published 1898
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Dan Wilmes |
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Starboard bow view most likely off New York City during the victory
fleet review, August 1898.
Caption on photo:
"Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles.
No. 997."
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b18684 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b18684
CONTROL #: 2003656191
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-71300 (b&w film copy neg.)
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Tom Kermen |
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The Marine Guard stands at attention aboard the cruiser New York (ACR-2) circa 1899.
Image #LC-D4-20771 courtesy of the Library of Congress |
Bill Gonyo |
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New York (ACR-2), Admiral William Thomas Sampson's son and "Pitch" the ship's mascot 1899.
Image # LC-D4-20761 courtesy of the Library of Congress |
Bill Gonyo |
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New York (ACR-2), a Navy gun crew, poses for an anniversary of Santiago, Cuba 1899.
Image #LC-DIG-det-4a14571 courtesy of the Library of Congress |
Bill Gonyo |
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Close up of the narrow and exposed bridge and pilot house of the New York (ACR-2) on 5 July 1899.
Library of Congress, Photo #LC-D4-20733 |
Mike Green |
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Bar Harbor, Maine, 6-13 August 1899. Note the Flag Officers'
pennant on the after mast. From the collection of Raymond Strout |
Jonathan Eno |
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Ships of the North Atlantic Squadron attended by tugs proceed up the Hudson River in route to Riverside on 29 September 1899 as part of a two day event honoring Admiral Dewey. In the foreground is the New York (ACR-2) followed by other ships of the squadron; among them were various private watercraft & five revenue cutters.... |
John Spivey |
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ADMIRAL DEWEY HEADS A MOST MAGNIFICENT MARINE PAGEANT
More Than Three Million Spectators Witness the Passing of the Nation's Heros on the Bridge of the Olympia, Followed by a Great Fleet of Warships and a Thousand Vessels of Peace.
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Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 September 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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THE NEW YORK COALING AT SEA FROM THE COLLIER MARCELLUS. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 November 1899, Image 37, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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COAL REIGNED SUPREME AT THE NAVAL WHARF
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Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo courtesy of The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. [volume] ((Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands), 11 November 1902, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Entering dry dock at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard.
Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. |
Darryl Baker |
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Entering dry dock 1 at Bethlehem Hunter's Point shipyard.
Photos are marked as being taken on 11 June 1903. |
Darryl Baker |
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Charlestown Navy Yard from the water, Boston, Mass. Photo shows on the left the cruiser New York (ACR-2) decommissioned 31 March 1905 for modernization. On the right is the Prairie, an auxiliary cruiser originally the Morgan liner El Sol. She was in and out of Boston 1901-1906. (Source: C. Seavey, 2016) |
Photographer Edward H. Hart, courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Company, Digital Id det 4a17859 loc.gov |
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New York, center of photo. Decommissioned and undergoing modernization, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA, 1906. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018914 |
Michael Mohl |
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Saratoga (ACR-2) in 1911, probably at Shanghai. Ex-New York, renamed 16 February 1911. Her stacks were raised in the early 1900s.
Photo & text courtesy of history.navy.mil
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Saratoga (ACR-2) in the "Dewey" Drydock, Olongapo, Philippine Islands, circa 1914-1916. |
Photo NH 88581 & text provided by history.navy.mil
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VETERAN CRUISER IS GOING HOME FROM ORIENT
Saratoga Sampson's Flagship in Spanish war. Calls Here Bound for Bremerton. |
Image and text provided University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]), 1912-2010, 25 January 1916, 2:30 Edition, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Asiatic Fleet warships off Chefoo, China, circa 1914-1916. Ships present
are (from left to right):
Galveston (Cruiser No. 17);
Bainbridge
(DD 1); and
Saratoga (ACR-2).
Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 88587.
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Saratoga leaving the far-east for the US. Photo taken from
the
Brooklyn. Note the Homeward Bound pennant flying from the after
mast. Caption on back of photo reads:
"This is the Saratoga as she left here the First of January for
US. You can see the long Silk Pennant. It reached clear to the water
and was made of over 400 yard of Silk. The Saratoga is now at Mare Island
Navy yard California for repairs. We expect to go to Olongapo on the
20th"
From the collection of Roy H Williams.
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Roy Williams |
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Bow view of the Rochester in 1917,
anchored in an unknown location.
Library of Congress, LC-B2-3001-14
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Mike Green |
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Rochester (CA-2) photographed on 14 April 1923. |
Photo 80-G-464248 & text provided by history.navy.mil
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Rochester (CA 2) passing through the Gaillard Cut in Panama circa 1925. From the William C. Davidson Collection.
Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #UA 557.06.01 |
Mike Green |
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Rochester (CA-2) Fore Funnel removed, 1927. |
Photo NH 108354 & text provided by history.navy.mil
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Officers and crew Rochester (CA-2), circa 1930. |
Photo 2014.33 & text provided by history.navy.mil
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Historic Ship to Be Scrapped
The cruiser Rochester (CA 2) (above), which, when known as the New York, served Admiral Sampson (inset) as his flagship during the Battle of Santiago and is the oldest fighting ship in the American Navy, is to be scrapped as part of the new economy program sponsored by President Hoover. The Rochester's upkeep has averaged about $770,000 annually and it has been listed as obsolete since before the World War It has been serving as flagship of the Special Service Squadron in Central American waters. The Rochester will be decommissioned pending disposal as junk. Sixteen other craft are to be retired under the naval economy.
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Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo courtesy of The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 04 December 1931, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Imperial Japanese Navy armored cruiser HIJMS Izumo at anchor in the Huangpu River, Shanghai, 1932. The armored cruiser Rochester (CA 2) is anchored to the left. Photographer unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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The decommissioned cruiser Rochester at Olongapo
in the Philippines, 1938 or 1939. |
David Wright |
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The decommissioned cruiser Rochester at Olongapo
in the Philippines, 1938 or 1939. |
David Wright |
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Aerial view or the U.S. Navy Olongapo Naval Station, Subic Bay, Philippines, on 27 October 1941. The old armoured cruiser Rochester (CA-2) is alongside the dock, with several Consolidated PBY patrol planes on the adjacent seaplane apron. Rochester had been decommissioned on 29 April 1933. She remained moored at the Olongapo shipyard for the next eight years. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 October 1938, and she was scuttled on 24 December 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese. Note the strange arrow above Rochester (it does not point north). |
Image 80-G-178319 and text provided by history.navy.mil via wikimedia.org.
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Sampson Medal awarded to New York crewmembers. |
Tommy Trampp |
