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35k | Port side, Undated. | USN | ||
28k | Port side, Undated. (dark) | USN | ||
31k | Stern View showing stern guns. | USN | ||
34k | Port Side, Undated. | USN | ||
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90k | Starboard side view at anchor, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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444k | Port side view while at anchor, date and location unknown. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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349k | Colorized postcard, date and location unknown. | Arnold Putnam | |
acr0358 |
126k | Port quarter view of Brooklyn while in drydock, date and location unknown. | David Wright | |
acr0345 |
227k | View of unique bridge structure and forecastle deck of the
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) looking aft from the bow sometime
circa 1896-1901.
Library of Congress, Photo #LC-D4-21067 |
Mike Green | |
120k
92k |
Stereoview of a sailor pointing out damage sustained during the Battle of Santiago. | Tommy Trampp | ||
acr0350 |
100k | Port Bow view of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) in League Island Navy Yard dry dock 1896. Library of Congress. |
Tommy Trampp | |
acr0323 |
231k |
Stern view of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) in League Island Navy Yard dry dock 1896. Library of Congress, LC-D4-20178 |
Mike Green | |
acr0352 |
989k | League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. USS Brooklyn spar deck. Circa 1898. Detroit Publishing Company. |
Ron Reeves | |
acr0344 |
189k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) circa 1898. USN photo |
Robert Hurst | |
56k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) At the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, 1898. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Collection of the New York Naval Shipyard. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91960. |
USNHC | ||
70k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) In New York Harbor during the Spanish-American War victory naval parade, August 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 63096. |
USNHC | ||
64k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) In New York Harbor during the victory fleet review, August 1898. USS New York (Armored Cruiser No. 2) is in the left background. The original photograph was copyright by George P. Hall & Son, New York, 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 61500. |
USNHC | ||
50k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) Returns to the U.S. from Cuban Waters, August 1898. Her crewmen are waving to the photographer. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by Strohmeyer & Wyman, New York, 1898. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100345. |
USNHC | ||
51k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) Steaming in the New York naval parade, August 1898, upon the return of the fleet from Cuban waters. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the American Stereoscopic Company, copyrighted by R.Y. Young, 1899. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100290-A. |
USNHC | ||
acr0317 |
95k |
Starboard bow view most likely off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898. "Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles. No. 977." REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA |
Tom Kermen | |
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693k | News article "The Brooklyn's War Lessons" from the Salt Lake Herald, 28 August 1898. | Michael Mohl | |
29k | Starboard bow view, 1898, flagship of the "Flying Squadron", Commodore Schley commanding. | Tommy Trampp | ||
acr0351 |
164k | "Next" -- Barber shop scene on board USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser # 3) in 1898. Note that this shop uses a portable barber's chair, set up in Brooklyn's windlass room. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 56595. |
Robert Hurst | |
3K
3K |
In keeping with a tradition from the Civil War, the Citizens of Brooklyn, N.Y. wished to honor the Sailors and Marines who served aboard the USS BROOKLYN, Commodore Schley's flagship and one of the major combatants at the naval Battle of Santiago. In order to do so they struck a fine heavy bronze medal and presented them to the crew of the vessel. | Tommy Tramp | ||
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212k |
Berth deck cooks aboard cruiser USS Brooklyn, 1899. Library of Congress |
Dick Carter | |
58k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) In drydock at the New York Navy Yard, 1898, with men working over her side. Note rudder and starboard propeller. Original photograph was copyright 1899 by R.Y. Young. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, Corte Madera, CA, 1971. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 73613. |
USNHC | ||
acr0339 |
207k | Photo caption: "The Boatswain, and battle-scarred Capstan, - Admiral Schley's Flagship "Brooklyn." Dated 1899 | Tommy Trampp | |
201k | Starboard Side, 1899. Image # (19-A-25-15) | National Archives | ||
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249k | Bar Harbor, Maine, 6-13 August 1899. From the collection of Raymond Strout. | Jonathan Eno | |
59k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) Sailors and Marines on the cruiser's forecastle, with mascot goat, 1898. Note details of pilothouse and bridge, improvised gunport shields on her forward 8" gun turret, and very odd "flathat" worn by one sailor. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card, copyright by C.L. Wasson, 1899. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(Ret), 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 93704. |
USNHC | ||
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148k | Port bow view while in New York Harbor, copyright by Enrique Muller, 1901 and published by The Rotograph Company of New York. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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123k | USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) being towed into her mooring dock at Melbourne, Australia, April-May 1901. State Library Victoria, Photo #H91.325/414 |
Mike Green | |
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112k | Photo shows the Russian cruiser Gromoboi (left) and the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) (right) at Port Melbourne in April-May 1901 for the Federation celebrations. State Library Victoria, Photo #H83./5 |
Mike Green | |
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143k | View of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) looking over the heads of crowd on shore towards armored cruiser. The Brooklyn was moored in Melbourne during the Federation Celebrations, as part of her cruise to Australia and Dutch East Indies (10 April-7 August 1901). State Library Victoria, Photo #H2006.188/72 |
Mike Green | |
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179k | USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) in the Harbor of Cherbourg, France, to receive the remains of John Paul Jones for return to the United States, July 1905. Jones' casket, with its honor guard of American and French sailors, is being carried to the Brooklyn by the French torpedo boat in the foreground. From a painting by Reuterdahl, 1905. Based on sketches made from the Brooklyn's first cutter. NHHC Photo #NH 61813 |
Robert Hurst | |
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201k | USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb. 1913, during the American Marines mobilization to go to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. | Library of Congress | |
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132k |
USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb. 1913, during the American Marines mobilization to go to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. |
Library of Congress | |
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118k | USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb. 1913, during the American Marines mobilization to go to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. | Library of Congress | |
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127k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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91k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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81k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
acr0330 |
180k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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121k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Caption says "Coaling ship, Starboard lighter" From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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146k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Another Coaling view. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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112k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Gunnery practice. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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119k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Gunnery practice. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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114k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Target sleds being positioned. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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146k | WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Gunnery practice Observers. From the collection of Roy H Williams. | Roy Williams | |
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The armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) anchored off Vladivostok, in 1918. Photo by American official photographer. Photo #Q 69551 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Part of the American First World War Official Exchange Collection. |
Robert Hurst | |
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183k | USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) anchored off Vladivostok, Russia ca. 1918-1920 during the North Russian Intervention which supported the White Russian troops against the Bolsheviks. Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo #Q69552. |
Mike Green | |
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131k | USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) and HMS Suffolk at Vladivostok, Russia in 1919 during the North Russian Intervention which supported the White Russian troops against the Bolsheviks. Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo #Q97532. |
Mike Green | |
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2.5m | Photo of Brooklyn in Mare Island's dry dock #2 7 October 1920. The stern of Vigilant (YT 25) can be seen forward of the cruiser. | Darryl Baker | |
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1.7m | News article from “The Brooklyn Daily Eagle” dated 18 Jan 1922, page 1on the scrapping of the Brooklyn. | Jim McGovern |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Cook, Francis Augustus, CAPT | 1864 | RADM | 12/01/1896 - 04/1899 |
Jewell, Theodore Frelinghuysen, CAPT | 1865 | RADM | 04/1899 - 06/26/1899 |
Mead, William Whitman, CAPT | 1865 | RADM | 06/26/1899 - 12/13/1899 |
Todd, Chapman Coleman,CAPT | 1866 | 12/15/1901 - 10/31/1902 | |
Cowles, Walter Cleveland, LCDR | 1873 | 10/31/1902 - 06/05/1903 | |
Knox, Harry, CAPT | 1867 | 06/05/1903 - 04/21/1904 | |
Hawley, John Mitchell, CAPT | 1868 | 04/21/1904 - 10/11/1905 | |
Nazro, Arthus Phillips, CAPT | 1869 | 10/11/1905 - 08/02/1906 | |
Decommissioned | 05/16/1906 -04/12/1907 | ||
Collins, John Bartholomew, CAPT | 1870 | 04/12/1907 - 12/21/1907 | |
Decommissioned | 12/21/1907 - 05/02/1914 | ||
Christy, Harley Hannibal, CDR | 1891 | VADM | 03/02/1914 - 05/16/1914 |
Allen, William Henry, LT | 1901 | RADM | 05/16/1914 - 07/16/1914 |
Rhodes, Butler Young, LT | 1903 | 07/16/1914 - 12/1914 | |
Wallace, Levin James, CDR | 1892 | 01/16/1915 - 02/12/1915 | |
Christy, Harley Hannibal, CDR | 1891 | VADM | 02/12/1915 - 06/06/1915 |
Day, George Calvin, CDR | 1892 | RADM | 06/06/1915 - 05/07/1916 |
Althouse, Adalbert, CAPT | 1891 | 05/07/1916 - 07/01/1918 | |
Shapley, Lloyd Stowell, CDR | 1899 | 07/01/1918 - 03/15/1920 | |
Knox, Dudley Wright, CDR | 1896 | COMO | 03/15/1920 - 03/09/1921 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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