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	601k	Virginia (BB-13) & Atlantic Fleet Battleships entering Norfolk VA.		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	712k	US battleship fleet by night, Hampton Roads, Old Point Comfort, VA.		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
01mast	1.40k	Giant Crane Lift Battleship Tower at Newport News Shipbuilding		Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
	109k	Write is wrong. Kansas (BB-21) is written on the photo, but it is a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Ron Balko. Digital ID # ggbain 04456v, LC-B2-945-3. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
	409k	Photo shows mascot on a Connecticut class (BB-18/22-25) battleship amusing some of the sailors.		Photographer: Navy Dept., Bureau of Construction & Repair. National Archives Identifier: 45511021 Local Identifier: 165-WW-326D-5. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	296k	Searchlights being inspected on the cage mast of an unidentified battleships. Photographed through Mylar sleeve.		Collection of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. USN photo # Lot 5416-7, courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, via flickr.com.
	671k	Mine Laying - Taking mines aboard a U.S. Battleship, circa 1917-18.		Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45511568 Local Identifier: 165-WW-332D-1. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	466k	Mines on track, launching deck of a U.S. Battleship, circa 1917-18.		National Archives Identifier: 45511570 Local Identifier: 165-WW-329A-22. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	246k	Signaling by semiphore from one battleship to another, Brooklyn, Navy Yard, N.Y., circa 1917-18.		Photographer: Paul Thompson. National Archives Identifier: 45510498 Local Identifier: 165-WW-323E-018. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	233k	This is the latest type anti-aircraft gun used by the great dreadnaughts of the U.S. Navy. The gunners have target practice every day and kite targets are sent up from the ship, circa 1917-18.		Photographer:International Film Service. National Archives Identifier: 45510002 Local Identifier: 165-WW-321C-013. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	467k	Battleship Disguised as an Island		National Archives Identifier: 6997114 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	313k	PROPELLER FOR U.S. DREADNAUGHT IN THE MAKING Pouring the molten steel into moulds for propellers. This propeller is being made for a U.S. Dreadnaught soon to be launched, April 1918.		Photographer: International Film Service National Archives Identifier: 45549067 Local Identifier: 165-WW-507B-10. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	382k	MANUFACTURING PROPELLERS FOR U.S. NAVY VESSELS A finished blade weighing 15,000 pounds to be installed in a giant battleship which is soon to be launched, April 1918.		Photographer: International Film Service National Archives Identifier: 45549061 Local Identifier: 165-WW-507B-9. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	414k	Experiments on models of vessels to illustrate various methods of camouflage on different types of ships. Camouflage Department U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C. Lieut. Van Buskirk, U.S.N.R.F. in charge.		Photographer: Navy Dept., Bureau of Construction & Repair. National Archives Identifier: Local Identifier: 165-WW-70C-7. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	291k	Doubletime.		National Archives Identifier: 45510098 Local Identifier: 165-WW-321D-12. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	585k	Recruits looking over their new home. These mean are being transferred to a battleship, having completed their preliminary training. The canvas bundles at their feet contain bedding, hammock and clothes, 1 February 1918.		Photographer: Underwood and Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45512294 Local Identifier: 165-WW-333A-11. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	546k	Original Caption: Chicago's elevated Navy A recruiting eye-opener. A naval fleet, consisting of a battleship, submarine and a destroyer, Whirling along the elevated tracks between the regular trains. The boats were all manned by sailors and armed with big guns that rattled the windows in the skyscrapers as they boomed out their blank shots. The fleet is one of the recruiting stunts which is arousing recruits for the Navy.		Photographer: International Film Service. National Archives Identifier:45512282 Local Identifier: 165-WW-333A-5. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	753k	Original Caption: A fleet of model ships for study of camouflage. Depicts the camouflage department of U.S. Navy which was inaugurated at beginning of war in which all ships except battleships were camouflaged. The model room contains models of every description, transports, submarine chasers, colliers and merchant ships, all bearing some type of camouflage. The idea is to obtain a camouflage which would show up to best advantage on the high seas, February, 1918.		Photographer: Underwood and Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45510508 Local Identifier: 165-WW-323F-1. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	589k	Sailors repairing searchlights, 1917-18.		Photographer: Navy Dept., Bureau of Construction & Repair. National Archives Identifier: 45512414 Local Identifier: 165-WW-333D-1 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	661k	American battleship in drydock receiving a new coat of war paint, June 1918.		Photographer: Kadel & Herbert. National Archives Identifier: 45548695 Local Identifier: 165-WW-505C-4. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	333k	Making repairs on board a casting room of a battleship repair department.		Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45548705 Local Identifier: 165-WW-505C-009. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	510k	Storing Torpedoes on a US gunboat. That does indeed look like a BB turret center-left, and a turret barbette on the right. But there are simply not enough details visible to tell which ship. Since all of the ships from South Carolina (BB-26) to West Virginia (BB-48) (pre-Dreadnoughts are ruled out by the raised barbette in the photo) were built with underwater torpedo tubes, the torpedoes on deck don't narrow it down.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Photographer: Brown & Dawson. National Archives Identifier:45514067 Local Identifier: 165-WW-331E-1. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.04k	Scene on board a U.S. battleship for the motion picture "Stolen Orders, 1918.		Photographer: W.A. Brady. National Archives Identifier:45510236 Local Identifier: 165-WW-322B-013. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	831k	Scene on board a U.S. battleship for the motion picture "Stolen Orders, 1918.		Photographer: W.A. Brady. National Archives Identifier:45510238 Local Identifier: 165-WW-322B-014. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	460k	Navy - Mess - "Chow." The best part of the day on the battleship is when the boys crowd around the proverbial "groaning" board, 1918.		Photo by Western Newspaper Union. National Archives Identifier: 45511349 Local Identifier: 165-WW-328A-13. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	241k	Liberty Loan luncheon of the Fifth Avenue Association. Mrs. Chas. M. Schwab launching $500,000 worth of Liberty Bonds in a toy battleship and Chas. M. Schwabon her right. R. A. C. Smith, M. Friedman and Governor Chas. S. Whitman are seen in the photo. The luncheon was given in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. April, 1918.		Photographer: C. Curtis Photo News, New York City. National Archives Identifier: 45493729 Local Identifier: 165-WW-244C-17. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	675k	MINIATURE BATTLESHIP TO AID LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN. The miniature battleship Liberty used in the Liberty Loan campaign in Hoboken, N.J, April, 1918.		Photographer: International Film Service. National Archives Identifier: 45491078 Local Identifier: 165-WW-232B-37. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	308k	Gun configuration of a Nevada class battleship with 3 funnels, circa 1918-20.		Photo courtesy of digitalcommonwealth.org from the Leslie Jones Collection via Boston Public Library.
	1.53k	OUR BATTLESHIP BOYS 1st photo shows a Memorial Day Service being held onboard a Indiana (BB-1 / 3) or Iowa (BB-4) class battleship for those who had lost their lives at sea in World War I. 2nd photo shows Virginia (BB-13 / 17) class battleship after the moment of silence and recollection, the ship was then transformed into a movie theater for the entertainment of the servicemen.		Partial text & photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
	480k	Original Caption: "Chow" As an example of the stupendous task it is to keep the men board our battleships well fed, this enormous dish washer shows how the dishes are taken care of in a systematic manner in order to minimize the extent of the task.		Photographer: Western Newspaper Union. November 1918. National Archives Identifier: 45512400 Local Identifier: 165-WW-333C-1 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	426k	With the American High Seas Fleet in Southern waters. Sailors are shown putting up the floating targets at which the big and little guns on the dreadnoughts will roar as the ships sweep along in battle formation and at battle speed. An idle hour on the deck of one of Uncle Sam's leviathans. Notice that some of the men are putting in the time studying. The noses of two of the big guns just show on either side. To the rear are steaming other big ships on a practice cruise.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Sun. (New York, [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 10 March 1918, Pictorial Magazine, Section 4 Pictorial Magazine, Image 44, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	602k	This photo shows the novel battleship New York (BB-34) made by a plumber from pipe fittings. Just press a button and the "super-Dreadnought," which is electrically equipped, appears to be a live thing. Its propeller-buzzes, a dummy commander salutes, lights flash, guns roar, and a searchlight casts a piercing look about.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 17 March 1918, FINAL EDITION, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	306k	REMARKABLE PHOTO OF SNOW AND ICE COVERED BATTLESHIP. This most remarkable photograph was taken on a U.S. battleship while it was plowing the high seas. The deck is covered with ice and snow and the men are clearing it off. The guns can be seen projecting from the turrets and they too are covered with ice and snow, 18 March 1918.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood National Archives Identifier: 45512619 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-099. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	568k	OUR BATTLESHIPS CLOTHED IN WHITE MANTLE OF FROZEN SPRAY The big guns and the deck of this U.S. fighting ship are covered with a mantle of glistening white formed by frozen spray, 18 March 1918.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood National Archives Identifier: 45513866 Local Identifier: 165-WW-339A-003. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	888k	While Famous Boxers Engage in Thrilling Contests on Land Battleship, Navy Officers Gather In Many Recruits BOXING BOUTS LURE RECRUITS TO NAVY 20,000 Throng Union Square Park to see Spirited Contests on U. S. S. Recruit		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from the The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 05 May 1918, Section 7, Image 86, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	450k	On the bridge of an American battleship, a British signaler attached to the ship's staff taking in a message during World War I.		USN photo # Lot 9608-5, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com. Donation of C.H. Abbot, 1919.
	356k	Battleships in heavy seas, 1918.		USN photograph courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	865k	National Archives photo of a miniature camouflaged battleship in Boston. The caption reads: "Camouflaged model of battleship cruises at Boston. This diminutive reproduction of a battleship camouflaged in approved fashion is cruising along the Charles River at Boston, 15 May 1918".		National Archives & Record Administration (NARA) Record Group 165WW, NARA photo RG-165WW, Fiche 280, courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
	944k	BATTLESHIP OF FLOWERS LAUNCHED ON THE DELAWARE		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 30 May 1918, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	747k	The building of a battleship. This is the first of a series of drawings of two by Hugh Ferriss in charcoal to appear in The Tribune Graphic.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 9 June 1918, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	975k	The building of a battleship. The assembly room. This is the second of a series of two drawings in charcoal by Hugh Ferriss to appear in The Tribune Graphic. Unfortunately I believe this was all that was done.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 16 June 1918. Image 57, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
014344v	943k	Three gun armor plate turret for US Navy; 230 ton gross. The apertures for the guns are drilled out...		National Archives Identifier:45516211 Local Identifier: 165-WW-350A-28 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.govs
011214g	1.31k	Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pa. 12" and 14" guns and gun tubes on the right. About to begin the rifling of a 14" gun on the left.		National Archives Identifier:86717387 Local Identifier: 111-SC-56098. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.govs
01Anti-aircraft	2.32k	Navy - Gun Practice - Anti-aircraft guns on board a U.S. Battleship.		Photographer: Committee on Public Information, Washington D.C. National Archives Identifier:45512414 Local Identifier: 165-WW-324C-50. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
01searchlight	1.54k	Photo show sailors repairing searchlights, July 1918.		National Archives Identifier:45512414 Local Identifier: 165-WW-333D-001. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.40k	The Machinery of War A BIG gun shop of the Bethlehem Steel Company's plant at Bethlehem, Penn. Some of the great rifles that now swing round in United States battleship turrets were constructed in this plant and finished in this shop.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 7 July 1918, Image 39, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	287k	Mail Hour on U.S. Battleship. Postcard photo by Enrique Muller Jr: The caption reads: "First duty performed by Uncle Sam upon arrival in port".		Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	661k	Members of the Women's Camouflage corps painting the land battleship Recruit in Union Square, New York.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo courtesy of Mexico Missouri Message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 08 August 1918, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	597k	U. S. and British Fleets United GRAND FLEET LETTERHEAD Showing American and British insignia blended in harmonious design.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 11 September 1918, FINAL EDITION, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	831k	King George of England inspects an American battleship during World War One.		Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives. Accession number: 65-3876, courtesy of trumanlibrary.org.
	423k	Panoramic View of U. S. Fleet Off Coast of Brittany Before Departure for Home This is the first picture of the American fleet that performed long and gallant service in European waters to reach this country. It shows Vice Admiral Mayo's command riding at anchor off the coast of Brittany just before receiving orders to sail for home after the armistice was signed. These waters have been the scene of many a desperate naval battle. The great Spanish fleets that set out to conquer Britain centuries ago met their doom not many miles distant from this peaceful spot. During the last war the German U boats made specialty of infesting these waters awaiting the transports. The fast American and British cruisers, and destroyers patrolled these shore line regularly, while from the clouds fleets of hydro airplanes maintained an unceasing vigil.		Photographer: Int. Film Service Photo courtesy of National Archives Identifier: 45512675 Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-98. National Archives Catalog. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 24 February 1919, FINAL EDITION, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	638k	NAVY DIRIGIBLES KEEP WATCH FOR U-BOATS A navy kite ballon is shown passing over the fighting top of a superdreadnought somewhere on the Atlantic.		Photo i.d. via John Spivy. Photo by International Film Service National Archives Identifier: 20808452 Local Identifier: 165-WW-67C-009. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.32k	First of Our Fighting Ships Home The nine dreadnoughts, part of Beatty's Sixth Battle Squadron, praised by the British Admiral, to form the backbone of the great fleet on review in the Hudson in Christmas week.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 December 1918, Image 32, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01vfleet	1.53k	RETURNING FLEET ACCLAIMED BY AMERICA IN HUDSON RIVER REVIEW... The Grand Fleet steamed majestically up the Hudson while the river craft and factories along the shore roared the welcome with sirens and whistles....		National Archives Identifier:45513309 Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-003 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	756k	WIVES OF NAVAL HEROES RECEIVE HOMECOMING FLEET Among those who acted as reception committee to the homecoming fleet Thursday afternoon on board of the Mayflower were the wives of some of the Captains of the ships and that grand old lady, the wife of the late Admiral Dewey.....		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo courtesy of The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 28 December 1918, Final Edition, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.36k	WHEN AMERICA'S SHIPS COME IN Mounted upon a landing platform over a big gun turret in the upper picture is a seaplane poised as for flight, like a great bird. The lower picture shows the line of flag-decked battleships as they passed in review before Secretary of Navy Daniels and came to anchor in the Hudson River—the Sixth American Battle Squadron, home from 18 months' service in foreign waters.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo by Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 04 January 1919, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	289k	Original Caption: Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels confers with Navy heads. Secretary Daniels has conference with officers of returned battlefleet in his office at Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 4 January 1919. Rear Admiral Rodman outlined plan of destroying German fleet which surrendered to Grand Fleet of Britain and urged that enemy ships be destroyed. Standing, left to right:- Admiral Braisted; Admiral Blue; Capt. Christie; Capt. Bassett; Capt. McVoy; Capt. Dayton; Admiral McGowan; Capt. Stocker; Admiral Parks; Col. Theoll; Commander Foote and Commander Freer;- Sitting, left to right:- Admiral Mayo; Admiral Rodman; General Barnett; head of Marine Corps; Capt. Pratt; and Admiral Coontz. Secretary Daniels in center, foreground.		Photographer: International Film Service. National Archives Identifier: 45511988 Local Identifier: 165-WW-333D-1. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	634k	On a wintry morning, when the clouds hung low, our victory fleet, looming out of the fog, steamed proudly into the harbor. Beautiful gray phantoms, silent and swift and powerful. And leading the way came a stout little special patrol flying the flag of the Secretary.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 January 1919, Image 55, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	260k	Observation balloon aboard an American battleship, 1919.		Photographer:Committee on Public Information. National Archives Identifier: 20807812 Local Identifier: 165-WW-63D-003. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	834k	Unknown battleship firing broadside.		Photo 08_06_004679 courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via Sean Hert & flickr.com.
	500k	LAUNCHING AN OBSERVATION BALLOON from the deck of a battleship at sea.		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 05 February 1919, Night Extra Closing Stock Prices, Image 24, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	628k	GREAT AMERICAN FLEET COMING UP NEW YORK HARBOR		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 14 April 1919, Final Results Edition, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	597k	UNCLE SAM'S SEA FIGHTERS TO GET BIG WELCOME		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo from Perrysburg Journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 24 April 1919, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	831k	Arrival of New Pacific Fleet in Western Ocean First photograph showing the arrival of the Pacific fleet in the western ocean after its successful trip through the Panama canal. The fleet is shown swinging into battle formation before straightening it's course for San Diego. The passage of the big fleet between the oceans was made without the slightest hitch, and was an epochal test for the big waterway.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 14 August 1919, FINAL EDITION, Image 8, & The Washington Herald. 1906-1939, 20 August 1919, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	STRANGE MASCOTS OF THE FLEET Coxswain Caulkett and his goat mascot Shooter, on board the Kentucky (BB-6). Redhead and 14 Bore, parrot mascots belonging to C. B. M. Rolenhagen and Coxswain Curtis of the New Jersey (BB-16). Goat mascots Caliber and Anchor of the Wyoming (BB-32). Boatswain's Mate B. P. Holloway and a close-up of Frisky, the Panama sugar bear mascot of the battleship Alabama (BB-8). Seaman Du Bois and his Panama squirrel Creeper aboard the Maryland (BB-46).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 07 September 1919, Image 80, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	460k	THE PACIFIC FLEET LYING AT ANCHOR AWAITING REVIEW		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo courtesy of The Seattle Star.(Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 12 September 1919, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	661k	Burnell Poole - Painter of Ships		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 March 1920, Image 54, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	525k	A three months' cruise with the fleet to Europe, by James E, Abbe.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 March 1920, Image 67, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	600k	Supermen these! Five of them can shoulder a battleship's l6-inch gun. But it's one of the wooden guns from the navy's record breaking recruiting station, the famous land battleship of Union Square, Recruit, which has been recently dismantled.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 11 April 1920, Image 51, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	480k	Secretary of the Navy Daniels uses the new wireless telephone to send a greeting to Rear Admiral McDonald, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, from the Pennsylvania (BB-38), flagship of Admiral Wilson and of the Atlantic fleet, at anchor in the Hudson at Ninety-seventh Street. The Pennsylvania brought the navy's big boss up from Hampton Roads.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text courtesy of New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 9 May 1920, Image 53, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	900k	Not a shipwrecked crew at sea trying to rig a jury mast on a make shift raft, but a bunch of husky sailor lads of your Uncle Sam's navy at work in a heavy sea erecting one of the big targets used for gun practice by the battleships.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 30 May 1920, Image 49, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	711k	FEEDING PIGEONS AT CITY HALL Miss Violet Oliver, whom Admiral Hugh Rodman named as the official mascot of the Pacific fleet. She also is known as California's Raisin Girl.		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 30 July 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 20, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	921k	Scout Planes On Board Battleships		Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo & text courtesy of Abbeville Progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 21 August 1920, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01bake	NR	BATTLESHIP BAKERS As the mighty dreadnaughts of today have relegated the old battleships of Admiral Dewey's time to the back channel, so also has the modern bakeshop with its fresh white bread supplanted the time of hard-tack. Still, there are men in the fleet today who ate hard-tack in Dewey's " fleet at Manila and the bare mention of it...		Image and text provided by University of Florida. Photo courtesy of The Ocala Evening Star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 03 September 1920, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Part of United States Fleet in the Hudson A portion of the United States fleet now rides at anchor in the Hudson river. It will stay there for a short time to give the Jackies time to feel the big town. Back again the fleet will come on September 4th to stay until the 12th. Another week's visit from 25 September to 3 October another from 10 October to the 24th, and a final vacation from 30 October to 7 November before the ships put into their navy yards to get ready for the winter trip to Guantanamo.		Image and text provided by Indiana State Library. Photo & text courtesy of South Bend News-Times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 06 September 1920, Morning Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01atthemovies	NR	MOVIES - IN THE NAVY FROM FILM EXCHANGE TO BATTLESHIP		Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo & text by The Star-Progress. [volume] The Star-Progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 03 November 1920, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	649k	SINGING TO A WHOLE FLEET. Mme. Tetrazzini, famous Metropolitan opera star, warbling from her city apartment to every battleship in New York Harbor by means of the wonderfully ingenious radio telephone.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 12 December 1920, Image 56, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	970k	U.S. NAVY With the Fleet When you look out over the stern of a big dreadnought and see a line of regular he-ships following in battle formation, you just can't help swelling up and letting out a couple of man sized roars. A fair sea, a good breeze, and a line of battleships making fifteen to twenty knots, present the most inspiring sight any man can ask on this earth. Living with such experiences turns boys into men, gives them a grip on life makes real stuff of them. They work hard, they play hard, and we know that, if necessary, they can fight hard. Learn about your wonderful Navy. Be proud of it. It is respected by every country in the world. And it is yours; every bit your Navy.		Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo from The Herald. (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 16 December 1920, Christmas, Image 14, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	621k	This is an original 1921 halftone print of a U. S. battleship.		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
012212o	344k	This is an original 1921 halftone print of a drawing of a U.S. Navy battleship.		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
	724k	An inspiring view of the Pacific Fleet, accompanied by aircraft, taken along the west coast while the vessels were steaming toward the Panama Canal. These battleships meet the Atlantic Fleet in Cuban waters.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 13 February 1921, Image 65, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.42k	RETIRING U. S. OFFICIALS RECIPIENTS OF BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS FROM FRIENDS Navy Secretary Daniels receiving the oil painting of the dreadnought New Mexico (BB-40). Miss Marie Mcintyre presented it. At the right are Assistant Secretary Woodbury and O. W. Stone. Below. Vice President Marshall and his loving cup.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo & text by Grand Forks Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 09 March 1921, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	439k	Battleship turret of the San Marcos?		Photo courtesy of David Wright.
	1.25k	NAVY YARD SALUTES HARDING, GOING TO REVIEW FLEET		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 28 April 1921, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.40k	AIR AND SEA CRAFT IN REVIEW Battleship and blimp photographed from airplane during review of fleet by President Harding in Hampton Roads yesterday.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 29 April 1921, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	232k	Hampton Roads and Fortress Monroe, Where the Monitor Fought the Merrimac . The photo is not clear enough for me to be more specific than one Delaware (BB-28 / 29) class BB at left and two Connecticut (BB-18 / 22 - 25) class BB's toward the middle of the shot. If this photo really dates from 1923, there were no Connecticut class ships in commission, all of them being scrapped or on the West Coast. DANFS notes that the Deleware (BB-28) was at the Presidential Fleet Review at Hampton Roads 28 April 1921. If so, the Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22) & New Hampshire (BB-25) were still in commission then on the East Coast.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen. Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
	288k	Harding Reviewing Fleet		Image and text provided by University of New Mexico. Photo from The Evening Herald. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1914-1922, 08 May 1921, HOME EDITION, Image 23, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.15k	SCRAP BATTLESHIPS. U. S. PLAN SNAPSHOTS OF INTERESTING MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE COME TO MOMENTOUS ARMS MEETING FROM FAR CORNERS OF EARTH		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo from The Bismarck Tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 12 November 1921, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01parley	NR	Jewelled Portal of Avenue of Light Welcomes Arms Parley Delegates The Avenue of Light in Washington will present a brilliant spectacle on Armistice Day. The photograph shows the jeweled portal to the building where the Arms Parley will be held, it is located at 17th and B. streets. The two obelisks are 85 ft. high. The jewelled necklace, suspended between them, stretches across 86 feet, 6 inches of space. It consists of 37,000 jewels in many colors. The central sunburst shows the national flag and coats of arms of the eight visiting nations at the Arms Parley, The portal will be flood lighted with great searchlights. The entire Avenue of Light will be lined with Roman lamps, giving a torchlight flare. The display will last at least thirty days after Nov. 11.		Photo courtesy of misci.Museum of Innovation & Science Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo by The Chickasha Daily Express.(Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 09 November 1921, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01hughes	NR	GREAT CONGESTION AROUND ENTRANCE TO CONTINENTAL HALL WHEN DELEGATES ARRIVED FOR ARMS CONFERENCE ARRIVAL OF SECRETARY OF STATE HUGHES.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972,12 November 1921, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.23k	U. S. Proposes to Scrap Five Types of Capital Ships That Cost $99,535,000 Above, the Vermont (BB-20). Center, the Connecticut (BB-18) (left) and the Missouri (BB-11). Below, the Michigan (BB-27) (left) and the Virginia (BB-13). If the Hughes' proposal for the scrapping of battleships is carried out fifteen capital ships of five classes in the U. S. navy, the original cost of which was $99,535,000, will be destroyed. One vessel in each class is shown above. The Connecticut has one sister ship, the Louisiana (BB-19); the Vermont has three sister ships, the Kansas (BB-21), the Minnesota (BB-22) and the New Hampshire (BB-25); the Virginia four, the New Jersey (BB-16), the Georgia (BB-15), the Rhode Island (BB-17) and the Nebraska (BB-14); the Missouri one, the Maine (BB-10); and the Michigan one, the South Carolina (BB-26).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 20 November 1921, Sunday Edition, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.15k	How They Keep Track of Our Navy's Vessels Here is how Uncle Sam keeps track of every ship in the United States navy. Each one of the four walls of this room in the division of ship movements at the Navy department is covered with a large blackboard. Each wall is devoted to a different fleet, and the change in the movement is received and noted by wireless. Capt. E. C. Kalbfus is shown on the ladder making changes in the location of certain ships in the Atlantic fleet. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt (as in F.D.R. 32nd President)(left) and Rear Admiral W.. C. Cole, assistant chief of naval operations, are watching.		Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo from The Herald. (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 18 May 1922, Magazine, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01oldseadays	NR	OLD SEA DAYS AND NEW AS SEEN THROUGH THE WATCHFUL EYES OF A MAIN-TOP MAN EXTREMES in the men-of-war of Uncle Sam's Navy. At the top is the U. S. battle cruiser Lexington (CC-1), one of the super-ships that would be scrapped but for the fact that it is to be converted into an airplane carrier. Beneath it, the Hartford photographed recently and in 1864. Isaac B. Millner is shown at his desk in the National Museum and when he served with Farragut. The brig Spark of 100 years ago and next, Farragut's favorite picture, The Battle of Texel.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 04 June 1922, SUNDAY MORNING, Image 15, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	305k	Philadelphia Navy Yard, U.S. Sea Dogs in Storage, 15 June 1922. This photo is not clear enough to ID the BB's. The DD's to the right of the pier are in the same portion of the basin that previously held Kearsarge (BB-5) and Illinois (BB-7), so one can not be certain that the BB's in the background are in the same order as in the previous photo.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Photo courtesy of phillyhistory.org
	1.00k	THE SUNSET GUNS of a giant battleship of the Atlantic fleet at present anchored off New York harbor salute the dying day. The fleet was brought to New York for "Navy Day."		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 30 October 1922, HOME FINAL EDITION, Image 13, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01BillyM	NR	MITCHELL'S SCHEME TO DESTROY SHIPS At the left is shown the usual type of air bomb making a direct hit on a battleship. The battleship's heavy protective deck minimizes the effect of the bomb. At the right is shown the manner in which the new bombs will be used by the Army Air Service. The bomb is dropped near the battleship, not on it. Upon reaching a predetermined depth it explodes. The tremendous water pressure thus set up crushes in the fragile bottom of the dreadnought and disables the engines through the condenser pipes.		Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT. Photo & text by The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 14 November 1922, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01landBB	NR	LAND BATTLESHIP CLIMBS HILLS AS WELL AS SWIMS		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 07 December 1922, Image 39, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.12k	A Navy smoke screen, probably 1923. Based on the bridge config, this is the battleship Alabama (BB-08). So the date of the photo (1923) is suspect since BB-8 was sunk as a target in 1921. It is possible (no proof, though) that the activity in this photo is related to the bombing tests.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Ernest La Rue Collection, Gift of the U.S. Army. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. USN photo # Lot-11952-VI-41 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	NR	PLAYTIME IN THE NAVY This particular prase of recreation consists of a series of thrusts and jabs, but it comes under the cover of play. Scene on deck of one of the United States battleships in southern waters for maneuvers		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. via Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 17 March 1923, Image 12, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01a003d	NR	ROOM FOR ONE MORE. The anchors of scrapped battleships, which are to be seen in the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard. In a very short time we figure there will be an addition in the form of the anchor of the recently sunk Washington (BB-47).		Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections. Photo courtesy of Seward Daily Gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 23 December 1924, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	UNCLE SAM'S SAILORS PARADING IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. The city was in gala attire for the recent visit of the American battleships. It is estimated that 300,000 Australians lined the route of the parade and gave the gobs a big welcome. The photograph, which was taken 23 July arrived in Washington today.		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 28 October 1928, Image 104, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	587k	Battleships at Long Beach, circa mid 1920's. What looks to be a Tennessee class (BB-43 /44) battleship in front with a Pennsylvania class (BB-38 /39) battleship in the middle.		Photo courtesy of Arnold Putnam.
	NR	COMPARING THE OLD BATTLESHIPS WITH THE NEW. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and his aide, Capt. W. R. Gherardi, looking over a model of the old Constitution and comparing it with one of the newest superdreadnanghts of the United Stales Navy. The comparison shows great advance in naval warfare since the days of the first American sea fighters. Copyright by Kadei & Herbert		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 26 May 1924, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	918k	View of the U.S. Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in September 1924. Two battleships are visible, a Colorado-class (BB-45 / 48), left, and Tennessee class (BB-43 / 44).		National Archives Identifier: 6036982 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	799k	Boston Waterfront and Navy Yard photo circa 1925 from the Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc. revels a Colorado class battleship (left side) as well as another large steel lady among the ships.		Photo # 08_02_000699 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum
	NR	NAVY DEPARTMENT'S EXHIBITION SHOWS EVOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP. Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Eberle examining the models of American war vessels which are displayed at the Navy.		A. P. Wirephoto. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 11 March 1926, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	269k	Dance the day away onboard an unknown battleship?.		Image courtesy of shorpy.com.
	2.44k	Langley (CV-1) with Vought VE-7 aircraft on deck, at anchor off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico on 18 March 1926. In the background are 4 four-stack destroyers and a Tennessee class (BB-43 /44) battleship on the left, and two New Mexico (BB-40 /42) class battleships (center and right). At the time, the Tennessee's are hard to tell apart. A few years later, Tennessee (BB-43) had the open bridge added around her pilothouse, and even later, California (BB-44) added the enlarged flag bridge. But in the 1922 (or so) period, they were close in config. The New Mexico's appear to be Mississippi (BB-41) on the left (or in the center) and New Mexico (BB-40) (nearly bow-on) on the right. The original photo was labeled "Harbinger" to show symbolically how the unimposing Langley was the first of a line of ships which eventually drove the battleship from its primary place into the background.		Photo i.d. & text in italics courtesy of Richard Jensen. USN photo via collections.naval.aviation.museum.
	709k	Different angle of the above photo: Langley (CV-1) & Battleships at anchor off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico 18 March 1926. The number of battleships (9) plus the Langley match the "Blue" force in Fleet Problem VI (1926)).		Text i.d. via Fabio Peña. USN photo NARA II 80-G-185902 via courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large.
	684k	May 1927: Sailors from the US Navy sit astride guns mounted on a battleship.		Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
01flagday	NR	The Real Story of the U. S. Flag This unusual picture shows Old Glory floating over the quarterdeck of a U. S. battleship. It was taken during the recent naval maneuvers off the New England coast.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo courtesy of The Bismarck Tribune.[volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 14 June 1927, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	WHICH MEANS THAT SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. Bluejackets of the Pacific fleet get the jump on the rest of the United States as they turn out for early base ball practice at Trona Field, San Pedro. Calif. This photo shows candidates for half a dozen battleship teams working out together. Even the major league clubs are a couple of weeks behind the sailor boys in starting the season.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. via Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 17 February 1928, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Fountains of light in the background of a great city at night. The fountain effect is produced by the searchlights of battleships playing in San Francisco Harbor.		Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto. Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 28 October 1928, Image 104, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	317k	New Mexico (BB-40) but might be Mississippi (BB-41). The angle is bad for viewing the pilothouse. It seems to me to be small and raised up (id 60%).		Text & photo i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn. Photo possibly by Frank Lynch, chief photographer of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, circa 1929. Photo from the collection of Carrie Schmidt.
01electrician	NR	May Scrap Battleship That Never Went to Sea A naval board of inquiries is to determine whether the Electrician, shown above, shall be scrapped. It was built at Norfolk in 1918 at a cost of $300,000 and has been on dry land ever since, being designed solely as a practice ship for training in the use of electrical apparatus.		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo courtesy of The Kennewick Courier-Reporter. (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 18 April 1929, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01wasp	NR	NAVY'S NEW TRIPLE-THREAT OE THE AIR Navy Vought Corsair pursuit plane equipped with pontoon and landing gear, enabling it to be catapulted from a battleship, take off from land or from the deck of an aircraft carrier. The ship is hailed as a much improved sea fighting machine.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 September 1929, Image 35, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	646k	Battleship fleet underway, circa 1930.		Photo by CWO4 Cecil Wood USMC, contributed by his son Donald Wood via Gary Priolo.
01colon1930	NR	The Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal. A picturesque scene from one of the parks at Colon, showing some of Uncle Sam’s fighting ships riding at anchor in the port, ready to take part in maneuvers.		® Associated Press Photo. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 27 April 1930, Image 113, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	The plane carrier Lexington (CV-2) leads the way. A view along the sweeping deck of the carrier, with a column of battleships following in her wake off Panama.		Wide World Photos. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 29 March 1931, Image 105, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	638k	View of the U.S. Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in 1932, Identifiable ships include (front to back): the crane ship Kearsarge (AB-1); (probably) a Tennessee class (BB-43 / 44), two Eagle-class patrol craft; Arkansas (BB-33); three Clemson/Wilkes-class destroyers; & Lexington (CV-2).		Photo i.d. via commons.wikimedia.org. National Archives Identifier: 6036984 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	565k	US fleet at Colon Harbor, Panama, in 1933. The aircraft carriers Lexington (CV-2), Saratoga (CV-3) & Langley (CV-1) are in the upper right.		Photo courtesy of Vicente Pascua via Ron Armstrong.
	1.63k	Ships of the United States Fleet pictured at anchor inside the breakwater at Colon, Canal Zone. Identifiable ships include the aircraft carriers Lexington (CV-2), Langley (CV-1), and Saratoga (CV-3), as well as the battleships Texas (BB-35) and New York (BB-34). Omaha-class and Pensacola-class cruisers are also visible.		US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum photo No. 1996.488.001.006.
	274k	[Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs. James (Betsy Cushing) Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt's mother, Mrs. James (Sara) Roosevelt, posed standing under big guns on battleship Indiana, 31 May 1934]. One minor problem is that there was no battleship by that name then.		Image # LC-USZ62-96632 and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
	802k	Festive crowd aboard a battleship in a scene from the film A Night At The Opera, 1935.		Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
	274k	US Navy battleships in parade formation in San Diego, California, 23 August 1935. Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the lead followed by West Virginia (BB-48), Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46), California (BB-44) and Texas (BB-35). After the Texas, the photo is just too "fuzzy" for an ID.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen. USN photo # 80-G-462946 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	843k	View of the U.S. Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in 1936, Identifiable ships include (front to back): the crane ship Kearsarge (AB-1) is visible in the background. A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser and a Tennessee class (BB-43 / 44) or Colorado-class (BB-45 / 48) battleship are visible in the drydocks as well as the Lexington (CV-2). "PSNS-Navy Yard 1936" could not have been taken during 1936. The carrier in the photo is definitely Lexington, but photos in September 1935 show her funnel AA gallery being added. That gallery is not evident in this shot. Also, there is a Farragut class DD in the picture. Worden , (DD-352), was built by PSNY. She was launched in October '34, and commissioned the following June. So the photo was likely taken between October '34 and June '35.		Photo i.d. via commons.wikimedia.org. Photo i.d.2 courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. National Archives Identifier: 6036985 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	158k	A US Navy battleship cruises under the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge as it is being built, San Francisco, California, circa 1936.		Photo by Underwood Archives / Getty Images courtesy of mashable.com
	541k	Battleship fleet in Port Angeles, Washington, 1936.		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	NR	Uncle Sam's Battle Line in West Coast Maneuvers. The big ships of the battle force, "power house" unit of the United States Navy, are shown in column line during the maneuvers off the Southern California coast that took in four days of concentrated scouting and battle drill to test the fleet's new organization plan by which the destroyers are attached to the battle force. This picture, taken from the California (BB-44), the flagship, shows the West Virginia (BB-48), Colorado (BB-45). Arizona (BB-39), Pennsylvania (BB-38) and other battleships trailing in the California's wake. The planes in the foreground are part of the California's complement.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 09 October 1937, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Battle Fleet Masses for Maneuvers in Pacific Nearly 100 fighting ships of the United States Fleet massed in their harbor at San Pedro. Calif., ready to start five-day maneuvers. This was the first duty under the new commander in chief, Admiral Claude C. Bloch. This air view, taken late yesterday, shows more than 20 battleships and cruisers assembled behind the breakwater, with 3 submarines in the foreground moving to their anchorage.		A. P. Wirephoto. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 February 1938, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	234k	6,750 airplanes equal 15 Battleships--Cook. Washington, D.C., 25 February: Testifying before the House Naval Affairs Committee today, Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook, Chief of the Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics, declared that it would take 6,750 airplanes to give the same volume of fire in one hour of 15 battleships. The cost of the 6,750 planes would be approximately seven times that of the 15 battleships if replacement requirements of the airplanes were considered, 2/25/38.		Harris & Ewing photo # LC-H22-D-3317 courtesy of loc.gov.
01bbship	NR	Battleship Is Well Known In Local Racing Circles Battleship, which thrilled a crowd of 250,000 in winning the Grand National at Aintree, England, is shown with Bruce Hobbs, the winning jockey. The victory of the son of Man o' War, a 40-to-1 shot, gave America its fourth win in the classic, but it was the first time the winner was both owned and bred by an American.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 25 March 1938, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.10k	Whaleboats of the Battle Fleet racing at San Pedro., June, 1938. The whaleboat closest to the New Mexico (BB-40 / 42) class battleship is marked (B-39) and is from the Arizona.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo i.d. courtesy of Mike Green.
	1.30k	Fleet review for the Legionnaires-Combining aircraft with the Fleet, the Navy staged war-games outside Los Angeles Harbor for the American Legion. December, 1938.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	1.00k	The three battleships of the Colorado (BB-45 / 48) class, {in no particular order}, Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46) & West Virginia (BB-48) in formation during a display for the American legion Convention at Los Angeles, December 1938.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	432k	This is an original 1938 halftone print of men assembling battleship templates at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The process between drafting and creating a model required about a year to complete.		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
01carBB	NR	Caribbean Battleship Out in the Caribbean this battleship bucked heavy seas demonstrating seaworthiness. President Roosevelt who is watching the sham battles at present is probably seeing many such sights.		Image and text provided by University of Florida. Photo courtesy of The Key West Citizen.[volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 01 March 1939, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	The lights of New York form a jeweled backdrop for an auroral display of naval searchlights sweeping the sky above the Hudson for imaginary enemy aircraft. The beams are from battleships of the Atlantic squadron anchored in the river for the World's Fair. Dominating the scene from the Jersey shore are the Empire State Building (right) and Rockefeller Center (center).		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 14 May 1939, Image 114, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	294k	At sea with the Navy----Smooth seas for the battle wagons. This striking picture, released today by the Navy, shows three huge battleships moving in formation thorough the calm waters of the Caribbean during the recent war games. This picture was made from the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV-2).		A.P. Wirephoto from the collection of Michael Strout, courtesy of Jonathan Eno.
	NR	Navy Day, next Friday, will find the Nation's first line of defense fit and ready for the heavy responsibilities falling upon it in these days of great nations at war. It keeps that way by periodic maneuvers that co-ordinate all elements of the fleet—surface, air and undersea—into a smooth fighting force. Here's the battle line of the fleet in recent tactical maneuvers off the California coast, during which these pictures were made. The 10 battleships in the line are headed by the New Mexico (BB-40).		Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto. Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 22 October 1939, Image 111, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
01yankeedoodle	441k	PRIDE OF YANKEE DOODLE-To help Uncle Sam observe Navy Day, 27 October 1939: the Destroyer Downes (DD-375) leads Battleships New Mexico (BB-40), Maryland (BB-46), Tennessee (BB-43), Oklahoma (BB-37), California (BB-44), Arizona (BB-39), Nevada (BB-36), Pennsylvania (BB-38), Idaho (BB-42) and Mississippi (BB-41) through waters with 400 planes overhead.		Photo courtesy of umich.edu
	465k	View of the U.S. Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in 1940. Identifiable ships include (front to back): the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV-2); a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser; a Tennessee class (BB-43 / 44) battleship (left); a Nevada-class (BB-36 / 37) battleship; a Brooklyn-class light cruiser; two Farragut-class destroyers; a Northampton-class heavy cruiser is in a drydock; one of the destroyers in the foreground is probably Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) which was built at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and commissioned on 5 September 1940. The other could be Monssen (DD-436), commissioned on 14 March 1941. The construction of Drydock No. 5 was started in the background.		National Archives Identifier: 6036986 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	653k	The old and the new, April 1940.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	1.20k	Security for the hemisphere is and will long remain in battleships, April, 1940.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	301k	The heart of the Fleet about which the widespread structure of naval strength is built. The Idaho (BB-42) leads the way, May, 1940. She never had wind baffles on her bridge shielding as her two sisters did. The battleship behind her is probably New Mexico (BB-40), since she had pronounced wind baffles with visible supports on the faces of her bridge shields. I would be absolutely certain that she is if the photo had better resolution, but am 95% sure anyway. Mississippi (BB-41) had wind baffles on the faces of her shielding also, but hers were less pronounced, and without much of the supports visible. It appears that Mississippi is astern of New Mexico turning to starboard into column. Another clue is that Idaho was fitted as a flagship as opposed to her sisters, and it would follow that she would be lead battleship in the column of her Division. The three sisters comprised BATDIV THREE for much of the 1930's.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of David Buell.
01bbfuture	NR	Will American Battleships Come to This? The whaleback battleship, heavily armored, may be the answer to the threat of the dive bomber, according to the Secretary of the Navy, Charles Edison. Just what a whaleback battleship would look like is shown by this drawing by Otto Kuhler, New York designing engineer. The rounded armored surfaces give maximum resistance to direct hits and deflect striking power. The whaleback fighting ship would present an ultra-streamlined appearance, even the smokestack being built like a teardrop. (Above)—Members of the navy high command in conference with President Roosevelt concerning the naval expansion program.		Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo courtesy of The Frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, 06 June 1940, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
013940rk	NR	All Ships Not In The Sea Battleship Rock in Northern Arizona is one of the strange sights greeting the visitor in the west. It is situated between Fredonia, Arizona, on the Arizona-Utah border and Pipe Springs National Monument, a few miles west of U. S. Highway 89 which winds its way north from U. S. 60 at Flagstaff across the mighty Colorado, over Navajo Bridge through House Rock Valley and Kaibab Forest and on north into Utah. Volcanic action and the powers of erosion over long centuries has resulted in this unique resemblance of a battleship forging its way through the sea. The effect is accentuated by stratas of differemt colored soil, sandstone, limestone and conglomerate.		Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ. Photo & text by The Coolidge Examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 25 July 1940, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
014040lb	380k	US battleships entering Long Beach harbor, CA., as seen from the breakwater, circa 1940.		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	789k	A carrier air group flies above the Arizona (BB-39), New Mexico (BB-40) & West Virginia (BB-48) and the rest of the Pacific Fleet during Fleet Ops in October 1940. The first two squadrons are the same: a torpedo squadron of Douglas TBD-1s (monoplanes) followed by a bombing squadron of Northrop BT-1s (monoplanes). After that I'm uncertain because the biplane types are too small to determine at the available resolution.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Text & photo i.d. courtesy of Alan Moore via Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History by Paul Stillwell, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991.
	950k	US Fleet exercising for Navy Day, destroyers in the upper left, center, heavy cruisers and battleships in the right foreground.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	1.20k	Fleet maneuvers - a line of battleships is seen to the left, followed by cruisers through whose line the destroyers are speeding.		USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	177k	General view of battleship gear in second shop of cutting.		Digital Id fsa 8b06976 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov.
0112000plans	NR	BABY BROTHER: It takes 12,000 plans and hundreds of wooden scale models to build a battleship. Each minute detail must be accurate.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by Evening Star.[volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 02 November 1941, Images 83, 84 & 88 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
0157tgc	NR	FROM BAREFOOT BOY TO NAVAL HERO Slivers bothered 9-year-old Tommy Gatch of Salem, Oreg., just as they did other youngsters; but they didn't interfere with his dreams of becommg a sailor. He attended the Naval Academy, was commissioned and now is Capt. Thomas Leigh Gatch, commander of the battleship South Dakota (BB-57), credited with destroying 32 Japanese planes that attacked a flotilla of which his craft was a unit. The woman probing for a splinter was Mrs. Sarah West, mother of Tommy's friend, Oswald West, who later became Governor of Oregon.		A .P. Photo Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 08 January 1943, Image 33, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	232k	Chart illustrating that in 10 minutes a modern U.S. battleship can deliver projectile weight equivalent to the total bomb load of 120 4-engine bombers. Received 13 September 1944.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen. USN photo # 80-G-46487 now in the collections of the National Archives & National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	832k	Crewmen aboard a Navy battleship apply "war paint" to the huge 16-inch guns of the ship somewhere in the Pacific. Photograph released 16 April 1945. TR-11822. Note, the photograph is curved.		Official USN photograph 80-G-324551 now in the collections of the National Archives.
	197k	Battleship mock-up set up as a backdrop for ceremonies in Washington, D.C. honoring Admiral Chester Nimitz, 5 October 1945.		Photo by Abbie Rowe, Accession number: 73-2054 courtesy of trumanlibrary.org.

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