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BB-32 USS WYOMING

Radio Call Sign: November - India - November - Romeo
 Call sign NWQ assigned 1909 (ship commissioned 1912)
Call sign changed to NITR 1928 & retained until decommissioned
Courtesy of Bryan Fisher, RMC, USCG
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Wyoming Class Battleship: Displacement 26,000 Tons, Dimensions, 562' (oa) x 93' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 12 x 12"/50 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 1063.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, PA., 9 February 1910. Launched 25 May 1911. Commissioned 25 September 1912. Decommissioned 21 May 1930. Recommissioned & Reclassified as Gunnery Training Ship (AG-17) 1 July 1931. Decommissioned 1 August 1947. Stricken 16 September 1947.
Fate: Sold 30 October 1947 and broken up for scrap in Newark NJ.
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BB-32 Wyoming1.84kUncle Sam To Build World's Biggest Battleship
Lessons learned from the building of the Dreadnought incorporated into construction of what would be the Wyoming class (BB-32 / 33).		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo by Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 12 January 1907, Last Edition, Image 10, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32
013211m		 438k Waiting for the signal - Wyoming (BB-32). Photo courtesy of Sponsors of the United States navy; Benham, Edith Wallace, comp; Hall, Anne Martin, comp 1797-1913, pg. 286. courtesy of Boston Public Library.
BB-32 Wyoming665kDiver clearing away aft for the launch of the battleship Wyoming (BB-32), 25 May 1911.Photo by J.F. Huse from the Atwater Kent Museum Collection of the Philadelphia Maritime Museum.
BB-32
013211w		 803k Launch of the battleship Wyoming (BB-32). Photo courtesy of Sponsors of the United States navy; Benham, Edith Wallace, comp; Hall, Anne Martin, comp 1797-1913, pg. 282. courtesy of Boston Public Library.
BB-32 Wyoming400kLaunching the Wyoming (BB-32) on 25 May 1911.Photo courtesy of phillyhistory.org
Photo i.d. via Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming 739k Battleship Wyoming (BB-32) in Dock and Girl Who Christened ItImage and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo by The Salt Lake Tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 26 May 1911, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming688k"Battleship Wyoming (BB-32), Latest Dreadnought Launched To-day at Philadelphia. Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL.
Photo from The Cairo Bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 28 May 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming657kHow a Battleship Looks In the Building
Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo by El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 31 May 1911, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming421kBEAUTY CHRISTENED THE NEW BATTLESHIP.
Miss Dorothy Eunice Knight, daughter of the former Chief Justice Jesse Knight of Wyoming, was sponsor for the new battleship Wyoming (BB-32), which was launched at Philadelphia on May 25.		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Hawaiian Star. (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 08 June 1911, SECOND EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming1.32kPutting the Finishing Touches On the New Battleship Wyoming (BB-32). Image and text provided by West Virginia University.
Photo from The Clarksburg Telegram. (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 29 June 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 WyomingNRThe 26,000 ton battleship Wyoming (BB-32) will be the flagship of Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus at the big naval review in New York Harbor October 14 and 15, when more than 120 war craft of the United States Navy will pass in review before President Taft, Secretary of the Navy and other high dignitaries of Government Officialdom. Besides the Wyoming, her sister ship, the new Arkansas (BB-33) will also be in line.
These two super-Dreadnoughts will make the display much more formidable than that of last November when the Utah (BB-31) and Florida (BB-30) divided honors as the pride of the navy. Twenty-one first-class battleships are included in the program of the big river parade. The presence of the Atlantic reserve fleet will be another feature of the review. At the same time the Atlantic review is in progress the Pacific fleet will mobilize at San Francisco and the Asiatic fleet at Manila. There will be American warships on review on both sides of the world. The event will eclipse anything in the way of a naval demonstration of the American naval strength that has ever taken place in the United States.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo by The Mathews Journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 22 August 1912, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming110kMiss Dorothy Eunice Knight, the daughter of former Chief Justice Jesse Knight of the Wyoming Supreme Court at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 25 September 1912.Digital ID: # 2163471162_5fdbdb37af_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-32 Wyoming109kWyoming Gov. Jim Carey & wife, Susan Carey & Miss Dorothy Eunice Knight, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 25 September 1912.Digital ID: # 2162670101_46393b84b4_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-32 Wyoming 2.06k WYOMING (BB-32), BIGGEST OF BATTLESHIPS / AND ONE OF ITS CREW DOING EMBROIDERY WORK.
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Photo by Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 17 October 1912, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming 525k BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE WYOMING (BB-32), THE GREATEST OF UNCLE SAM'S BATTLESHIPS
This picture of the Superdreadnought Wyoming was made from the Brooklyn bridge as the battleship was proceeding up the East River. It shows the vessel from the rear with eight of the twelve inch guns visible, two in each turret......		Photo by Enrique Miller Jr.
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Photo by Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 23 October 1912, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013292a		1.72kBow view of the Wyoming (BB-32) in dry dock NO 4, Brooklyn Navy Yard on 20 November 1912.Photo No. f1048n2, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive.
National Archives Identifier: 6126679
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming947kStern view of the Wyoming (BB-32) in dry dock NO 4, Brooklyn Navy Yard on 22 November 1912. Photo No. f1048n3, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive - courtesy National Archive and Records Administration, Northeast Region - NYC, Record Group 181 via flickr.com.
BB-32 Wyoming448k1912 Bell from Wyoming (BB-32) at Navy Museum. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo & National Museum of the U.S. Navy.
BB-34 New York723kNo Know New York (BB-34).
Once again don't believe everything you see printed on a photo.
Any 2-gunned 14" turret will be of the "turtle-backed" design (rounded top and sides) This flat-roofed turreted BB belongs to the Wyoming class (BB-32 / 33). Note the shape of gun ports in the turret and the 2 "wet" 5"/51 guns beside the turret. The lack of a second tier to the conning tower makes this the Wyoming (BB-32) rather that the Arkansas (BB-33). The open bridge and the searchlights on the crane king post platforms makes the photo pre-1917.
You can see in the picture that both forward turrets are twin turrets with flat tops and vertical sides. While the New York also had twin turrets, her turrets had curved tops and slanted sides. Every main turret on every ship built from the New York class (BB-34/35) on has slanted sides, but only the classes from South Carolina to Wyoming have both flat tops and vertical sides, and all of these have 12" guns. You can also see that the New York's turrets have smooth faces, while the faces of the turrets in the new picture have vertical objects on them. Further, the flying bridge that protrudes on both sides of the superstructure is clearly at a level above the second turret in the new picture, while in the picture of the New York it is at approximately the same level as the second turret. 		Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn & Ron Nash.
Library of Congress, LC-B2-3037-15 courtesy of Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming1.78k Wyoming (BB-32) as completed and running acceptance trials at speed. Pretty sparse conditions on the bridge and conning tower. Front 5" casemate gun is wet; a problem with all guns mounted this low. The problem was there in smooth water and was severe in rough water; the guns on all ships being removed and relocated on subsequent refits.USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen.
BB-32 Wyoming
013215		1.72k Wyoming (BB-32) Trial run # 17 South, photographed by N.L. Stebbins, Boston, during her trial runs at 20.9 knots.National Archives Identifier: 45512659
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-90.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming110k

 

Unknown battleship photo quite likely taken during trials or shakedown period due to the text written "Making twenty knots" possibly circa 1912-13.
Short Answer: This is either the Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33).
Key Clues: Conning Tower in front of Signal Bridge Deck, which angles back from the tower, wet 5"/51 guns below this deck, saluting battery above, command bridge on mast above, and arrangement of search lights.
Long Answer: The date of the photo is definitely prior to America's entry into WW I. The British insisted that an enclosed pilot houses was a necessity when operating in the North Atlantic and North Sea and the USN added them to all battleships sent to England. The only weather protection this ship has is awnings and the canvas wind/spray breaks tied to the deck stanchions. The other clue is the search lights on top of the boat cranes rather than a 3" AA gun; another addition before going "Over There".
This is definitely a 12" gunned dreadnought but not one of the South Carolina's (BB-26/27). They have a prominent plated supports at the outer edge of the signal bridge which would be visible where the 5"/51 is peeking out above the awning. Also note the saluting guns on the deck above.
The Delaware class' (BB-28 / 29) originally had the forward most 5"/51 guns in casemates on the second deck foreword of the No. 1 barbette. This proved to be too wet and the casemates were removed and plated over and the guns were move to a "wet" mount on the 02 Deck beside the foremast and under the signal bridge deck (03 deck). The 03 deck also completely surrounds the conning tower allowing a walkway in front of the conning tower. The ship in the photo lacks this walkway. Also I have not seen any photos of either Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29) with only 2 searchlights mounted on the foremast in an over/under arrangement. So I do not think this either of the Delaware's.
The Florida's (BB-30 / 31) can be eliminated as all of this class' secondary battery were mounted in casemates in the forecastle or on the Second Deck amidships and aft. They have no "wet" mount 5"/51's though the saluting battery was located in this position. Also their signal bridge deck extends straight back from the conning tower to the bridge wings, which extends outboard perpendicularly.
The Naval History and Heritage Command page for the Arkansas has a photo album from a European cruise taken in the fall of 1913, just a year after commissioning. The first photo is an over-all picture of the Arkansas in which she is carrying the same search light arrangement as in this photo. Assuming that the cover photo from the album was taken at the same time as the other photos, its reasonable to assume that it represents the Arkansas at or near the time of commissioning. Photos of the Wyoming attributed to her trials show her sporting 6 search lights mounted on the fore mast. All of this suggest that the photo is probably the Arkansas in 1912 or 1913.

 

USN photo courtesy of Jerry Crow. Photo I.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
BB-32 Wyoming176kMarines on Wyoming (BB-32).Digital ID 3379435568_83369f14c3_o,# ggbain LC-B2-2694-16. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
BB-32 Wyoming297kPostcard photo of the crew of a Wyoming (BB-32 / 33) class battleship gathered between the barrels.Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
BB-32 Wyoming454k Wyoming (BB-32) at the Naval Review of October 1912.National Archives Identifier: 45512649
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-86.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming439kSailors posing for a group photograph with a YMCA secretary on the deck of the Wyoming (BB-32). The men shown were students of a YMCA Bible Class offered by the secretary.Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections.
BB-32 Wyoming1.20kScenes on Battleship at Target PracticeImage and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times., 1902-1939, 4 April 1913, Last Edition, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Maine 703k Maine Monument committee on Wyoming (BB-32), May 1913.
Members of the committee included: Chairman James Grant Wilson, William R. Hearst, George F. Shrady, John W. Keller, and J. Edward Simmons. In 1913, the monument was placed at the Columbus Circle and 59th Street entrance to Central Park in New York City. 		Photo # LC-B2-2696-17 & text from George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) via flickr.com.
BB-32 Wyoming482kStern view of the Wyoming (BB-32) in dry dock, sometime between 1910 and 1915. This photo is a good view of the 5-inch 51 caliber anti-destroyer gun mounted at the extreme stern of the ship. The Wyoming (BB-32/33), New York (BB-34/35) and Nevada (BB-36/37) classes were designed and originally armed with this weapon. It was removed to it's wet location and not mounted on following classes. Photo from Library of Congress; # LC-B2-3038-2 [P&P] LOT 10785 via Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming339kThe Wyoming (BB-32) leaving New York.Photographer; Enrique Muller.
National Archives Identifier: 45512654
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-88.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming71kStaff of Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in a planning session on board Wyoming (BB-32) in 1913. Those present around the table are (from left to right): Lieutenant Gardner L. Caskey, USN; Lieutenant Commander Walton R. Sexton, USN; Lieutenant Commander Frank R. McCrary, USN; Lieutenant Stanford C. Hooper, USN; Major Albertus W. Catlin, USMC; and Commander Carl T. Vogelgesang, USN.Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 53320, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-32 Wyoming599kLooking forward, a view of the Wyoming (BB-32) on her port side. The photo was taken during a break in target practice in 1913. The anchor and forward 5"/51 casemate gun are visible. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress, # LC-H261-3211 via Mike Green.
BB-32
013213f		3.53kAssistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt on the deck of the Wyoming (BB-32), circa 1913. National Archives Identifier: 196066904
Local Identifier: 48-22:3868(717)
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32
013218		922kRecruiting poster: The Navy Trains Men: Showing electricians at the distributing board on board Wyoming (BB-32). Photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
BB-32 Wyoming600kSTEEL DOORS ABOARD BATTLE SHIP TWISTED BY SHOCK OF HEAVY GUN FIRING IN FLEET TARGET PRACTICE
Inspection of the battleships of the First Division of the Atlantic Fleet, which are now lying in Hampton Roads and Lynnhaven Bay, shows that unexpected havoc was wrought on board by the firing of the big guns at target practice. Usually the twelve inch rifles are fired singly and in salvo, with no more damage than a little broken glassware in the wardroom or a smashed watch crystal. This time, however, there was a trail of litter all along the starboard deck of the Wyoming (BB-32), and the other vessel report similar casualties.
As the vessels fired while approaching the target obliquely the guns were swung to starboard and slightly forward, the muzzles were inboard. The concision smashed a two inch port light in Rear Admiral Badger's cabin on board the Wyoming, blew out a headlight of the superstructure over the engine room and hurled the light to the grating below, smashed in the steel doors of the bakery on the main deck, ripped off name and number plates from the ash hoists and hatchways, and on board the Utah (BB-31) frightened a cat into jumping overboard. 		Image and text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR.
Photo from Medford Mail Tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, 01 November 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-30 Florida403k Water from Southwest Side of Ordnance Dock Looking North from West Side Entrance Dry Dock No. 4
From Left to right: Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33) with Florida (BB-30) and the Utah (BB-31). 		National Archives Identifier: 6038110
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming1.72kCOALING DREADNOUGHT WYOMING (BB-32) AT SEA IN THREE HOURS
In a recent test it was demonstrated that it is possible in time of war to coal four or five battleships a day at sea in fair weather. In the above photograph is seen the U. S. Navy colliers Jason (AC-12) and Nereus (AC-10), on the starboard and port sides respectively, putting aboard the dreadnought Wyoming more than 2,200 tons of coal in less than three hours.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo Copyright by Enrique Muller, Jr.
Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 12 April 1914, FOURTH SECTION PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Image 40, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming2.41k Wyoming (BB-32) Being Rushed Into Commission; Tars Reading Papers
The activity at the Brooklyn navy yard has not been equaled since the Spanish war. The illustration shows the great battleship Wyoming in drydock, being rushed into commission, and a group of sailors on the Connecticut (BB-18) off Tamplco eagerly reading newspapers from home.		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Virginia Enterprise. (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 08 May 1914, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013228t		739kBattleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet steaming in column formation, circa 1914. The leading ship is either Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33). Note the dense smoke produced by these coal-burning ships.
The Texas (BB-35) is next in line. 		Photographed by Enrique Muller, New York.
National Archives Identifier: 55242096
Local Identifier: 111-SC-41485.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming673kAdmiral Badger, Captain Chapin and crew during a trophy ceremony on Wyoming (BB-32), circa 1914.Photo courtesy of Britt Callison.
BB-30 FloridaNRCup for Swimming Sailors
CREWS TO COMPETE FOR TROPHY GIVEN BY PRESIDENT.
Miss Eleanor Gross of the Navy Department surveys the trophy to be given by President Roosevelt to battleship with most expert natators.
THE trophy which Franklin D.Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1914, offered the battleship which produced the best swimmers, is to go back into "circulation." Polished and reconditioned, and with the wording changed so that it now goes "to the battleship of the United States Fleet excelling in annual competition" rather than to the ship of the "Atlantic Fleet," a term no longer used, the cup is to go to the West Coast, where most of the big war ships are congregated now. The cup had been in disuse for some time, until Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of the Bureau of Navigation communicated with the President's naval aide, suggesting the change so itmight again be placed in competition. The Executive approved, and the cup was renovated and its engraving changed.
When Mr. Roosevelt came to the Navy Department as a young man he was struck by the large numbers of men in the Navy who came from inland places and had not had an opportunity to learn to swim. To stimulate the sport and to save life, he gave this trophy.
On the opposite side from the donor's inscription are the names of the winning battleships, showing that the last entry was in 1929, when the Florida (BB-30), captured it. She has accomplished this in 1927 and 1928 as well. The cup was won the first time in 1914 by the Wyoming (BB-32). The cup is of sterling silver and 14 inches high.		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 22 September 1933, Image 26, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
423k Checking the results of a test on practice torpedos, circa 1914.Photo courtesy of Britt Callison.
Veracruz Incident
Almost Unknown380kMighty Dreadnoughts of Fleet Just Sent To Mexico
Dreadnoughts of Admiral Badger's Atlantic Fleet in battle line formation. This is part of the mighty fleet of powerful warships ordered to Mexican waters as a result of Mexico's refusal to salute the Stars & Stripes. The photograph was made during the recent target practice at Hampton Roads from the deck of Admiral Badger's flagship, the Wyoming (BB-32).		 Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo & text courtesy of El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 25 April 1914, HOME EDITION, Cable and Too Late to Classify, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships1.15k U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach.
OUR POWERFUL NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET
This is to considered be the most powerful battle fleet in the world. Recently it returned from the Mediterranean and left Hampton Roads for the south. During the last battle practice each of the vessels made a record for herself while the flagship Wyoming (BB-32) broke the world's record at target practice. The photograph shows the nine ships in the order in which they usually sail. The Wyoming is in the lead at the right, and is followed by the Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), South Carolina (BB-26), Rhode Island (BB-17), Georgia (BB-15),and New Jersey (BB-16).
The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the:
Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), Michigan (BB-27), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35).
In insets are (left to right):
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo,
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher,
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger. 		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 60322.
Insert PDF image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA.
Photo by The Madison Journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 07 February 1914, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming523kTHE BATTLESHIP PART THEY GOT RIGHT
Guns of the Battleship Connecticut (BB-18), Which Point Towards Tampico
Either the Wyoming (BB-32) or the Arkansas (BB-33). 		Image and text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR.
Photo from The Evening Herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 23 April 1914, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming539k Wyoming (BB-32) escorting the Montana (ACR-13). The Montana is carrying the first 17 military dead from Veracruz, 11 May 1914.Photo # LC-B2-3085-8 courtesy of Library of Congress via Mike Green.
PDF from New York Times. "Veracruz Dead Here on Warship." 11 May 1914 via phillyhistory.org.
Funeral Cortege 2.43kFuneral cortege of dead from the intervention passing over Manhattan Bridge, New York City, New York. USN photo # LC-DIG-PPMSCD-00101 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
Funeral Cortege 748kSaluting the Dead Heroes of Veracruz, 1914. At the conclusion of the funeral services over the bodies of 17 Marines and sailors who fell at the occupation of Verz Cruz, Mexico, held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 11 May, seventeen Marines lined up and fired three volleys over the coffins. President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and scores of other men in public life as well as thousands of Marines, sailors, and civilians attended the ceremonies. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Note, the original photograph is curled. USN photo # PR-06-CN-454-C5-F13-17 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
Veracruz Killed3.66kAt Ceremonies for Veracruz Killed - Arrival of Procession at Navy Yard, 5/10/1914.
9 Photo PDF of the ceremony.		National Archives Identifier: 6038082
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming31kCaptain Glennon, one of the veterans of the American navy, is commander of the battleship Wyoming (BB-32).Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA.
Photo from Abbeville Progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 16 May 1914, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming110kU.S. Atlantic Fleet Change of Command Ceremony. On board Wyoming (BB-32) circa 16 September 1914, probably at the New York Navy Yard. Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger is at right, reading his orders as he turns command over to Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (right center). Looking on, in left center, is Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, aide for operations to the Secretary of the Navy. Some of the others present are identified on Photo # NH 95153 (complete caption). The original print is stamped: "Photograph by the New York World. Walter C. Harris. 16 September 1914". Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 95153, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-32 Wyoming384k Wyoming (BB-32) remained at Veracruz over the months that ensued, into the late autumn of 1914, before she returned northward. After conducting exercises off the Virginia capes en route, she put into the New York Navy Yard on 6 October and then underwent repairs and alterations which lasted until 17 January 1915.
She is seen here at N.Y.N.Y. on 2 December 1914.		Text courtesy of DANFS.
National Archives Identifier: 6126321
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Mid 19 Teens
BB-32 Wyoming871kOFF FOR PANAMA TO TAKE PART IN OPENING OF CANAL AND EXPOSITION
Battleship Kansas (BB-21), leaving New York for Panama.
This interesting picture of the battleship Kansas was taken from Manhattan bridge, New York, last week as the vessel pulled away for Panama. The Kansas will take part in the celebration at the official opening of the canal and will then go on to San Francisco.
Note: Unfortunately for the news starved folks from Kansas who want to take pride in their namesake, this is the battleship Wyoming (BB-32).		Image and text provided by Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS
Photo by The Topeka State Journal. (Topeka, Kan.) 1892-1980, 21 January 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming761kHOWE'S CAMERA MAN REMINDED HE WAS TECHNICALLY DEAD
Say, you're dead up there!" was the message that floated from the captain's bridge of the battleship Wyoming (BB-32) to Lyman H. Howe's camera man perched high on the main mast of the flagship during the battle maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet in Mexican waters a few months ago.... 		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA
Photo by The Star-Independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 26 January 1915, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming787kREAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER'S FLAGSHIP ON TRIP THROUGH PANAMA CANAL
FIGHTING MASTS OF WYOMING (BB-32)
Norfolk. Va. January 24. With the battleship Florida (BB-30) leading, seven vessels of the Atlantic fleet steamed out of Hampton Roads on a voyage that will end at San Francisco. The ships were the Florida, Utah (BB-31), New Hampshire (BB-25), Louisiana (BB-19), North Dakota (BB-29), Vermont (BB-20), and Washington (ACR-11). Outside the Virginia Capes these ships met Rear Admiral Fletcher on the battleship Wyoming and eight other ships of the Atlantic fleet, and all steamed for Guantanamo. Sixteen torpedo boats and destroyers overtook them before they rounded Cape Hatteras. The fleet will start for Panama early in March, where they will mobilize for the voyage through the canal. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 29 January 1915, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013209		371k3" gun on Wyoming (BB-32).Photo courtesy of John Hummel.
BB-32 Wyoming761kGreatest Fleet Ever Assembled By U.S. Gathered At Guantanamo
Maneuvers Directed by Admiral Fletcher Are Most Notable in Nation's History.		Photo by El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 30 January 1915, HOME EDITION, Cable News and Classified Section, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming190k Sailors celebrate George Washington's birthday with a pie eating contest on board Wyoming (BB-32) in 1915. All Hands Magazine photo by: Navy Historical Center, December 2002, pg. 46. & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
BB-32 2.15k FLEET FORGETS GUNS IN CHEERING CRACK BOXERS; RHODE ISLAND (BB-17) ARRIVES, DESTROYERS IN TO-MORROW
Above, a view of the battleship fleet as it swung with the turn of the tide in the Hudson yesterday; taken from the fire control platform of the flagship Wyoming (BB-32). The ships seen are the New York (BB-34), Texas (BB-35), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Michigan (BB-27), South Carolina (BB-26) and Kansas (BB-21).
Below, sailors on the Wyoming seated on one of the big twelve inch turret guns.		 Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 11 May 1915, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Atlantic Fleet250k OUTLINED AGAINST A CURTAIN OF DARKNESS
A fleet of destroyers and torpedo-boats has now arrived at New York to join the heavy ships of the line. Altogether, about 50 vessels will be assembled when the ceremonies began next Monday. It is promised that the strained international relations will have no effect on the parade. 		Photo by International News Service.
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo & text by Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 13 May 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-39 Arizona
013915h		3.84kView of Waterfront, Looking Northeast from Top of Building 6, 15 June 1915.
Who is in town for the launching of the Arizona (BB-39) (not seen)?
Texas (BB-35) is the ship behind the crane at left based on the searchlight config. Wyoming (BB-32) is the ship on the right in the foreground (with the structure on her stern), based on searchlights and the cagemast tops, which puts Arkansas (BB-33), as the ship whose stern is visible just to port of Wyoming. New York (BB-34) is beyond Wyoming, in the background. 		Photo I.D. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
National Archives Identifier: 6281355
Agency-Assigned Identifier: F644 N218
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming626kUNCLE SAM'S FLEET AT NEW YORK
Views Taken From Flagship Wyoming (BB-32).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 16 May 1915, PICTORIAL SECTION, Image 27 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming539k"Ships of the Atlantic Fleet playing their searchlights at night along the Hudson River."USN photo by Underwood & Underwood.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 16 May 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Atlantic Fleet2.05kSAILORS OF THE FLEET PASS THE PRESIDENT IN PARADE
Above in the reviewing stand at Forty Second Street showing Acting Mayor McAneny, President Wilson, Secretary Daniels & Admiral Fletcher in the centre of the reviewing party. The sailors of the Utah (BB-31) with the flags they carried at Veracruz are passing the stand. Below are the sailors from the flagship Wyoming (BB-32) marching up the avenue.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 18 May 1915, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming545k Wyoming's (BB-32) Mascot Poses on Big Gun of Super-Dreadnought
While each battleship of the Atlantic fleet came in for its share of attention during the review in the North river, the center of interest was the Wyoming, the flagship of Admiral Fletcher, in command of the Atlantic fleet. In the accompanying illustration are shown one of the Jackies aboard the Wyoming and the ship's mascot astride one of the twelve inch guns of the Dreadnought.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo by The Logan Republican. (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 27 May 1915, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming570kView of Waterfront, Looking East, from Cantilever Crane Track, 16 June 1915.
The ship in the foreground is Wyoming (BB-32) based on the conning tower. Note the ammunition lighter amidships.
To the left, above her stern, is the New York (BB-34), based on the searchlight config. Above Wyoming's #3 turret is the stern of the Florida (BB-30), while the Utah (BB-31) is seen between the Wyoming's stacks.		Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
National Archives Identifier: 6038107
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming2.81kTHE UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP WYOMING (BB-32) LEAVES NEW YORK FOR THE MANOEUVRES. A GOOD VIEW OF HER NEW 12-INCH GUNS IS GIVEN.
Quits Navy Yard Three Days Ahead of Scheduled Sailing Time.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The New York Times Picture Section, Rotogravure, 11 July 1915, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo i.d. courtesy of Ron Nash.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 2 July 1915, Image 3 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
BB-32 Wyoming667kCHINESE ADMIRAL SEES BIG U. S. GUNS; IN AMERICA TO PURCHASE SUBMARINES
Vice Admiral Wei Han aboard battleship Wyoming (BB-32).Vice Admiral Wei Han is probably the most important figure in the Chinese navy. Because he is looked upon in China as an authority, he has been sent to the United States to purchase submarines for his government.		Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo by Arizona Republican. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939,(Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 03 September 1915, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Atlantic Fleet2.86k"U.S. destroyers, at a speed of more than thirty miles an hour, passing in review before the Secretary of the Navy and the Governors of the States on board the battleship Wyoming (BB-32) off the coast of Massachusetts."USN photo by Underwood & Underwood, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 5 September 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Atlantic Fleet26kSecretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels discussing the recent War Games with Governor Fielder of New Jersey (left) and a friend on the Wyoming (BB-32). USN photo by American Press Association, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 5 September 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming121k DANIELS SIGHTS A BIG GUN
Secretary of the Navy Daniels looking through the sights of one of the big guns on the monster battleship Wyoming (BB-32). The picture was taken at the time of the review of the fleet at Boston. 		Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo from The North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune.(North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, 10 September 1915, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming1.40kArgentina Dreadnought Moreno appears here in drydock at the N.Y.N.Y., circa 1915.
In the left rear of the photo is a partial broadside view of a Wyoming class (BB-32 / 33) battleship. 		LOC photo # 17604 courtesy of wikipedia.org.
BB-32 Wyoming748kAFTER THEIR HARD WORK IN WAR GAMES BIG BATTLESHIPS NEED OVERHAULING.
STERN of the Dreadnought WYOMING (BB-32) 		Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo by The Bridgeport Evening Farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 19 October 1915, Image 11, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Wyoming97k"Sailors from the U.S. dreadnought Wyoming (BB-32) making a bayonet charge in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to keep in fighting trim."Photo by American Press Assn.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 7 May 1916, Page 8, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming52kAdmiral Frank F. Fletcher, USN, on board Wyoming (BB-32) while serving as as Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, circa 1915-1916. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # 103861. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller, USN (Retired).
BB-32 Wyoming47kAdmiral Frank F. Fletcher, USN, (right) shakes hands with Vice Admiral Henry T. Mayo, USN, on board Wyoming (BB-32) during change of command ceremonies in which Vice Admiral Mayo relieved Admiral Fletcher as Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, circa June 1916. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # NH 103866. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller, USN (Retired).
BB-32 Wyoming375kA fleet of tugs escort the Wyoming (BB-32) under the Brooklyn Bridge.Digital ID: # 2459825996_c135f7e69a_o. LC-B2-2465-2. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
BB-38 PennsylvaniaNRThe Dreadnought Wyoming (BB-32) leading the battleship fleet to sea.
Officers & crew of the super dreadnought Pennsylvania (BB-38), largest battleship ever built for the US Navy.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 03 September 1916, Image 52, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Wyoming3.54k"The U.S. battleship Wyoming (BB-32) fresh from the Fall target practice off the Virginia Capes steaming up the East River to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the periodical docking and repairs."Text & PDF courtesy of N.Y. Times, 8 October 1916, Page 2, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Photo by Edwin Levick & International News Service, from the Edwin Levick Collection, Mariner's Museum via Jim Geldert.
American Fleet in Atlantic Waters That Has Upheld Navy Traditions976kAmerican Fleet in Atlantic Waters That Has Upheld Navy Traditions
The photo was taken in very late 1916 or early 1917. Arizona (BB-39) is in the lead; next in line is Arkansas (BB-33), followed by North Dakota (BB-29) and Wyoming (BB-32). Beyond that, the bow-on silhouettes are too indistinct for an ID.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Photo from Page 378 from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings: Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial"(New York: New York Times, Co., 1919) via flickr.com/library of congress
BB-39 Arizona4.06kSteaming in formation with other Atlantic Fleet battleships, next in line is Arkansas (BB-33), followed by North Dakota (BB-29) during gunnery practice. The same ships are in the same configuration and the same order. The smoke is drifting off to the same side. This would suggest that the two photos are covering the same event. (Contrary to the original caption on this photo, the ship following Arizona can't be either Florida (BB-30) or Utah (BB-31) since neither was flush decked and neither had a raised turret that far separated from the after mast.)Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 95244 now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of H.E. Coffer.
BB-19, 32 & 33 65k

 

U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1916-1917. Third section from left (of six) of a panoramic photograph taken from the Naval Station radio tower. Among the ships present are: a battleship that is either Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33) (left foreground), mine-layers Baltimore (CM-1) and San Francisco (CM-2) (toward the left, far distance), destroyers Nicholson (DD-52) (left center, middle distance) and Cushing (DD-55) (right center, middle distance), and battleship Louisiana (BB-19) (right center, far distance, with "La." written above it).

 

 Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 76419, now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Donation of MMC Jesse Forton, USN (Retired), 1972.
BB-32
013205		812k Wyoming (BB-32) and another battleship of the fleet anchored in a scenic setting in Hampton Roads, VA, 10 December 1916. National Archives Identifier: 55167378.
Local Identifier: 111-SC-2993
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Over There
1917 - 1918
BB-32 Wyoming887kAmerican sailors scrubbing decks on Wyoming (BB-32), circa 1917-18.
Note the W on the boats.		Photographer: West. Newspaper. Union.
National Archives Identifier: 45512410
Local Identifier: 165-WW-333C-006.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
1.39kInspection on U.S. Battleship. View of inspection showing the big guns on a U.S. battleship .Photographer: Western Newspaper Union.
National Archives Identifier:45510901
Local Identifier: 165-WW-325B-5.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Atlantic Fleet58k"Armor piercing shells weighing half a ton or more apiece being loaded on an American Dreadnought that is preparing to sail for European waters."Photo by Central News Photo Service.
Partial text from The War of the Nations (New York) N.Y. Times, 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming2.30kJACK TARS EXTINGUISH FIRE AT SEA
A blaze on board the battleship Wyoming (BB-32) at sea.
It didn't take long for the perfectly trained crew of the Wyoming to extinguish this blaze aboard the great battleship. Each man rushed to an arranged station. Water compartments were closed. Preparations was made to flood the magazine if necessary and every possible contingency was guarded against. A fire has but little chance aboard American naval craft because of the perfect system maintained.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Iowa.
Photo from Ottumwa Semi-Weekly Courier. (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 16 February 1917, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-34499kPhoto of the arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917. The U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) New York (BB-34), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28). This image was painted on Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble. USN photo # Lot-5410-15, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-34, 32, 30 & 28.95k"Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917." Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) New York (BB-34), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28).Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58841-KN, courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
BB-34 New York 684k Royal Navy (British) during the First World War. Royal Navy and U.S. Fleets at Rosyth, Scotland, 1917. HMS Lion, HMS Inflexible, HMS Indomitable, and the light battle cruiser squadrons with the U.S. Sixth Division behind. USN photo # Lot 9609-39 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
Sixth Battle Squadron229k"Superdreadnoughts of the United States Navy"
This is an original 1917 sepia rotogravure by Bernard Poole showing America's super dreadnoughts during World War I.
Battleships of the Sixth Battle Squadron included the:
Delaware (BB-28),
Florida (BB-30),
Utah (BB-31),
Wyoming (BB-32),
Arkansas (BB-33),
New York (BB-34),
Texas (BB-35) &
Arizona (BB-39) at one time or another.		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-32 Wyoming
013225		1.95kView from the crow's nest of Wyoming (BB-32). Photographer Enrique Mueller Jr.
Local Identifier: 165-WW-335A-65
National Archives Identifier: 45512839
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware199k This rare oil painting by American artist Burnell Poole, "The 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth", is one of less than two dozen paintings owned by the Navy that depicts U.S. naval operations in World War One (WWI). After years of being considered a total loss by Navy Art Gallery curators it has been restored to near perfect condition. The entire process took several months, but the result is the total recovery of a painting that is sure to establish Burnell Poole's name among the best marine painters of the early 20th century.
The composition of the ships of the 6th Battle Squadron during their operational history, appearing in the painting in no particular order were: Delaware (BB-28), Florida (BB-30),Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34), & Texas (BB-35).		 Photo and partial text courtesy of Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., File photo # N-0000X-001.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 June 1918, Image 36, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013224p		 NR FIVE FIGHTING FLOATING FORTRESSES.
A painting by Burnell Poole of the Sixth Battle Squadron of Britian's Grand Fleet, the American battleship division cooperating with the British Navy during the World War, which is to be presented to the British Admiriality at an early date by AdmiralHugh Rodman and the officers & men of his squadron.
The ships in line are: New York (BB-34), Texas (BB-35), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28).		 Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo by The Omaha Morning Bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 03 February 1924, CITY EDITION, ALCOGRAVURE SECTION, Image 42, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo via history.navy.mil
BB-34 New York382k21 November 1918 - U.S. battleships witness surrender of German High Seas fleet at Rosyth, Firth of Forth, Scotland, to U.S. and British fleets.
New York (BB-34), Arkansas (BB-33), Delaware (BB-28), Texas (BB-35), Florida (BB-30), and Wyoming (BB-32).		Text & USN photo courtesy of Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa via Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
Photo i.d. courtesy of Andy McIntosh.
BB-32 class
013206f		1.18kNight firing from Deck of a Wyoming class battleship. The crew, of one of huge guns which command miles of sea, finding target in the darkness. U.S. Navy, New York Harbor, N.Y. U.S.A, c 1918. Photo i.d. courtesy of Daniel Hacker.
National Archives Identifier:86697817
Agency-Assigned Identifier:111-SC-45823
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32/33163kA British, German & American battleship, the Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33), as seen from the Florida (BB-30) the day the German High Seas Fleet surrendered to the Allies in the Firth of Forth, 21 November 1918.Courtesy of Larry Yungk.
Sixth Battle Squadron72k Battleships of the Sixth Battle Squadron (anchored in column in the left half of the photograph): included the
Florida (BB-30)
Utah (BB-31)
Wyoming (BB-32)
Arkansas (BB-33)
New York (BB-34)
Texas (BB-35)
& at one time or another.
There are only three of the battleships present in this photo at Brest, France, on 13 December 1918. George Washington (ID-3018), which had just carried President Woodrow Wilson from the United States to France, is in the right background. Photographed by Zimmer		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 63454.
BB-32547k Wyoming (BB-32) riding at anchor in the North River, photographed from an airplane flying over the returned fleet. Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
National Archives Identifier: 45512687
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-104
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-40
013062		2.00kThe sun sets on Atlantic fleet battleships of the Nevada class (BB-36/37), a Florida class (BB-30/31) followed by a Wyoming (BB-32/33) class battleship surrounded by lots of small boats in New York Harbor during the Naval Review of the Victory Fleet, December 1918.National Archives Identifier:45513394
Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-45.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
1919 - 1931
BB-32 Wyoming 292k Wyoming (BB-32) forward bridge structure, as seen from main deck looking aft on 21 January 1919. The ship is at the New York Navy Yard. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo Collection No. UA453 via Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming 1.35k Wyoming (BB-32) conning platform, inside the base of the forward cage mast. The ship is at the New York Navy Yard. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo Collection No. UA453 via Mike Green.
BB-30 Florida224kBaseball game between the crews of the Florida (BB-30) & the Wyoming (BB-32) circa 1 February 1919 following winter maneuvers in Cuban waters through 14 April, 1919.Photo courtesy of Larry Yungk. Text courtesy of DANFS.
New York Harbor1.78k"American dreadnoughts & super-dreadnoughts steaming into New York harbor 14 April 1919."
The Texas (BB-35) leads the procession with a airplane on her turret catapult. Note the escorting biplane.
The "escorting" aircraft is either a Curtiss HS-1 or HS-2 (note the single engine) can't tell which from the photo. The aircraft on a fly-off platform atop the No. 2 turret of the Texas is 1 of 6 Sopwith Camels purchased from Britain at the end of the war.
The platforms were a British concept designed to provide the fleet with an aircraft capable of reaching the high flying Zeppelins which the German Navy occasionally used as scouts. The Texas was the only US Battleship to be fitted with turret fly-off platforms while in Europe and was the test bed for this program in the US Navy. Not visible in this view is a stripped down (No fabric and no wings) Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter lashed atop the No. 3 Turret. The platforms were eventually mounted on all 14" gun BB's through the New Mexico (BB-40 / 42) class (with mixed reviews from their commanders) and carried either a Hanriot HD-1 or a Nieuport' 28. Though equipped inflatable floats for water landings, this tended to do a lot of damage not the least of which was dowsing a hot engine in cold salt water. By 1920 a successful compressed air catapult was developed and were being mounted on the aft deck of all 4 turreted battleships and fly-off platforms were removed. The Texas and New York (BB-34), because of their 5 Turrets, lacked the deck space for the catapult and had to make do with a float plane (Vought VE-7) sitting on the aft deck which would be launched by lowering it over the side for a surface take-off.
If you look carefully at this photo you see the VE-7 on the deck and the A-frame hoist used for handling it.		Photo by Paul Thompson.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Text i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
Atlantic FleetNRHow the Atlantic Fleet looked to the camera man in a seaplane flying over lower Manhattan a week ago yesterday morning as the mighty armada came up the bay to anchorage in the Hudson off Riverside Drive for a two weeks' vacation after months of strenuous maneuvers in Southern waters. The destroyers Dale (DD-290) and Flusser (DD-289) are shown leading the column of eight dreadnoughts: Oklahoma (BB-37), Nevada (BB-36), Arizona (BB-39), flagship Pennsylvania (BB-38), Utah (BB-31), Florida (BB-30), North Dakota (BB-29) and Delaware (BB-28) past the Statue of Liberty at a fifteen-knot clip. In addition to the big battleships, the fleet includes thirty-two destroyers, numerous supply ships and several submarines.
The Atlantic battleship fleet is home again. Here are the twelve great first line fighting ships that are paying Father Knickerbocker a two weeks' visit. Over a hundred of Uncle Sam's grim sea warriors gray the North River, while their 30,000 sailor-men are given the freedom of the city in a royal welcome home.
The Battleship Mississippi (BB-41) leading the fleet into the harbor, as photographed from an airplane. Note the airplanes atop the forward and aft turrets. 		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 April 1919, Image 48, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Atlantic Fleet540kThe super dreadnought Wyoming (BB-32) photographed from Riverside Drive at Grant's Tomb. Wardogs from the Atlantic fleet once more gray the Hudson, here on quiet business of their own while orders are carried out for changes in the officer personnel. Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 06 July 1919, Image 42, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32/3353k Wyoming (BB-32) at anchor circa 1919 after the removal of her stern 5"/51 gun. Naval Historical Centre taken from Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century, by Bernard Ireland, submitted by Robert Hurst.
BB-40 New Mexico 1.60k Wyoming (BB-32) and New Mexico (BB-40) passing through Gatun lock, 8 August 1919. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
BB-40 New Mexico 339k New Mexico (BB-40) and Wyoming (BB-32) passing through Miraflores lock, 8 August 1919. © Associated Press Photo courtesy of San Francisco Examiner via David S. Smith.
BB 32
013258d		954k Wyoming (BB-32) in Gatun Lake near Gamboa, 26 July 1919. Photos from Navy Dept. Bureau of Construction & Repair.
National Archives Identifier: 100996440.
Local Identifier: 185-G-930
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov.
BB-32NRThe U.S. Navy & Passing Through the Canal
The Wyoming (BB-32) and the New Mexico (BB-40) are shown here passing through the Pedro Miguel locks of the Panama Canal.
The electric engines along the side of the locks are called "mules" in deference to their four legged predecessors they have just hauled the battle ship through the locks. If you are interested in mathematics you might figure out how many old style mules it would take to do the job.
The Wyoming at the left is moving out to the lower level, and as soon as the water in the other lock is let out to the correct level the New Mexico will move ahead.
This picture was taken from a U. S. Navy flying boat, during the recent trip of the Pacific Fleet to the West Coast. They were royally received at all of the ports along the trip.		 Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo & text by The Lynden Tribune. (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 19 August 1920, Image 15, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
MASCOTSNRU. S. WARSHIPS CARRY QUEER MASCOTS TO KEEP UP THE "LUCK OF THE NAVY"
Every one of Uncle Sam's fighting ships has its mascot, and some of them are very queer indeed. Note the Panama sugar bear on the shoulder of the Jackie in the center. He is the mascot on the battleship Alabama (BB-8). The Michigan (BB-27) has - a bird mascot, a parakeet shown at the right. Goats are probably the commonest mascots. The one at the left is on the Kentucky (BB-6), and the one below entertains the sailors on the big battleship Wyoming (BB-32). 		Image and text provided by University of Tennessee.The News Scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 25 September 1920, 4TH EDITION, AUTO NUMBER, Image 26, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Almost UnknownNRSTRANGE 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.
Almost Unknown1.09kHow Victory at Sea, Once Nearly Lost, Was Finally Won
 Wyoming (BB-32) is pictured below. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 31 October 1920, Image 74, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-35 Texas578kMan O War Row, Texas (BB-35), Arkansas (BB-33), Wyoming (BB-32) & New York (BB-34) at anchor, San Francisco harbor, Xmas 1920. USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
BB-34 New York890k2 views of New York (BB-34) from Kite Balloon, altitudes 1,100 feet & 1500 feet on 16 April 1921, at San Pedro, Calif. The Arkansas (BB-33) & Wyoming (BB-32) follow the New York in the insert photo.Photo courtesy of J.H. Knauss via Mr. Thomas Doll & Fabio Pena.
Almost Unknown652kTwo Battleships and Flock of Destroyers Give Color and Life to the Hudson River
Two battleships of the North Atlantic Fleet are at anchor off 96th Street in the Hudson River. They are the Arkansas (BB-33) and Wyoming (BB-32). 		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, 01 August 1922, Wall Street Final Edition, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming551kPost card of the Wyoming (BB-32) with civilians touring the ship.Photo by International News Service submitted by Thomas Becher.
BB-32 Wyoming551kOne of the Wyoming's (BB-32) boats with the battleship Idaho (BB-42) in the background, circa early 1920's.Photo from the collection of Percy & Bill Fenner submitted by Ann Moss.
BB-32 Wyoming685kLine crossing ceremony aboard the Wyoming (BB-32), 1920?Photo from the collection of Percy & Bill Fenner submitted by Ann Moss.
BB-32 WyomingNRThis is an original 1921 halftone print of a drawing of a U.S. Navy battleship, i.e. Wyoming (BB-32 / 33) class. Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-32 Wyoming2.91kPDF of 55 photos of Percy Fenner who served on the Wyoming (BB-32) in the early 1920's when it was serving in Panama and South America. Photo from the collection of Percy & Bill Fenner submitted by Ann Moss.
BB-32 Wyoming606kThe Wyoming (BB-32) moored in the Philadelphia Navy Yard for "Navy Day" on 27 October 1923. Photo from the Philadelphia Department of Records via Bill Gonyo.
BB-28 Delaware819kPanoramic photo of the U.S. fleet in Panama Bay (Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal) on 1 March 1923. 70 vessels are viewed; the Battle Fleet consists of all U.S. battleships from the Delaware (BB-28) through the Idaho (BB-42). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Copyright R.G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z."
BB-32 Wyoming
013220		NRSailor boxers prepare for fleet championship....They hop upon one of the giant guns of the Wyoming (BB-32) and do their sparring there-it helps them to judge distance and perfect balance. Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo from The Omaha Morning Bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 06 January 1924, CITY EDITION, ALCOGRAVURE SECTION, Image 32, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming108kThree USN Battleships anchored at Target Bay, Culebra, West Indies, circa Jan-Feb 1924. The closest of the three is a Wyoming class (BB-32 / 33) battleship.
The two ships in the background are the Florida (BB-30) and the Utah (BB-31), but again which is which is anybody's guess.		 USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo I.d. and partial-text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
BB-31
013148d		 NR FOUR BATTLESHIPS DECLARED UNFIT
Four of the first line battleships of the U. S. Navy have been declared by expert engineers to have unfit boilers and have been ordered not to steam at more than twelve knots. This forces the ships to leave the winter maneuvers and make for their home ports, where it will require several months to repair them. Congress in the past has refused to make appropriations for the boilers. The ships are the Utah (BB-31), Florida (BB-30) and Wyoming (BB-32), and the Arkansas (BB-33), all coal burners. 		Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections.
Photo & text by The Alaska Daily Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 20 March 1924, Image 6 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming76kOne of the two new type scout planes sent to the Pacific. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 25 January 1925, Image 93, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013227k		256k Captain Austin Kautz was the commanding officer of the battleship Wyoming (BB-32) from June 1925 - February 1927. Photo courtesy of the history.navy.mil
BB-32 Wyoming155kThe Wyoming (BB-32) at anchor with the company of at least two other battleships as their masts protrude over her fore & aft turrets. Photo dates from before her overhaul at the New York Navy Yard from 23 November 1925 to 26 January 1926. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-32 Wyoming103kCapt. Luther Martin Overstreet was the commanding officer of the battleship Wyoming (BB-32) from February 1927 to June 1929. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
BB-32533k Wyoming (BB-32), aerial port. Photograph released 1927.USN photo # 80-G-458933 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-32 Wyoming489kNavy Day Program: Philadelphia Navy Yard celebrates "Navy Day" on 27 October 1927. The map in the program shows Wyoming (BB-32) at Pier 8 south side undergoing modernization. The Oklahoma (BB-37) is at Pier 5. Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-32 Wyoming493kPhiladelphia Navy Yard celebrates "Navy Day" on 27 October 1927. The map in the program shows Wyoming (BB-32) at Pier 8 south side undergoing modernization. The Oklahoma (BB-37) is at Pier 5. Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-35 Texas626k Wyoming (BB-32) in South Boston dry dock, 16 April 1928.Photo # 08_06_005242 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-35 Texas643k Wyoming (BB-32) in dry dock, South Boston, 16 April 1928.Photo # 08_06_005191 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-35 Texas625kStern view of the Wyoming (BB-32) getting ready / or finishing in dry dock, South Boston, 16 April 1928.Photo 08_06_005199, courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection, via digitalcommonwealth.org
BB-32 Wyoming
013228v		NR Survivors of the Vestris disaster aboard the Wyoming (BB-32) as the battleship arrived at Hampton Roads, Va., after her important part in the rescue work: Left to right are Mrs, Elvira F. Rua of New Bedford, Mass., and Mrs. Dolores Dorf of Brooklyn, N. Y., with three members of the Vestris' crew, John Boxil, John Morris and Gerald Barton.
Seriously injured in rescue work in the Vestris disaster, Seaman S. W. Baker of the United States Battleship Wyoming, is shown being carried from the battleship on its arrival at Hampton Roads, Va. He received a probable fracture of the skull.
Vestris survivors arriving at Hampton Roads, Va., on the battleship Wyoming. Mrs. Norman Batten (left) and Mrs. Mary Ulrich of New York, with Capt. Overstreet, commander of the Wyoming.		Image provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC & Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
1st insert & photo & text by Roanoke Rapids Herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1931-1948, 09 March 1939, SECTION B, Image 23 & Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 17 November 1928, Image 16, & (Insert) 25 November 1928, Image 105, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Battlefleet122kWatercolor of a Presidential review during President Hoover's term of office, 1928-32.
Crews line the rails of a Colorado class (BB-45 / 48) battleship as the ships pass in line astern of the reviewing stand with the airship Los Angeles (ZR-3) piercing the clouds accompanied by 9 biplanes. 		Courtesy of Michael Schwarz.
Battlefleet56kView of the U.S. Battle-fleet from above, possibly from the airship Los Angeles (ZR-3). Photo courtesy of periscopefilm.com.
Navy Yard
013243		 330k Wyoming (BB-32) at Navy Yard, Boston, June 1929.Photo 08_06_005125 courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection, via digitalcommonwealth.org contributed by John Spivey.
BB-36 Nevada260k Nevada (BB-36) steaming in line, guns trained out to starboard. Directly behind her are the Wyoming (BB-32) & Idaho (BB-42). Date approximately 1930.USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-32 Wyoming101kUnderway at sea, with ten of her 12"/50 guns trained out to starboard, 24 March 1930.Official USN photo Naval History and Heritage Command # 80-G-466464, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-381.73kBased on the date, April 1930, the ship in the left-hand drydock was the Pennsylvania (BB-38). She recommissioned on 1 March 1931 after her 2 year modernization. The ship in the other drydock is too small for an active BB of the period and remains unidentified. The left-hand pierside battleship is likely Wyoming (BB-32), which was to start her modernization the following month. The right-hand pierside BB is probably Florida (BB-30) which decommissioned at Philadelphia NY on 16 February 1931.
Note all the Destroyers & Submarines docked on the left.		Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein & Richard M. Jensen.
Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces, ca. 1902 - 1964
Series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas, 1917 - 1964
File Unit:Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Local Identifier: 18-AA-111-48
National Archives Identifier: 68148386
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming735k Wyoming (BB-32) July 1930 in San Diego.Photo by Keystone-France\Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
BB-32 WyomingNRNAVY PLANS TO RETIRE THESE BATTLESHIPS OCTOBER 1
The battleships Utah (BB-31), Florida (BB-30) and Wyoming (BB-32), reading from top to bottom, which the Navy Department has decided tentatively to retire about October 1 as a gesture of international confidence.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening Star.([volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 03 August 1930, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013240		558kLooking aft aboard the Wyoming (BB-32), as workmen dismantle a gun turret as part of the battleship's conversion into a training ship. The ship will be used by midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.Photo courtesy of worthpoint.com
BB-32 Wyoming519k Wyoming (BB-32) between decades.Photo by Arkivi/Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
BB-383.91k2 photo PDF progress photo update on the above photo, 2 photos dated 9 February 1931.Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein & Richard M. Jensen.
Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces, ca. 1902 - 1964
Series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas, 1917 - 1964
File Unit: Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Local Identifier:18-AA-111-38 & 40.
National Archives Identifier:68148366 & 68148370
Photos 68148366 & 68148370 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32 Wyoming311k"Photograph of the flagship of the training squadron, which is of 26,000-tons displacement and was built in 1912 at an approximate cost of $4,000,000 at a pier on the Delaware River front." The term flagship refers to the most important ship within the fleet, as it is responsible for carrying the commanding admiral, 4 March 1931.Photo courtesy of the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs @ digital.library.temple.edu
BB-34 New York454k"Wyoming (BB-32) to be converted into a training ship at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard", 4 March 1931.
"Workmen chipping paint with pneumatic chisels from an after gun turret, a first step in a job for which a $510,000 appropriation has been made." 		Photo courtesy of the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs @ digital.library.temple.edu
BB-32 Wyoming323kThe old battleship Wyoming (BB-32) becomes a training ship. Here she is in drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, being prepared for the midshipmen's cruise this Summer. Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 19 April 1931, Image 102, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming475k Wyoming (BB-32) subsequently visited Annapolis upon the completion of her demilitarization and, between 29 May and 5 June 1931, embarked Naval Academy midshipmen for a cruise to European waters. Sailing on 5 June, the ship was in the mid-Atlantic 10 days later, when she went to the aid of the foundering ice-cutting submarine Nautilus, commanded by the famed British Arctic explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins. Wyoming took the disabled submersible in tow and took her to Queenstown, Northern Ireland. Later in the course of the cruise, the former battleship visited Copenhagen, Denmark; Greenock, Scotland; Cadiz, Spain; and Gibraltar, before she returned to Hampton Roads on 13 August. During her cruise, she had been re designated from a battleship, BB-32, to a miscellaneous auxiliary, (AG-17), on 1 July 1931. Text courtesy of DANFS.
AP Wire photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory)
Gunnery Training Ship (AG-17)
BB-32
013293		 975k Wyoming (AG-17) docked in Philadelphia with Indianapolis (CA-35), 21 November 1932. Photo courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr via Daniel Hacker.
BB-32 Wyoming1.02k Wyoming (AG-17) circa 1930s - Portsmouth, Virginia.Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.) via Andrew Payne.
BB-32 Wyoming1.16k Wyoming (AG-17) circa 1930s photograph at sea. The warship behind her is a Omaha class light cruiser.Photo i.d. courtesy of Charles Haberlein & Richard Jensen.
Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.)
BB-32 Wyoming833kMarines Board Battleship Wyoming (AG-17) at Hampton Roads, Virginia 1933.
Battalion of Marines boarded the Wyoming on 4 October. Officials are reported to have said that the ship is going only on a practice cruise, but it is very probable that the warship will go Cuban waters relieving the New Mexico (BB-40) which is now off the Florida coast. 		A.P. Wire photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
BB-32806k Painting of the Wyoming (AG-17) circa 1930's. Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
BB-32 WyomingNRThe battleship Wyoming (AG-17) gets a new propeller. And it's a man-sized job fitting on the 10-foot screw at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 06 May 1934, Image 96, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming164kPier side port side partial photo possibly previewing preparation pre-practice participation at Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal Zone.
On 18 January 1935, she embarked men of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, at Norfolk, for the winter-spring landing assault practices. In almost every succeeding year, Wyoming (AG-17) took part in amphibious assault exercises, as the elements of the Fleet Marine Force and Navy developed tactics for use in possible conflicts of the future.		Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
BB-32 WyomingNRD. C. Reserve Sailors to Train on Battleship Wyoming (AG-17).
The three fleet divisions composing the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserves, in the District of Columbia, will take their annual sea duty next month aboard the battleship Wyoming. The ship, one of the Atlantic training squadron, has just returned from an European cruise with the midshipmen aboard. During her voyage with the reservists she will go to Halifax for the midcruise liberty period. 		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 25 August 1935, Image 36, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming229kOn 18 February 1937, during the culminating phase of a multi-faceted (land, sea, and air) exercise, a shrapnel shell exploded prematurely as it was being rammed into one of the ship's 5-inch broadside guns. Six marines were killed, and 11 were wounded. Immediately after the explosion, Wyoming (AG-17) sped to San Pedro, where she transferred the wounded marines to the hospital ship Relief (AH-1). Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
BB-32 WyomingNRWhere Mimic War Had Its Death Roll
A VIEW midships of the battleship Wyoming (AG-17) on which six marines were killed and ten were injured during war games near San Clemente Island, in the Pacific. A shell was being loaded into the brech of a five-inch gun when an explosion occurred. Edward J. Trumble of Alexandria, Va., captain of marines, directing firing of the gun, was among those killed. 		Image and text provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC via The Daily Independent. (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1936-19??, 23 February 1937, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 WyomingNRNAVY MOURNS EXPLOSION VICTIMS.
Solemn scene at the side of the battleship Wyoming (AG-17) as dead and injured in the explosion of a 5-inch gun aboard the ship were lowered to launches to transferred to the hospital ship Relief (AH-1).		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 28 February 1937, Image 97, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming 156k Wyoming (AG-17) late 1930s overhead view, (note 5-inch/38 on starboard 01 level). USN photo & text courtesy of Werner L. Stunkel.
BB-34 New YorkNR "Anchors Aweigh" Theme Song as Midshipmen Leave on European Training Cruise
Upper classmen of the Naval Academy, the June week program over, are shown above on the dock at Annapolis, ready to leave on their training cruise.
A few of the more than 1.000 "middies" making the cruise being ferried to the three battleships New York (BB-34), Wyoming AG-17) and Arkansas (BB-33), which will take them to Germany, Italy and Greece before their return to the Naval Academy in the Fall.
Boarding ship, in this case the New York, for the trip, an unusual feature of the course the midshipmen take in order to prepare themselves for their future roles as officers in Uncle Sam's Navy.		A. P. Photos.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by Evening Star.([volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 05 June 1937, Image 11, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming52kAdmiral Graf Spee photographed from Wyoming (AG-17) at Kiel, Germany, during the U.S. Naval Academy 1937 Midshipman's cruise. Note the canvas covered anti-aircraft gunnery rangefinder in the right foreground. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # NH 50268.
Kiel, Germany448kDawn in the harbor of Kiel, Germany. Left to right - training ships Gorch Fock and Horst Wessel, [Now USCGC Eagle], New York (BB-34), Wyoming (AG-17) and Arkansas (BB-33). USNIP., January 1938. USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y.
Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
Kiel, Germany509kAmerican Bluejackets in Kiel, Germany. In the background the New York (BB-34), on the right the Wyoming (AG-17). USNIP.,January 1938.USNI Photo Navy Recruiting Bureau, N.Y.
Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
BB-32 Wyoming940k18 August 1938 photograph of the Wyoming (AG-17) with crew members mooring the ship at Norfolk Naval Base's Pier 7 in Norfolk, Virginia. The ship along with the Texas (BB-35) and New York (BB-34) visited Norfolk during the annual midshipmen's summer training cruise. Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.)
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013240j		 NR As Reservists Started Cruise
Lieutenant Walker, of the battleship Wyoming (AG-17), adjusts the hat of Bob M. Morgenthau, son of the Secretary of the Treasury, as 600 apprentice seamen from throughout the country start a training cruise out of New York. The cruise is the first under a new program to commission 5,000 Naval Reserve ensigns annually.		 Image and text provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC.
Photo by The Wilmington Morning Star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 19 August 1940, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013221		1.22kBattleship Capitulates to Newspaper Gals
Wyoming (AG-17) Capt. Van Leer Kirkman raises his hands in surrender when he finds himself a stag at bay aboard a battleship at the naval training station, Norfolk, during a visit of the ladies of the press on 10 October 1941. The newspaper gals took over the ship to get a look behind the scenes in the navy. Sailors' families will read about it from the woman’s viewpoint.		 Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo from Nogales International. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 14 November 1941, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Official USN photo Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 48407 via reddit.com
WW II / Post War
BB-32 Wyoming 325k Photo taken at Norfolk Navy Base in 1941 shows a Grumman J2F Duck is being hoisted and two F4F Wildcats waiting to be hoisted aboard the Ranger (CV-4). Across the pier is the Wyoming (AG-17), with an unidentified oiler moored directly astern. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. Unknown via Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming67k Wyoming (AG-17) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 6 June 1942. She is wearing a Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage scheme, and is still armed with six 12"/50 guns, plus a variety of five-inch and smaller guns. Photograph # 19-N-30947 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Photo i.d. courtesy of Barb and Paul Rebold.
BB-32 Wyoming1.70kJune 1943 photo of the Wyoming (AG-17) off the Norfolk Navy Yard. Photo courtesy of David Buell.
BB-32 Wyoming159k Wyoming (AG-17) June, 1943 appearance as a gunnery training ship with 12" turrets #1, #2, and #3 still in place. Along each side of the ship are the various range of anti- aircraft guns and directors.USN photo.
BB-32 Wyoming107k Wyoming (AG-17) June, 1943 appearance as a gunnery training ship with 12" turrets #1, #2, and #3 still in place. Note the antiaircraft range-finders atop her torpedo-defense platform. In 1940 it was proposed that she be rebuilt as a target ship similar to the Utah (BB-31), but nothing was done. Photo and partial text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-32 Wyoming229kServing as a gunnery training ship during WW II, Wyoming (AG-17) was fitted with the full range of antiaircraft guns & directors. Photographed 17 June 1943. Partial text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
USN photo submitted by Pieter Bakels.
BB-32 Wyoming375kAstern of the Wyoming (AG-17). USN photo courtesy of Joe MacDonald.
BB-32 Wyoming109kStarboard view of Wyoming (AG-17), April 1944. Notice the main armament change from 12 inch to 5 inch.Official USN photo Naval History and Heritage Command # 19-N-68191, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-32 Wyoming849k Wyoming (AG-17) circa 1944-1947 - Portsmouth, Virginia.Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.) via Andrew Payne.
BB-32 Wyoming447kBow on view of Wyoming (AG-17), photographed in May-June 1945. Note asymmetrical director arrangement by bridge: a Mk-37 to starboard, a Mk-33 to port. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-334373 via Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming447kTarget drone aboard Wyoming (AG-17), 9 May 1945. This training aid is called the "TDD" or "Target Drone, Denny" after the movie star Reginald Denny, who helped perfect it. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-334376 via Mike Green.
BB-32 Wyoming100kA line drawing by A.L. Raven of the Wyoming (AG-17) as a training ship, 1945. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-32 Wyoming1.60kFinal appearance of Wyoming (AG-17) in March, 1945 as an anti-Kamikaze research vessel based out of Casco Bay, Maine. She is shown as she emerged from Norfolk Navy Yard, 31 March 1945. USN photo courtesy of Ed Zajkowski via Gary Priolo.
BB-32 Wyoming89k Final appearance of Wyoming (AG-17) underway, probably off the coast of Maine, 31 March 1945.Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Warships of W.W. II by Paul H. Silverman, submitted by Robert Hurst.
BB-32 Wyoming539kUnderway, beautiful overhead view as Wyoming (AG-17): Armament: 10 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 3x2 40mm, 1x4 40mm, 1x1 40mm, 6x1 20mm, 2x2 20mm, 2 Mk17 rocket launchers. Hyperwar WWII
BB-32 Wyoming1.40kFinal appearance of Wyoming (AG-17) in April 1945 as an anti-Kamikaze research vessel based out of Casco Bay, Maine. USN photo courtesy of Ed Zajkowski via Gary Priolo.
BB-32 Wyoming
013213		583kOld Wyoming (AG-17), Never Out of Bay, Leads All Ships in Ack-Ack Fire By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
Demilitarized under the London disarmament treaty of 1931. the 33- vear-old former battleship Wyoming has been indirectly responsible for sending many German Messerschmitts into oblivion and scores of Japanese kamikazes blazing into the Pacific waters, the Navy disclosed today.
Although she has been confined to the protected waters of the Chesapeake Bay for the last three years, the old battleship has used up more antiaircraft ammunition than any other ship in this war. As a floating gunnery school, she has fired more than 1,700,000 rounds of ammunition through her seven different types of antiaircraft guns.
Known by those who have been assigned to her as both the "Chesapeake Raider" and the "BEF" (back every Friday), the ship, shorn of her heavy armament and armor of her battleship days, has made an enviable record for her work in the training field. She has turned out the gun crews for such famous fighting ships of this war as the South Dakota (BB-57), Boise (CL-47), Franklin (CV-13), Shangri-La (CV-38), O'Bannon (DD-987) and Brooklyn (CL-40).
She has been commended by Rear Admiral Thomas L. Gatch, 3103 Macomb street N.W., now judge advocate general of the Navy, for the excellent training given the gun crews of the famous Battleship X, which he commanded in the early days of the war. The Battleship X subsequently was identified by the Navy as the South Dakota.
More than 35,000 officers and men of the fleet received their antiaircraft gunnery training aboard the Wyoming since March, 1942. During the two or three weeks that they were aboard the ship, the trainees received concentrated instruction in handling and firing of the antiaircraft weapons. She had the latest equipment in this field aboard, and many times the gunners trained on the latest gadgets reached their fleet assignments before the guns were put aboard their ships.
In addition to training of the gun crews, the Wyoming was selected to conduct tests of proposed new gear, including modem directors for guns, gun sights and tools that were developed in such rapid succession as the war progressed. She really was the antiaircraft guinea pig of the Navy.
The Wyoming was modernized in 1927 and her engines changed over from coal burners to oil. Shortly after that she went to the rescue of the steamship Vestris, which foundered in an Atlantic storm about 300 miles off New York in 1928.
Then came the London Conference, which resulted in the removal of three of her six turrets, armor belts and torpedo tubes. The last of her 12-inch guns was removed in April, last year, to provide more room for antiaircraft trainees.
She is seen underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 30 April 1945.		BuAer photo, 80-G-323307, courtesy of David Buell.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 20 August 1945, Image 14, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming70k Chief Gunner's Mate Eugene Metzel, USN, who has served 24 years on board Wyoming (AG-17), looks at the bronze plaque commemorating her First World War service with the Grand Fleet. Photographed in 1945. Chief Metzel is wearing the World War II era service dress grey uniform.Official USN photo Naval History and Heritage Command # 80-G-334378, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-32 Wyoming64k Wyoming (AG-17), at Norfolk Navy Yard, fall of 1945 or spring of 1946.Photo by Joseph Albright, courtesy of Christopher Albright.
BB-32 Wyoming361k"Battleship Graveyard" - Three decommissioned battleships, the Idaho (BB-42) (left foreground), the Wyoming (AG-17), (right foreground), and the New Mexico (BB-40), lie alongside a pier at Port Newark, N.J. where they are being scrapped.
Workmen have progressed with the New Mexico which was the subject of considerable controversy between Newark city officials and the scrapping concern. The Wyoming, most recent arrival, has its gun turrets protected by round white coverings. 		Text courtesy of AP wire-photo of 18 December 1947 edition of the Baltimore Evening Sun, submitted by Joe MacDonald. Photo courtesy of Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner & submitted by Robert Hurst.
BB-42 Idaho2.96kThree battleships, at Newark, N.J. January 1948: New Mexico (BB-40) in the foreground, Idaho (BB-42) behind her, and the Wyoming (AG-17) to the left, being scrapped by Lipsett Inc.
Valhalla for Venerable Battleships
New Mexico, Idaho, & Wyoming Die in Bustle of Big Business, but Their Steel Will Help Dwindling Scrap Piles.		AP wirephoto courtesy of Joe MacDonald.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 01 February 1948, Image 42, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming515kWire Photo Painting of the Wyoming (AG-17) dated 8 March 1959. Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
(NISMF)926kA guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
World War II Memorial371kA quote made by Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz is inscribed on a granite wall at the National World War II Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Fleet Adm. Nimitz was the United States signatory to the surrender terms aboard the battleship Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay, Japan on 2 September 1945, thus ending World War II. Established by the American Battle Monuments Commission, the memorial honors all military veterans of World War II, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation's call to arms. On 29 May 2004, the memorial was formally dedicated with an estimated 200,000 people expected to attend, and includes 100,000 visiting veterans of all wars. USN photo # N-0295M-011 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Chapin, Frederick Lincoln, USN (USNA 1883)25.09.1912 - 00.12.1913BB-32
02CDR. Vogelgesang, Carl Theodore, USN (USNA 1890) :RADM (temporary)00.12.1913 - 00.12.1913BB-32
03CAPT. Glennon, James Henry, USN (USNA 1874) :RADM00.12.1913 - 05.08.1915BB-32
04CAPT. Snowden, Thomas, USN (USNA 1879) :RADM05.08.1915 - 20.06.1916BB-32
05CAPT. Wiley, Henry Ariosto, USN (USNA 1888) :ADM20.06.1916 - 29.09.1918BB-32
06CAPT. Christy, Harley Hannibal, USN (USNA 1891) :VADM29.09.1918 - 22.09.1919BB-32
07CAPT. Evans, Waldo, USN (USNA 1891)22.09.1919 - 00.08.1920BB-32
08CAPT. Blamer, DeWitt, USN (USNA 1891)00.08.1920 - 15.07.1921BB-32
09CAPT. Price, Henry Bertrand, USN (USNA 1893)15.07.1921 - 24.06.1922BB-32
20CAPT. Laws, George William, USN (USNA 1891) :RADM24.06.1922 -BB-32
11CAPT. Bennett, Kenneth Marratt, USN (USNA 1895)~1924 -BB-32
12CAPT. Kautz, Austin, USN (USNA 1897)14.06.1925 - 28.02.1927BB-32
13CAPT. Overstreet, Luther Martin, USN28.02.1927 - 15.06.1929BB-32
14CAPT. Pinney, Charles Lucius, USN15.06.1929 - 22.05.1931BB-32
15CAPT. Dutton Jr., Benjamin, USN (USNA 1905)22.05.1931 - 15.05.1933BB-32
16CAPT. Coman, Vaughan Kimball, USN (USNA 1905)15.05.1933 - 25.05.1935AG-19
17CAPT. Hinkamp, Clarence Nelson, USN (USNA 1907)25.05.1935 - 01.06.1937AG-19
18CAPT. Nichols, Newton Lord, USN (USNA 1907)01.06.1937 - 16.05.1939AG-19
19CAPT. Patterson, Donald Flanner, USN (USNA 1912)16.05.1939 - 00.06.1941AG-19
20CAPT. Kirkman Jr., Van Leer, USN (USNA 1911)00.06.1941 - 00.06.1942AG-19
21CAPT. Holsinger, Raymond Wilson, USN (USNA 1920) :RADM - 00.06.1942 00.00.1943AG-19
22CAPT. Hartung, Richard Renwick, USN 00.00.1943 - 00.09.1944AG-19
23CAPT. Wellings, Timothy Francis, USN 00.09.1944 - 09.09.1945AG-19
24CAPT. Hill, Tom Burbridge,USN (USNA 1922) :ADM09.09.1945 -AG-19
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
Additional Wyoming Images
1 General View Of Wyoming From The Library Of Congress Server.
USS WYOMING BB-32 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Mr. John Winters
Address: 16117 Kellogg Rd, Bowling Green, OH, 43402-9780
Phone: 419-823-7524
E-mail: None

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