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USS Maine (Launch and Building)


Pictures from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection of the Library of Congress.

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Location
Date
Call Number
Digital Id
27 k Spectators on day of launching of U.S.S. Maine.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20522
det 4a14344
40 k U.S.S. Maine, wedging up before launching.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20523
det 4a14345
37 k U.S.S. Maine, sawing the sole piece before launching.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20524
det 4a14346
42 k U.S.S. Maine, just before the launching.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20525
det 4a14347
36 k Preparatory to naming the Maine.
Secretary of Navy Benjamin Tracy and
granddaughter Alice Wilmerding on platform.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-32291
det 4a16539
39 k Preparatory to naming the Maine.
Secretary of Navy Benjamin Tracy and
granddaughter Alice Wilmerding on platform.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-32292
det 4a16540
36 k U.S.S. Maine, "I name thee Maine".
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20526
det 4a14348
29 k U.S.S. Maine, just after the launching.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20527
det 4a14349
36 k U.S.S. Maine, in the stream after the launching.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20528
det 4a14350
35 k U.S.S. Chicago at launching of U.S.S. Maine.
18 November 1889
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D4-20283
det 4a14146
37 k U.S.S. Maine under construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
1889?
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D428-677
det 4a28249
31 k U.S.S. Maine in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard.
1889?
by Edward H. Hart
LC-D428-678
det 4a28250

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Battleships--American



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