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 | 617k | The Casco, light-draft monitor, 1865, while serving as a spar torpedo vessel. Note the torpedo gear mounted on her bow. Although these vessels were designed as light draft monitors, they were found to have some design problems and therefore they are not included in the monitor category, but they were completed as torpedo vessels, or gunboats. |
Library of Congress photo # LC-B811-2692, courtesy of Mike Green. | |
 | 774k | BATTLESHIP WITH ITS SUBMARINE BOAT. G.C. Coffin, the marine artist, has invented a battleship which will carry a submarine boat and release it when it nears an enemy's fleet. The cut, from The New York Journal, shows the submarine boat backing out, ready for action. |
Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo from The Breckenridge News. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 21 April 1897, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 642k | A $20,000,000 BATTLESHIP 1,000 FEET LONG Model of "The American Boy." The great war vessel which the school children of the United States propose to build and present to Uncle Sam. It will be the largest vessel afloat, with displacement of 48,410 tons, with 24-inch guns, armor 36 inches thick, length, 1,000 feet, speed of 40 knots, together with war balloons, war telescopes, hydraulic dredges, submarine boats, four smokestacks, eight turbine screws and 300 auxiliary engines. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside, Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. & Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo from The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 22 April 1898, Image 10; The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 08 August 1898, Image 3 & Marietta Daily Leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 15 November 1898, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 1.55k | THE ORGANIZATION OF A FLOATING WAR MACHINE | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The National Tribune.(Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 26 May 1898, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 990k | GIRL WHO WANTS TO BUY A BATTLESHIP Miss Mary Mears, daughter of John W. Mears, cashier of the Great Northern hotel,Chicago, 'thinks the patriotic American girls should build a warship for the government. "I think the American girls should be as patriotic as the American boys," she says. They certainly deserve as much to have a battleship in the navy of our country, named after them and built through their gifts, as do the American boys. There are as many of us, and our dimes and dollars are surely as ready to flow into this channel." |
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo from Kansas City Journal. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 17 August 1898, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 4.34k | WARFARE NOVELTIES NEW BATTLESHIPS WHICH ARE TO REVOLUTIONIZE SEA FIGHTING AN INVULNERABLE CRAFT A Ship So Constructed That a Shell Striking Any Part of It Mast Meet a Slant, and So Glance Off-Method of Rendering Harbors Impregnable Against Attack by Sea Submerged Earthworks. |
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 17 September 1899, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 1.28k | LAUNCHING A SUBMARINE BOAT FROM A MAN OF WAR After an imaginative sketch by an English artist. An English paper suggests that small craft of that kind be carried on battleships. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 May 1901, Image 30, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 2.71k | A GLOBULAR NAVAL BATTERY. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 06 March 1904, Image 32, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 2.19k | Great Naval Battles Will Be Refought Daily War is hell; said Gen Sherman. In a naval spectatorlum that has been built at Luna Park, Messrs Thompson & Dundy will reproduce some of the most famous sea fights of modern history. Real battleships will take part in real fights on real water. The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac will be shown, the blowing up of the Maine in Havana Harbor, the torpedo attack on Port Arthur by the Japanese and the bombardment of New York City in 1950 by a foreign fleet. | 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, 06 May 1904, Final Results Edition, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 356k | Stereoscopic color print of Naval Review at Oyster Bay during the summer of 1906. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 2.70k | AMERICA, GREATEST OF BATTLESHIPS COMPARED WITH OLD CONSTITUTION | 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, 22 December 1906, Evening Edition, Final Results Edition, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 3.6k | HERE'S THE 30,000 TON BATTLESHIP LEWIS NIXON DESCRIBES HIS IDEAL SEA-FIGHTER |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo & text by The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.] 1895-1913, 22 September 1907, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 3.24k | UNITED STATES ARMY SIGNAL CORPS OFFICIAL PHOTO OF DEPARTURE OF BATTLESHIP FLEET FROM HAMPTON ROADS Taken with telephoto camera from top of Chamberlin Hotel. Nearest ship, the Minnesota (BB-22) on right of signal pole, is about two and one-half miles from the camera. The Connecticut (BB-18) shown between third and fourth ship from the right, has turned and is leading the column. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 December 1907, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 2.88k | MIGHTY SENTINELS WITH SHOW-HOODED PEAKS WATCHED U. S. BATTLESHIPS, MERE TOYS, CREEP THROUGH MAGELLAN STRAITS | Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo by The Seattle Star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 30 March 1908, Last Edition, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 384k | Stereoscopic color print of Mess time on board ship during the "Great White Fleet". | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 353k | Stereoscopic color print of a favorite pastime during the "Great White Fleet". | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 331k | Stereoscopic color print of a rapid firing gun during the "Great White Fleet". | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 386k | Stereoscopic color print of a Liberty party during the "Great White Fleet". | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 355k | Stereoscopic color print of the ship's tailor during the "Great White Fleet". | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 522k | Nothing in sight for days, but 16 ships and the horizon. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. Photo added 02/03/12. | |
 | 1.76k | HOW THE COMBINED FLEETS WILL LINE UP IN REVIEW Positions of the American battleship fleet when they will be reviewed in Hampton Roads after worlds cruise. |
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo & text courtesy of The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 22 February 1909, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 2.66k | THE BATTLESHIPS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET IN PROVINCETOWN HARBOR. HOW THE SHIPS APPEAR EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW FIRE CONTROL MASTS |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 July 1909, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 1.72k | Prow of Uncle Sam's Concrete Battleship, so called, and the type of the mighty weapons she will carry. Drawing shows one end of the elliptical fort with thick walls of concrete, now being erected on the little island of El Fraile, in Manila Bay. Below is a gun of the 14-inch style, and for purposes of comparison a body of twenty-one mounted troopers is placed in juxtaposition. The fort will carry two of these 14-inch guns, each 53.2 feet long. |
Photo & text by chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Tribune, 2 January 1910. | |
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745k | HOW AEROPLANES WILL APPEAR FLYING OVER ATLANTIC FLEET IN NAVY TESTS For over a month navy circles have been actively at work planing a second tour of the world for the American navy battleships and cruisers. President Taft is going to go Roosevelt one better and is planning to send a larger fleet with a number of spectacular incidents to impress the powers of the Far East and Europe. Within the next thirty days secret drills will be held in which tests will be made in connection with aeroplanes. A score of war vessels will carry on the test off Newport. Armed with bags containing flour, the aeroplanes will circle over the warships in an effort to blow them up with a five ounce bag of white flour. Just how the aeroplanes are to be hit has not been disclosed, but they are due to do some sensational flying if they escape the rapid fire guns of the ships. The men who will use the airships are in favor of being called 'Dead' by a jury rather than taking the risk of having their machines hit even with paper wads. The tests are expected to be the most interesting and sensational held under the auspices of the navy for a long time. During the recent drills of the Atlantic fleet, much attention was given to firing at small balloons that were turned loose from the different ships. The exact date for the tour of the combined fleet has not been settled, but it is announced at the navy building that the trip may start early in September, and the aeroplanes will be taken along. While the nations of the world are not in favor of blowing up warships from aeroplanes, still tests have been and will continue to be made until the matter is settled as to the practical end of the airships in the game of war. |
Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ. Photo from Daily Arizona Silver Belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 18 May 1910, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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3.79k | Noted Society Woman Gives Sailors Twenty-four Thousand Cigarettes | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 27 August 1910, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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109k | Write is wrong. Kansas (BB-21) is written on the photo, but it is a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship. |
Photo i.d. courtesy of Ron Balko. Digital ID # ggbain 04456v, LC-B2-945-3. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 1.4k | A NAVAL ARCHITECTS VISION OF THE COMING TYPE OF SEA FIGHTER THAT'S BRISTLING WITH 14-INCH RIFLES AN OIL FUEL BATTLESHIP OF THE FUTURE BRINGS ALL HER BIG GUNS OF TO-DAY, WHICH CAN ONLY REPLY FROM TWO OF HER TURRETS, BECAUSE HER OWN FUNNELS PREVENT HER FROM FIRING. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 October 1910, Image 20, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 104k | Battle Fleet Flag of 1911. | Library of Congress photo # LC-DIG-hec-00709 courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 528k | OLD FASHION HOLLOW STEEL MASTS TO REPLACE NEW SKELETON STRUCTURES IN NAYY BECAUSE VIBRATION HANDICAPS RANGE FINDERS | Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo from The Marion Daily Mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 08 January 1912, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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94k | Writting on the wall; another misidentified ship photo. Nebraska (BB-14), probably off New York City, circa 1912. This photo is a Connecticut class ship and not the Nebraska. The ship in the photo does not have the characteristic stacked 12"/8" turrets, and it has an extra set of stand alone 8" turrets on each side. That makes it a Connecticut class ship. Horizontal stripes were painted around the tops of the funnels in this era and they were used to identify each battleship. The mystery ship has two stripes on the middle funnel only. That should have made it easy, except none of the Connecticut class ships carried this pattern in any of the photos shown on the Navsource pages! The closest I could find was Kansas (BB-21), but in one photo she is carrying an additional stripe on the forward funnel. | Digital ID # ggbain 04457v. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Dave Johnston, (USNR). | |
 | 638k | SCENE OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY WHEN FLEET AND SHORE WERE ILLUMINATED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF FLAMING ELECTRIC BULBS | Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo by The Democratic Banner.(Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 18 October 1912, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 138k | Naval review of 1912; Maj. Thomas L. Rhoads; President Taft; Lt. Cmdr John W. Timmonds; Comdr Gormley. |
Library of Congress photo # LC-DIG-hec-01622 & text courtesy of the Harris & Ewing Collection. | |
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56k | "A night signal gun". A Signalman practices with a portable flashing light signaling device, atop a battleship's conning tower, circa the mid-1910s. The original image, copyrighted by N. Moser, New York, is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106277. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. | |
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102k | "A pie eating contest". On board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa the mid-1910s. The original image, copyrighted by N. Moser, New York, is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106274. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. | |
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101k | "Mining Drill". Sailors practice the employment of sea mines for the defense of advanced bases, on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa the early or middle 1910s. New Hampshire (BB-25) is in the background. The original image, copyrighted by E. Muller Jr. from N. Moser, New York, is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106270. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. | |
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102k | "A Cock Fight -- Standing By". Crew members of a U.S. Navy battleship prepare to release their fighting poultry, circa the early or middle 1910s. The original image, copyrighted by E. Muller Jr. from N. Moser, New York, is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106271. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. | |
 | 58k | SAILING DUMMY UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS MIMIC VESSELS MANEUVERED AT A BROOKLYN ARMORY FOR INSTRUCTION OF NAVAL CADETS. |
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, 23 March 1913, FOURTH SECTION PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Image 44, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 3.87k | UNCLE SAM'S BATTLESHIP FLEET PRACTICALLY BLOCKADING VERA CRUZ HARBOR | Photo by Underwood & Underwood. Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 12 December 1913, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 782k | AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS IN FIGHTING LINE Photograph of Uncle Sam's Big Warships In Line of Battle with the Powerful Twelve-inch Guns of the Virginia (BB-13) In the Foreground. The Picture Was Taken Outside Hampton Soads During the Recent Target Practice Note: The battleship in the foreground has twin 12 inch rear turrets, either of the Delaware (BB-28) or Florida (BB-30) classes. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 16 April 1914, FINAL EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 875k | SCOURGES FOR HUERTA, FOUR OF UNCLE SAM'S DREADNOUGHTS EN ROUTE TO MEXICO What might be the Delaware class (BB-28/9) in the foreground. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text courtesy of The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939 20 April 1914, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 710k | HERE'S HOW INCOMING FLEET LOOKED TO FOLKS AT TAMPICO | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo courtesy of The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 24 April 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 540k | HOW OUR JACKIES LANDED ON MEXICAN SOIL These are the first boatloads of armed bluejackets going ashore at Vera Cruz to take possession of that city. |
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo courtesy of The North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, 08 May 1914, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 02/02/12. | |
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72k | "Plotting the trajectory of the 14" gun". An officer instructs battleship crew members in technical aspects of gunnery and fire control, circa the middle 1910s. The original image, copyrighted by N. Moser, New York, is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106272. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. | |
 | 711k | TWENTIETH CENTURY MONITOR INVENTED FOR U.S. NAVY | Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene, OR. Photo from Medford Mail Tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, 26 May 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 772k | HER BATTLESHIP FUND GROWS. Marjorie Sterrett, who gave dime to build a warship. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 5, 18, 24 & 27 Feb 1916, Images 3, 6x2 & 54, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 870k | MARJORIE STERRETT AND HER CHIEF CHAMPION Thirteen year old battleship fund founder aboard the Washington (ACR-11) at the navy yard, and Colonel Roosevelt with Grace, one of his grandchildren, who sent 10 cents. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 February 1916, Image 9 & 04 March 1916, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 1.00k | TWO YOUNG PATRIOTS IN BATTLESHIP FUND. MARJORIE DEAF TO SUDDEN FAME Just Enthusiastic, Normal Girl Despite Fact She's a National Celebrity. HELPS HER MOTHER WITH HOUSEWORK Also takes care of baby. Goes to School and Builds Battleships |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 21 February 1916, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 480k | LOADING 13-INCH POWDER CHARGES ABOARD A UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP | Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 25 February 1916, Night Extra, Image 20, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 895k | "Hip, Hip, Hooray," Marjorie's Battleship Gets an Starter at the Hippodrome. Still going strong almost 100 years later. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 12 March 1916, Image 53, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 895k | BOOMING THE BATTLESHIP FUND IN FLUSHING. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 March 1916, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 157k | Preparedness parade: A Float like Battleship of the Nevada (BB-36) class in 1916. | Library of Congress photo # LC-DIG-hec-06848 & text courtesy of the Harris & Ewing Collection. | |
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