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BB-10 USS MAINE
1911 - 1922


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1907 - 1910


Maine Class Battleship: Displacement 12,500 Tons, Dimensions, 393' 11" (oa) x 72' 3" x 26' 8" (Max), Armament 4 x 12"/40 16 x 6"/50, 6 x 3"/50 2 x 18" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 4" Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 561.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia February 15 1899. Launched July 27 1901. Commissioned December 29 1902. Decommissioned August 31 1909, Recommissioned June 15 1911, Decommissioned May 15 1920. Stricken July 1 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26 1922 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-10 Maine65k Inboard profile of Maine (BB-10) as modernized with cage masts. Note the installation of a central (fire control) station, which the U.S. Navy considered the key to long range gunnery. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-10 Maine280kMaine (BB-10) in Gotham City, 1911.Digital ID: 2162984429_db453ac5e8_o. LC-B2-2332-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
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-32 Wyoming25k"Ships of the Atlantic Fleet playing their searchlights at night along the Hudson River."USN photo by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 16 May 1915, Page 1.
BB-10 Maine280kCrew in dress whites lined up for inspection on the Maine (BB-10), 15 August 1916.
During World War I, she trained engineers, armed guard crews, and midshipmen.
Digital ID ggbain # 22422v. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-10 Maine152k16 August 1916 photo of the Maine (BB-10) as she operated along the east coast.
Philadelphia's' landsmen, in common with their brethren from other cities, are learning how to man big sea Uncle Sam's fighters in a month's cruise along the Atlantic coast
Image and text provided by Digital ID ggbain # 22465v & Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 09 September 1916, Night Extra, Image 14, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Maine885kTEACHING COLUMBIA MEN ON THE WASP TO SHOOT.
Students unable to leave on the Maine (BB-10) for the training cruise will be put on the battleship at sea from the converted yacht Wasp, aboard which they are learning to handle the 3-inch pieces.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 August 1916, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Maine1.94kNAVAL ROOKIES ABOARD BATTLESHIP Maine (BB-10)
Scenes aboard the battleship Maine, one of the vessels used for the month, training course of naval rookies. The Maine carries a large contingent of Yale, Harvard and Princeton students, many of whom are members of well known families. Among them is Junius Morgan, son of J.P. Morgan, who is seen in the foreground poking out his duffel bag.
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Tomahawk. (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 31 August 1916, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-11 Missouri510kMissouri (BB-11) operating as a training ship, circa 1917. The next ship astern is probably Maine (BB-10).Text courtesy of USNHC # NH 45915.
US National Archives photo # 80G-1035067 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
Photo added 04/03/12.
BB-10 Maine120kYacht Atlantis (SP-40) passing the Maine (BB-10), prior to World War I. Photograph USNHC # 95862, by Paul Thompson, New York.
BB-10 Maine94k Underway, circa 1918, port side view, shows the ship after modernization. This included cage masts, unarmored range finders on her turrets, a minimal bridge, and removal of 6" secondary guns, with the wet ones, forward, completely plated over.Photograph USNHC # 19-N-14933, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
BB-10 Maine30kOfficial Program Fighting Vessels Booklet, 1918, Maine (BB-10),34 pages.
This programme ( 6" X 9 3/8" ) was dedicated for Navy Day Review in New York Harbor December 1918. 115 Vessels were present, from the presidential yacht Mayflower to the Idaho (BB-42).
Pictures include the Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), Utah (BB-31), Florida (BB-30), South Carolina (BB-26), North Dakota (BB-29), New Hampshire (BB-25), Nebraska (BB-14), Louisiana (BB-19), Mississippi (BB-41), Minnesota (BB-22), Kansas (BB-21), Connecticut (BB-18), Vermont (BB-20), Georgia (BB-15), Michigan (BB-27),Kearsarge (BB-05), New Jersey (BB-16), Virginia (BB-13), Ohio (BB-10), Missouri (BB-11), Kentucky (BB-06), Illinois (BB-07), Rhode Island (BB-17), Alabama (BB-08), Indiana (BB-01), Wisconsin (BB-09), Massachusetts (BB-02), Iowa (BB-04) & Delaware (BB-28).
Destroyers McCall (DD-28), Walke (DD-34), Perkins (DD-26), Monaghan (DD-32), Collier Neptune (AC–8), as well as the Submarines Salmon (SS-19), Narwhal (SS-17), Stingray (SS-13) and Tarantula (SS-12).
Page shows a Key to Anchorage of all the Vessels in the New York City Harbor, from West 30th to West 170th.
Price was Tens cents, printed by Master Mates Pilot, 80 Broad Street, NY City.
Photograph & text courtesy of Ron Reeves.
BB-10 Maine336kPost card of the Maine (BB-10) for Home and Country.Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
BB-10 Maine101k In the Hudson River, New York, 27 December 1918. Note wartime modifications, including removal of some broadside guns.USNHC # 2892.
BB-11 Missouri69kPhiladelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; Michigan (BB-27); and Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): Maine (BB-10); Kentucky (BB-6);Kearsarge (BB-5); Indiana (BB-1); Massachusetts (BB-2); Iowa (BB-4); Wisconsin (BB-9); and Illinois (BB-7). USNHC # NH 42525.
BB-9 Wisconsin63kU.S. Navy warships awaiting scrapping, 1922. Probably photographed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Maine (BB-10) is at right, down at the head with her side armor removed. Wisconsin (BB-9) is in the center. Columbia, (ex-Columbia) (CA-16) is toward the left, with a merchant ship alongside. USNHC # 100762.
Plowshares 1.3m Turning Uncle Sam's Sea Fighters into Plowshares.
Scene at Philadelphia where Henry A. Hlitner's sons are scrapping the one-time prides of the United States Navy - a task made necessary by the Limitation of Armament Treaty. The battleships are: left to right - Missouri (BB-11), Maine (BB-10), Wisconsin (BB-9) and Kentucky (BB-6).
Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 July 1922, Image 16.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC., courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
(NISMF)371kA 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 Dec 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

Additional Maine Images
4 General Views Of Maine From The Library Of Congress Server.

USS MAINE BB-10 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not applicable to this ship.
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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