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BB-11 USS MISSOURI
1909 - 1919


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1900-1908


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 Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News VA., February 7, 1900. Launched December 28, 1901. Commissioned January 12, 1903. Decommissioned September 8, 1919. Stricken July 1, 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26, 1922 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-11 Missouri49kPhotographed in 1909 by Brown & Shaffer. USNHC # NH 101511.
BB-11 Missouri80kMissouri (BB-11) with only one cage mast, circa post Feb. 1909. Photo from U.S. Warships of World War One, by P.H. Silverstone & submitted by Robert Hurst.
BB-11 Missouri50kMissouri (BB-11) in the Hudson River, 1909. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer. USNHC # NH 101522.
BB-11 Missouri63kSignalmen posing with a lighted semaphore device on board the battleship, circa 1909.Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN / USNHC # NH 101537.
BB-11 Missouri67kChief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. Poses with a steering wheel on Missouri (BB-11), circa 1909.Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN / USNHC # NH 101540.
BB-11 Missouri72kSailors and Marines of the ship's Rifle Team, posing with a trophy and Krag-Jorgensen rifles, circa 1909. Note Gun Pointer, First Class, and former-Naval Apprentice marks worn by the men kneeling in the center.Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN / USNHC # NH 101539.
BB-11 Missouri55kOff New York City, 3 October 1911, during the naval review. Note: The original negative identifies this ship as Minnesota (BB-22), which it clearly is not.Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / USNHC # NH 19-N-61-7-18.
BB-11 Missouri69kPhotographed in 1912, probably off New York City during a naval review. USNHC # NH 63643.
BB-11 Missouri75kMissouri (BB-11), 16 July 1915, in the Panama canal. (just north of Gold Hill), during a training cruise with Naval Academy midshipmen. USNI/USN photo.
BB-11 Missouri127 16 July 1915, in the Panama canal, Miraflores Locks .USNI/USN photo.
BB-11 Missouri95kPassing Cucaracha Slide while transiting the Panama Canal on 16 July 1915. View looks north, with dredges working in the background.USNHC # NH 73411.
BB-11 Missouri122kIn the Panama Canal, approaching the Chagres River railroad crossing, 16 July 1915. View looks north, with Ohio (BB-12) and Wisconsin (BB-9) in the background. USNHC # NH 82268.
BB-11 Missouri72k Missouri (BB-11) transits the Panama Canal, July 16, 1915. She was reportedly the first battleship to pass through the canal when it opened in 1914. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Co. USNHC # NH 85944.
BB-12 Ohio 135k Missouri (BB-11), at left, and Ohio (BB-12) in the lower chambers of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 31 August, 1915. View looks north, with Wisconsin (BB-9) in the distance. USN / USNHC # 82788.
BB-32 Wyoming25k"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 Fleet38k"The Atlantic Fleet saluting the President as it passed out to sea last Tuesday mid-day, with the New York skyline in the background."
The battleship on the right with the 3 smoke stacks is too unclear to make out for positive I.d. aside from being either from the Maine (BB-10 / 12), Virginia (BB-13 / 17) or Connecticut (BB-18-22 & 25) classes.
Photo by International News Service, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 23 May 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-11 Missouri51kMissouri (BB-11) operating as a training ship, circa 1917. The next ship astern is probably Maine (BB-10).USNHC # NH 45915.
BB-11 Missouri75kPhotographed circa 1918, flying a Rear Admiral's flag. Note that some of her broadside guns have been removed for wartime service in other ships. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.USNHC # 19-N-13078.
BB-11 Missouri131kGeneral arrangement plans of the ship's Bridge Deck and Bridges, Upper Deck, Main Deck and Berth Deck, circa 1918. Some of her Main Deck 6"/50 caliber broadside guns have been removed, though the locations of the remaining guns are not consistent with those seen in the contemporary photograph 19-N-13078. The original drawing is plan number 64-7-11 in the National Archives' Record Group 19. USNHC # NH 76645.
BB-11 Missouri102kView of the ship's forecastle, seen from her foremast top, showing 12-inch shells on deck being prepared for target practice, circa 1918. The battleship's forward 12"/40 gun turret is also seen. USNHC # NH 63332.
BB-11 Missouri105kView of the ship's forefoot, showing the paravane skeg attached below her ram bow. Taken in drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 27 October 1918. USNHC # NH 60234.
BB-11 Missouri103kIn drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 27 October 1918, showing the paravane skeg attached to her forefoot. USNHC # NH 45918
BB-11 Missouri104kPort side, 1919.USN photo courtesy of Larry Bonn.
BB-11 Missouri104k The American Battleship Missouri (BB-11) arriving in Hoboken with 2,250 homecoming troops on board. Including the 106th Machine Gun Company with the 27th Division when it went through the Hindenburg Line.Photo by Underwood & Underwood, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 23 March 1919, Page 3, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Photo added 06/19/08.
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.
(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 Missouri Images
5 General Views Of Missouri From The Library Of Congress Server.

USS MISSOURI BB-11 History
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