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BB-12 USS OHIO
1899 - 1907 / Pre Great White Fleet Cruise


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1907 - 1909 / Great White Fleet Cruise
1910 - 1923


Maine Class Battleship: Displacement 12,500 Tons, Dimensions, 393' 10" (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 Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., April 22 1899. Launched May 18 1901. Commissioned October 4 1904. Decommissioned December 20 1909, Commissioned June 1 1911, Decommissioned May 31 1922, Stricken August 14 1922.
Fate: Sold March 24 1923 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-9 Wisconsin & Friends118kUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California Panoramic view of shipways and outfitting area, 1900. Wisconsin (BB-9), is fitting out at left. Ships on the ways are (from left to right):
Paul Jones (DD-10);
Perry (DD-11);
Wyoming (M-10);
Ohio (BB-12); &
S.S. Californian.
Photo # NH 75110, courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971.
The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 157.
BB-12 Ohio 700k Miss Helen Deshler getting ready to christen the Ohio (BB-12) at San Francisco, Cal., 18 May 1901. Photo # J239186 U.S. Copyright Office. Digital ID: cph 3c18765.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
BB-12 Ohio 613k Ohio (BB-12) being launched at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., 18 May 1901. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
BB-12 Ohio 114k Ohio (BB-12) conducting Sea Trials in San Francisco Bay on 26 July 1904. The original photo is No. 10 in a series from Turrill & Miller, Photographers, San Francisco. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-60227, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-12 Ohio126k The Ohio (BB-12) anchored in San Francisco Bay, after the completion of Sea Trials in late July 1904. The original photo is No. 19 in a series from Turrill & Miller Photographers, San Francisco. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-60227, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-12 Ohio143kCirca 1901-1907, bow on view as completed.Randy Kimes/USN photo.
Photo i.d. courtesy of Jack Klinker, David C Nilsen, CTR USA TRADOC & Chris Hoehn. Photo added 05/28/09.
BB-12 Ohio 90k Drydocked at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, on 19 July 1904. Photographed by Turrill & Miller, San Francisco. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 60224.
BB-12 Ohio 63k On trials in San Francisco Bay, California, 26 July 1904. In the left distance is the ex-Omaha (1872-1915), quarantine ship in San Francisco Bay. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 63139.
BB-12 Ohio 493k Pictured at Mare Island shortly after being commissioned, 4 October 1904. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
BB-12 Ohio 63k At anchor off San Francisco, California, circa 1904-1905. A U.S. Army transport is in the left distance. Photographed by Turrill & Miller, San Francisco. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 44461.
BB-12 Ohio 85k 1906 colored tinted photo by Enrique Muller of the Ohio (BB-12). Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-12 Ohio 84k Slightly different rendition of the same postcard of the Ohio (BB-12) drawn by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-12 Ohio 82k Circa 1905-1910, as built, at anchor. USN photo.
BB-12 Ohio 87k Flying a long "homeward bound" pennant, probably upon her return to the United States after duty in Asiatic waters, 1907. Photograph # 19-N-12820 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

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

USS OHIO BB-12 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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