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90k | 12"/40 guns of the ship's forward gun turret, photographed circa 1907-1908. Note Sailors strolling on deck; bell mounted on the pilothouse face; and 3-pounder guns mounted on the superstructure. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 101467. | |
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114k | Chief Petty Officer's quarters, 1908. | U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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323k | Crew's quarters, 1908. | U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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162k | Crew's washroom, 1908. | U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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85k | "Double-time for exercise aboard ship". Sailors running in formation on the quarterdeck of Ohio (BB-12), during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1907-1909. Other battleships are steaming in formation astern of Ohio. Note the whaleboat on the quarterdeck davits, with an "O" on its bow identifying the ship. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106070. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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82k | "Physical culture". Sailors perform calisthenics on a battleship's quarterdeck, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1907-1909. In the background, a Virginia class battleship is pitching into a swell. She is either Nebraska (BB-14), New Jersey (BB-16) or Rhode Island (BB-17). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106069. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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53k | Ohio's (BB-12) mascot goat in his "Full Dress" costume, circa 1907-1908. Note that he wears the uniform insignia of a First Class Gunner's Mate. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106080. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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70k | The 12"/40 guns of the Ohio's (BB-12) forward turret, photographed circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106061. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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61k | 12"/40 guns of the after turret of a Maine class battleship, photographed as the ship turned to port on a target range, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. This ship may be Ohio (BB-12), as it comes from a series of photographs that include several directly identified as having been taken on her. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106062. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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75k | "Cleaning the big guns". Crew members polishing the muzzles and tompions of the forward turret 12"/40 guns on a Maine class battleship, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, and the ship may be Ohio (BB-12), as it comes from a series of photographs that include several directly identified as having been taken on her. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106065. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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79k | Crew of a 6"/50 Broadside Gun in action in the upper deck battery on a Maine class battleship, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, and the ship may be Ohio (BB-12), as it comes from a series of photographs that include several directly identified as having been taken on her. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106066. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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102k | Six-inch Gun Loading Practice Machine. Battleship crew members drilling with a deck-mounted loading machine while others look on, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106067. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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64k | Eighteen-inch Torpedo (Whitehead type). On board a U.S. Navy battleship of the Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) or Maine Class (BB-10 / 12), circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106066. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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72k | "Hard-Hat" Diver descending from the stern of a launch alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908.
Note the 6"/50 broadside gun mounted in the battleship's hull side. This ship is either Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) or Maine Class (BB-10 / 12) or Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106072. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
 | 96k | Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. Attendees at the Society's organizational meeting, in Washington, D.C., February 1908. The photograph was given to the Society by Mrs. Annie Keith Frazier Somerville, one of its founders. Her mother had sent a photographer to Washington's Willard Hotel to take this view. The fourteen sponsors present to organize the Society were (Those identified on the photograph are marked "**"): Mrs. G.F. Toland; ** Mrs. John P. Pels (Miss R.W. Wright), Sponsor of Denver (C-14); ** Mrs. Earl Morgan (Miss Elizabeth Stephenson), Sponsor of Wisconsin (BB-9); Miss Helen Duchler, Sponsor of Ohio (BB-12); Mrs. George Sturdevant (Miss M.L. Drake), Sponsor of Iowa (BB-4); ** Miss Lorna Pinnock, Sponsor of Salem (CS-3); Miss Harriet Rankin; Miss Dorothy Sproul, Sponsor of Chester (CS-1); Miss Ida May Shearer; ** Miss Mary Campbell, Sponsor of Birmingham (CS-2); ** Miss Keith Frazier, Sponsor of Tennessee (ACR-10); ** Mrs. John South (Miss Christine Bradley), Sponsor of Kentucky (BB-6); ** Miss Minnie Conrad, Sponsor of Montana (ACR-13). The little girl is Miss Eleanor Gow. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 95456, from the collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. | |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 112k | Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 29 January 1907 departure from Trinidad until their arrival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 January 1908. It emphasizes the offshore course taken to avoid strong westerly currents off the northeastern coast of South America. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106221. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 129k | Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the movements of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 8 February 1908 passage of the western part of the Straits of Magellan until their arrival at Callao, Peru, on 20 February 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106227b. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 185k | The Connecticut (BB-18) leading the other fifteen warships of the "Great White Fleet" into Magdalena Bay, Mexico on 12 March 1908 to take on coal and hold long-delayed target practice. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-59537, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. PDF Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 March 1908, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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3.3m | SHIPS SAN FRANCISCO HAS ADDED TO THE NAVY. Gunboats: Wheeling (PG-14) & Marietta (PG-15), Cruisers: Charelston (C-2) & San Francisco (C-5), Armored Cruisers: South Dakota (ACR-9), Milwaukee (C-21), California (ACR-6), Battleships: Oregon (BB-3), Wisconsin (BB-9) & Ohio (BB-12), Destoyers: Preble (DD-12), Perry (DD-11) & Paul Jones (DD-10) Torpedo Boat: Farragut (TB-11), Monitors: Wyoming (BM-10) & Monterey (BM-6) Submarines: Pike (SS-6) and Grampus (SS-4). |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 April 1908, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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507k | The fleet at San Diego, Calif., 5, May 1908. What looks like two Connecticut (BB-18 / 22 -25) class battleships to the left; a Virginia (BB-13 / 17) class battleship in the center with what might be three other Connecticut class battleships in the immediate distance; two Illinois (BB-7 / 9) class battleships are on the right corner, behind them are the two Kearsarge (BB-5) class battleships and a Virginia or Connecticut class battleship in the right corner of the photo. |
Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33626,by W. D. Lambert; submitted by Tom Kermen. | |
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573k | Atlantic Fleet entering Golden Gate 6th May 1908. | Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33669, from the Panoramic View Co., Chas. Z. Bailey, Mgr., Los Angeles, Cal. submitted by Tom Kermen. | |
 | 139k | The Connecticut (BB-18) leading the "Great White Fleet" into San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. The original photo was taken by C.E. Waterman. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-59537, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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192k | The "Great White Fleet" lies in San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. Nearest ship is an Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleship. Ahead of it are what appears to be two Maine class (BB-10 / 12) battleships. | Photo by Louis Bostwick, courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. |  |
607k | The West Virginia (ACR-5) arrives at Mare Island in May 1908. The Ohio (BB-12), is in the foreground to the right. | U.S. Navy photo # ACR 5 5-1908-2, courtesy of Darryl Baker. |
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72k | Ohio (BB-12), California (ACR-6) and South Dakota (ACR-9) between May 1908 and July 1908 at Mare Island Navy Yard while assigned to the "Great White Fleet". The cruisers are moored next to the yard's coal sheds. This is the only picture I have seen which shows the coal handling equipment installed by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company in 1904 seen above the coal sheds. | U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. |  |
671k | Ohio (BB-12) in a California port, 1908. The photo is from a collection called "California Reception to the Fleet 1908. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. |
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3.19k | Bluejackets on Battleship Ohio (BB-12) Welcome the Lightweight Champion of the World. Battling Nelson standing before a twelve inch gun, which he says is the only thing in the world that can knock him out. |
Photographed by Dana Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 07 July 1908, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 09/22/11. |
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104k | Post card welcoming the "Great White Fleet" to Australia, circa August-September 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106181-KN. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. | |
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100k | Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card features pictures of the Fleet's sixteen battleships, plus images of three Japanese ladies, plus flags and symbols of the United States and Japan. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106114-KN. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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214k | The Ohio (BB-12) all dressed up for the Empress of China while with the "Great White Fleet" in November 1908. | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
 | 99k | Commanding officers of most of the fleet's ships, photographed in 1908. Those present include (Seated, left to right): Captain Hugo Osterhaus, of Connecticut (BB-18); Captain Kossuth Niles, of Louisiana (BB-19); Captain William P. Potter, of Vermont (BB-20); Captain John Hubbard, of Minnesota (BB-22); Captain Joseph B. Murdock, of Rhode Island (BB-17); Captain Charles E. Vreeland, of Kansas (BB-21). Standing, left to right): Captain Hamilton Hutchins, of Kearsarge (BB-05); Captain Frank E. Beatty, of Wisconsin (BB-09); Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, of Nebraska (BB-14); Captain Thomas B. Howard, of Ohio (BB-12); Captain William H.H. Southerland, of New Jersey (BB-16); Captain Walter C. Cowles, of Kentucky (BB-06); Captain John M. Bowyer, of Illinois (BB-07); Captain Alexander Sharp, of Virginia (BB-13); Lieutenant Commander Charles B. McVay, of Yankton. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 59552. |  |
95k | Captain Thomas B. Howard, Commanding Officer of the Ohio (BB-12) during the cruise of the "Great White Fleet". | Digital ID: ggbain 15085. Source: Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo. |
 | 901k | THE ATLANTIC FLEET OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY From Official Bulletin of Bureau of Navigation showing the Vessels off the Port of Callao practicing the Gridiron maneuver. This is considered by Naval authorities to be the most dangerous evolution in steam tactics and its improper execution caused the loss of HMS Victoria with 798 men in 1893. Picture faithfully represents the entire Fleet in official formation and vessels can be identified by numbers corresponding to table appended: First Divison 1. Connecticut (BB-18), Flagship, 2. Kansas (BB-21), 3. Vermont (BB-20), 4. Louisiana (BB-19), Second Division 5. Georgia (BB-15), Flagship, 6. New Jersey (BB-16), 7. Rhode Island (BB-17), 8. Virginia (BB-13), 18 Torpedo Flotilla Whipple (DD-15), Truxtun (DD-14), Lawrence (DD-8), Stewart (DD-13), Hopkins (DD-6) & Hull (DD-7) Third Division 9. Minnesota (BB-22), Flagship, 10. Ohio (BB-12), 11. Missouri (BB-11), 12. Maine (BB-10) 17. Yankton {Special Dispatch Tender} Fourth Division 13. Alabama (BB-8), Flagship 14. Illinois (BB-7), 15. Kearsarge (BB-05), 16. Kentucky (BB-6) 19. Auxiliaries Glacier, [refrigerating ship], Panther,[repair ship], Culgea, [storeship] & Arethusa,[torpedo flotilla tender]. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 24 September 1908, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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71k | The "Great White Fleet" transits the Suez Canal, January 1909. Battleships of the fleet nearing Port Said, Egypt, circa 5-6 January 1909, as they approached the Mediterranean Sea during the final months of their cruise around the World. Ohio (BB-12) is in the right center. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 101494. | |
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71k | One of the Fleet's Sailors checking his funds, perhaps preparing to pay for a camel ride. Photographed at Ephesus in January 1909, when ships of the Fleet's Third Division, Louisiana (BB-19), Missouri (BB-11),Ohio (BB-12) & Virginia (BB-13) visited Turkey. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106136. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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68k | Ohio (BB-12) at anchor in late 1909, soon after receiving her "cage" foremast. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 101510. | |
Additional Ohio Images
4 General Views Of Ohio From The Library Of Congress Server.
USS OHIO BB-12 History
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