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380k | Postcard showing the Virginia (BB-13) doing a 19 knot chug in 1909 before she underwent four months of voyage repairs and alterations at the Norfolk Navy Yard from 26 February to 26 June 1909. | Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo courtesy N.L. Stebbins via Arnold A. Putnam. | |
 | 335k | The cage mast, seen here possibly aboard the Virginia (BB-13), circa 1909, was the single most visible symbol of the revolution in fire control led by reformers such as Admiral William S. Sims. This is a mainmast. Note the mesh platforms within the mast, and the ladders projecting up through it, leading to the circular fire control platform at the top. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 175k | Photo taken after post world cruise modifications in 1909. New range finder atop her foremast and the bridge relocated to the top of her conning tower. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 96k | At anchor, circa 1909, while fitted with only one "cage" mast. An Illinois class battleship is in the left distance, with a collier alongside. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 90776. | |
 | 62k | Panoramic image (made from two individual views), showing U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships and auxiliaries in Guantanamo Bay, circa the early or middle 1910s. Ships present include (in left half of image): four Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleships, one South Carolina class (BB-26 / 27) battleship, one Delaware class (BB-28 / 29) battleship, two unidentified auxiliaries and a collier; (in right half of image): all six Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships, both Mississippi class (BB-23 / 24) battleships, two unidentified auxiliaries, hospital ship Solace (AH-2) and a gunboat. | USNHC # NH 104537. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006. | |
 | 1.10k | Sailors from the battleships mob mixed in New York harbor for review by President Taft and Secretary of the Navy Meyer in a boat race. The crew from the Georgia (BB-15) is leading, the Virginia (BB-13) second and the Missouri (BB-11) third. A launch from the North Dakota (BB-29) is in the foreground. | Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by The Mathews Journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 09 November 1911, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 83k | Underway, circa 1910-13. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 60571. | |
 | 88k | Underway, circa 1910-13. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 73769, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
 | 93k | Underway, circa 1910-13. Note the Virginia's (BB-13) searchlight battery between funnels #1 and 2. Only the Virginia (BB-13) and the New Jersey (BB-16) of this five ship class had this feature. | Photo courtesy of Winford Wheeler Wilborg. Partial text courtesy of Mike Smolinski. | |
 | 100k | Underway, circa 1910-13. Note the Virginia's (BB-13) searchlight battery between funnels #1 and 2. Only the Virginia (BB-13) and the New Jersey (BB-16) of this five ship class had this feature. | Photo courtesy of Winford Wheeler Wilborg. Partial text courtesy of Mike Smolinski. | |
 | 128k | Torpedoes on deck of a Virginia (BB-13 / 17) class battleship in 1911. | Library of Congress photo # LC-USZ62-103266, Copyright by N. Moser. | |
 | 127k | Sailors and Marines posing on the ship's after turret, circa 1910-14. Upper guns of this "superposed" turret are 8"/45s. The lower ones are 12"/40s. Note bugle held by the Marine in the lower center. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 60243. | |
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131k | Towing Target # 23, after being hit by gunfire from Virginia (BB-13) during Atlantic Fleet gunnery practice, circa 1913. Photographed by Sargent, probably from Rhode Island (BB-17). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 101078, from the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986 via Robert Hurst. | |
 | 1.66k | Map Showing Where Warships Are Going The battleship Virginia (BB-13) is hurrying to Tampico and the battleships Vermont (BB-20), Nebraska (BB-14) and Georgia (BB-15) to Vera Cruz. |
Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 13 February 1913, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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214k | The Virginia (BB-13) with a "bone" in her teeth. A post card (rppc) postmarked, 12 Aug P.M., 1913”. With senders message, “Dear Friend, this is the picture of my ship Virginia. Sam. She was at full steam, with flags flying from her Cage Masts. The photograph appears to be contemporary with the postmark date. |
Photo by J. W. Dawson, from the collection of Charles R. Munson. | |
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912k | United States Battleship Guns Trained on Tuxpam! Battleship Virginia (BB-13) Stationed Off City Ready For Action |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 24 November 1913, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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591k | From actual photograph, 17 April 1914. Our Bluejackets loading Post Toasties on U. S. Flagship Virginia (BB-13), Rear Admiral Beatty commanding, at Charleston Navy Yard, preparatory to possible war with Mexico. | Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo by The Public Ledger. (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 28 April 1914, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 89k | Virginia (BB-13) - foreground, and Georgia (BB-15) - center background. Leaving the Boston Navy Yard for Vera Cruz, 23 April 1914. Constitution is at left. Photographed by F.A. George. The inset in top center is a photo of Captain Robert E. Coontz, Georgia's Commanding Officer. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 61557. | |
 | 71k | U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach. The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the: Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Georgia (BB-15), New Jersey (BB-16), Rhode Island (BB-17), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), South Carolina (BB-26), Michigan (BB-27), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35) . In insets are (left to right): Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 60322. | |
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820k | REAR ADMIRAL BEATTY'S FLAGSHIP. The Virginia (BB-13), Flagship of Rear Admiral Beatty, commander of the Third division of the Atlantic fleet, is now in Mexican waters. The photograph was taken as the Virginia was leaving Boston harbor, cheered by a multitude of spectators. |
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo by Dakota County Herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, 21 May 1914, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 12/13/11. |
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 | 71k | Underway prior to World War I, with her crew manning the rails. Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 73323. | |
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744k | PRESIDENT WILL SEND UNITED STATES FLEET ON BIG WAR GAME 1. General view of warships in Hudson river. 2. Utah (BB-31). 3. Virginia (BB-13). 4. United States torpedo boat destroyer going at full speed. 5. Florida (BB-30), with sky line of New York city in the background. 6. Sailors aboard United States battleship. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 02 May 1915, PICTORIAL SECTION, Image 31, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 250k | 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. | |
 | 25k | "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. | |
 | 4.42k | "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 Virginia (BB-13) is leading the ships shown in the photograph to the left, and is followed by the Rhode Island (BB-17), Nebraska (BB-14), Georgia (BB-15), New Hampshire (BB-25) and Louisiana (BB-19) in the order named. | Photo by International News Service, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 23 May 1915, Page 3. PDF image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 19 May 1915, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 543k | The Virginia's (BB-13) crew pose for a group picture in 1917 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. She served as a gunnery training ship out of Port Jefferson and Norfolk for the majority of 1917. | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 35k | Underway, circa 1917-19. | Courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET. | |
 | 93k | Photographed at anchor, circa 1918, after receiving World War I alterations, among them the removal of her after six-inch broadside guns. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # 19-N-3-6-19, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 411k | Captain William H. Standley having completed his assignment as the Commandant of Midshipmen for 11 months at the Naval Academy was reassigned soon after July 1919 to assume the command of the pre-dreadnought battleship Virginia (BB-13). William H. Standley was appointed vice admiral on January 1932 while in command of the Battle Force’s cruisers, Standley was placed in command of the Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, with the rank of admiral, on 20 May 1933. Breaking his flag in his former command, California (BB-44), the admiral remained at sea until 1 July 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him CNO. | Photo courtesy of the United States Naval Academy, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 72k | Virginia (BB-13) arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, returning troops from Europe, 5 July 1919. Photographed with a rotating panoramic camera. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 76405. | |
 | 53k | Virginia (BB-13) in a U.S. East Coast harbor, 1919. The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock. | USNHC # NH 104699. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
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702k | GREAT DRY DOCK FORMALLY OPENED As the prow of the battleship Virginia (BB-13) crossed the sill of the new Commonwealth dry dock in Boston, it struck a floral wreath stretched across from wall to wall, and as the huge fighting craft moved forward the chain of flowers snapped, officially opening the largest drydock of its kind in the world. |
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo by The Red Cloud Chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 15 January 1920, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 125k | Sinking after use as a bombing target, near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 5 September 1923. | Photograph U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # 19-N-12633, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 371k | A 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. | |
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