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86k | Color drawing of the Nebraska (BB-14) in the background fronted by a unknown steamship at Moran Brothers, Shipbuilding, Seattle WA., probably drawn sometime after her launching on 7 October 1904. | USN photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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99k | Postcard photo of the Nebraska (BB-14) fitting out at Moran Brothers, Shipbuilding, Seattle WA. sometime shortly after her launching on 7 October 1904. | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
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56k | On builders trials in 1906, seen here at high speed. Note secondary guns have not yet been installed. | USNI/USN photo. | |
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84k | On builders trials in 1906, making 19.9 knots an hour as seen in this postcard drawn by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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79k | Underway at high speed during her speed trials, prior to completion, circa 1906-07. Note that the eight-inch guns have not yet been installed in her forward turret. Halftone reproduction of a photograph. | USNHC # NH 63644. | |
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165k | Photo by O.T. Frasch of the Nebraska (BB-14) at Seattle WA. sometime after her commissioning, 1 July 1907. | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
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148k | Draft of new crewmembers standing in formation on the Nebraska's (BB-14) quarterdeck, in San Francisco Bay, California, circa November 1907. Note the wind screens rigged around the ship's rails, and her open hatches. The original image is printed on post card stock, and is postmarked at San Francisco, 20 January 1908. It bears a message, dated 19 January 1908, from Abraham DeSomer, a member of Nebraska's crew, stating "This is a picture of the 260 men we got when we came down here from Bremerton, Wash." | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106203. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant COlonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975. | |
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141k | Postcard photo of the Nebraska (BB-14) in drydock at Puget Sound Navy Yard. After shakedown and alterations, the new battleship joined the "Great White Fleet" at San Francisco after 6 May 1908, replacing Alabama (BB-8). | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
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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 immeadiate 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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144k | Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, Commanding Officer of the Nebraska (BB-14). | Digital ID: ggbain 06213. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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199k | Group of local noteables line the Nebraska's (BB-14) deck as the "Great White Fleet" lay in San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. | Photo by Louis Bostwick, courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
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155k | Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" on 17 May 1908 by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in Yorktown (PG-1), which is steaming toward the left in the right center of the image. Three destroyers are in the line nearest to the camera (from left to center), with either Hopkins (DD-6) or Hull (DD-7) in the center and Lawrence (DD-8) next astern. Eleven battleships are present, in the rows on the opposite side of Yorktown's course, and seven Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the most distant row. | Photo # NH 105310, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
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1.6m | Nebraska (BB-14) in a California port, 1908. The photo is from a collection called "California Reception to the Fleet 1908. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 06/14/09. | |
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97k | Nebraska (BB-14) photographed in 1908, probably in a U.S. West Coast harbour. Ship's name in large letters mounted on her bridge face. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-63137 submitted by Robert Hurst. | |
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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, 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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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. | |
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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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60k | World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-09. Starboard side view of the Nebraska (BB-14), in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in late August 1908. | Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, and submitted by Warren McLean. | |
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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. | |
 | 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. | USNHC # NH 59552. | |
Additional Nebraska Images
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