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156k | Photo circa 1909, after the "cage masts" were added. | USN photo. | |
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68k | Photographed by Brown & Shaffer in 1909, soon after she had been fitted with a "cage" foremast. | USNHC # NH 101508. | |
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77k | Nebraska (BB-14), circa 1909. | USN photo courtesy of Barbara Starling. | |
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70k | Underway off New York City, 22 July 1910, shortly after she had received her "cage" mainmast. | Photograph USNHC # NH 101508 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |
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98k | The Nebraska (BB-14) continued duty with the Atlantic Fleet. She appears here docked probably in a Atlantic port in a photo dated 15 October 1910. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
![]() | 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. | |
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96k | View from the foremast head, looking toward the bow, while the ship was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 22 February 1911. She is dressed with flags in honor of George Washington's birthday. | USNHC # NH 77183. | |
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49k | In the Hudson River, off New York City, 3 October 1911. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the right distance. | Photograph USNHC # NH 101508, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. |
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164k | Ship's baseball team, 1912. | USNHC # NH 45672. | |
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116k | Ship's football team, 1912. Note inscription on football in lower center, identifying the team as that year's champions of the Third Division (Atlantic Fleet). Photographed by E.A. Hodge, Boston, Massachusetts. | USNHC # NH 45673. | ![]() | 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. | USNHC # NH 60322. |
![]() | 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. | |
![]() | 38k | "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, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 23 May 1915, Page 1. | |
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55k | "Blue Jackets tumbling overboard from the battleship Nebraska (BB-14) after a day of "fighting" in the recent war games off the Rhode Island coast, 29 August 1915." | USN photo by Enrique Muller Jr, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y.Times 29 August 1915. | |
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168k | Port bow of the Nebraska (BB-14), camouflaged at Norfolk Va., 20 April 1918. | U.S.National Archives # 165-WW-335A-44. | |
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145k | Oil on canvas painting by the artist Wayne Scarpaci titled "Brazilian Convoy", showing the battleship Nebraska (BB-14) in a "Watson/Norfolk scheme 3, which is a very unique camouflage. At Hampton Roads 16 May 1918 Nebraska received on board the body of the late Carlos M. DePena, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Uruguay, with full honors, departing Hampton Roads the same day and arriving Montevideo 10 June in company with Pittsburgh (ACR-4), flagship of the Pacific Fleet. The Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, came on board for the ceremonies and the body of the late Uruguayan Minister to the United States was transferred with full honors. Nebraska departed Montevideo 15 June for home, arriving Hampton Roads 26 July. |
Drawing courtesy of artbywayne.com Text courtesy of DANFS. |
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66k | At Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa June - July 1918. Note her elaborate camouflage scheme. | USNHC # NH 50066. | |
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77k | Wearing an experimental camouflage scheme, circa 1918. | USNHC # NH 101208. | |
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39k | Inboard profile of Nebraska, (BB-14) 1919. Cranes and masts have been omitted for clarity. Note the central station and battle radio station, both installed during modernization. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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60k | At Boston, Massachusetts, 19 July 1919. New Jersey (BB-16) is on the opposite side of the pier, with superstructure and forward gun turret visible. Taken by Crosby, Naval Photographer, Boston. | USNHC # NH 73977. | |
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96k | Port Side View, 1919. | USN photo courtesy of Larry Bonn. | |
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256k | Nebraska (BB-14) entering Dry Dock #2 at Mare Island on 17 February 1920, | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
![]() | 141k | Aerial view of the California (BB-44) in mid stream after her launching at Mare Island on 20 Nov 1919. Other ships on the yard's waterfront on that date include from the top to bottom are: Tacoma (C-18) & Denver (C-14); below the cruisers are the battleships Nebraska (BB-14) & Georgia (BB-15); below the battleships and partially hiden by smoke are the destroyers Hamilton (DD-141), Litchfield (DD-336), Zane (DD-337) & Kennison (DD-138); below the destroyers is the outfitting berth for California; in dry dock #1 are H-7 (SS-150) & Lamberton (DD-119); and finally the bottom ship is the USAT Madawaska. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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109k | Pacific Fleet Battleships tied up at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in the Spring of 1920. Ships are (from left-center foreground to right-center distance): Georgia (BB-15); Rhode Island (BB-17); Vermont (BB-20) and Nebraska (BB-14). | USNHC # NH 45052. | |
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108k | Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Six destroyers docked at one time in the Yard's concrete Dry Dock # 2, during the 1920s. These ships are all members of Destroyer Division 36. The three in front are (from left to right): Farenholt (DD-332), Sumner (DD-333) and Hull (DD-330). The drydock's dimensions, as given on the photograph, are 740 feet in length and 120 feet in width, with 30 feet of water over the sill. The destroyers in the back row are MacDonough (DD-331), Corry (DD-334) and Melvin (DD-335). All six ships were dock from 15 Jun 22 until 14 July 22. Masts of the decommissioned battleships Rhode Island (BB-17), Vermont (BB-20), Nebraska, (BB-14) and Georgia (BB-15) are just visible to the left of the dock destroyers. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 70684. Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970. Partial text & photo i.d. courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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18k | Mare Island Navy Yard in late 1923. Ships included the battleships Georgia (BB-15), Nebraska, (BB-14), Vermont (BB-20), and Rhode Island (BB-17), (right centre). Also shown is the Tippicanoe (AO-21) and two older cruisers. | Vallejo Naval Museum photo courtesy of Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner & submitted by Robert Hurst. Photo added 04/28/08. | |
![]() | 376k | 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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