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BB-15 USS GEORGIA
1901 - 1908

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1909 - 1923

Virginia Class Battleship: Displacement 14,948 Tons, Dimensions, 441' 3" (oa) x 76' 3" x 26' (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/40 8 x 8"/40, 12 x 6"/50 12 x 3"/50, 4 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 19,000 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 812.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine, August 31 1901. Launched October 11 1904. Commissioned September 24 1906. Decommissioned July 15 1920. Stricken July 12 1922.
Fate: Sold November 1 1923 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-15 Georgia 2.66k New battleship Georgia (BB-15) is launched, designed to be the fastest of her class afloat, was successfully launched this afternoon. Miss Stella Tate, of Tate, Ga. sister of Congressman Tate, from that state, christened the vessel. Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo by The Seattle Star (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 11 October 1904, Night Edition, Image 1 & The Washington Times(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-15 Georgia 50k Launch of battleship Georgia (BB-15),Bath, Me. 1904. USN / Library of Congress # LC-D4-33667.
BB-15 Georgia 1.87kBATTLESHIP GEORGIA (BB-15) ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD
NOW PRIDE OF THE NAVY
Uncle Sam's Latest Sea Fighter That Has Gratified Officials and Builders. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 15 June 1906, Last Edition, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-15 Georgia 113k Making 17.707 knots on Run # 9 of her trials, 13 June 1906. Note that her six-inch broadside guns have not yet been installed. National Archives # NH 53720.
BB-15 Georgia 370k Probably taken during her shakedown trials off the New England coast, which looks similar to the above photo. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
BB-15 Georgia 1.51k UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP GEORGIA (BB-15) REELING OFF NINETEEN KNOTS AN HOUR.
Recently turned over to the navy by the Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Me. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by New-York Tribune. (Seattle, Wash.) (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 21 October 1906, Image 24, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-15 Georgia 73k Georgia (BB-15) photographed by C.E. Waterman, 1907. USNHC # NH 73911.
BB-15 Georgia 59k Rear Admiral William Hensley Emory, USN, Commander, Second Division, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, flew his flag on the Georgia (BB-15) in 1907. Photo # NH 74071-A, courtesy of the Naval History & Heritage Command & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
BB-15 Georgia 348k Broadside view of the Georgia (BB-15) in her original configuration as drawn in this postcard by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA. Photo from the collection of Raymond Strout, courtesy of Jonathan Eno.
BB-15 Georgia 1.84k MISS STELLA TATE
Sponsor for the Battleship Georgia (BB-15)		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The Washington Times(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 10 June 1907, Last Edition, Image 1 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
PDF added 12/14/11.
BB-15 Georgia 87k Ship's officers and crewmen posed on her forecastle, forward gun turret and superstructure, during the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. USNHC # NH 95663.
BB-15 Georgia 71k Georgia (BB-15) as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-15 Georgia 87k Ship's officers and crewmen posed on her forecastle, forward gun turret and superstructure, during the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. USNHC # NH 95663.
BB-15 Georgia 2.03k Dozens of Battleship Georgia's (BB-15) Wounded Are Hovering Between Life & Death. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 16 July 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana1.38kCARING FOR THE SAILORS INJURED ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP GEORGIA (BB-15).Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from The Times Dispatch.(Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 20 July 1907, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-15 Georgia 3.02k DEATH STALKS WITH PEACE AMONG THE GUNS ON UNCLE SAM'S GREAT BATTLESHIPS
Striking photograph taken at Charleston Navy Yard, showing the removal of injured from the Battleship Georgia (BB-15), in the turret of which the latest fatal explosion of smokeless powder occurred. Despite fearful burns, many of the injured sailors refused to be taken out on stretchers. 		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo by The Seattle Star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 22 July 1907, Extra Image 4 & 30 July 1907, Last Edition, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Indiana2.74k BATTLESHIP INDIANA'S (BB-01) PRIZE TURRET CREW AND TARGET
The Georgia's (BB-15) accident was due to an attempt to beat this record.		 Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Enrique Muller Jr., from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 August 1907, Image 3 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-15 Georgia 57k Good detail of the secondary battery on top of the main battery. Ship's after "superposed" 12"/40 and 8"/45 gun turret, where an explosion in the 8" (upper) level on 15 July 1907 took the lives of ten crewmen. The photograph was probably taken during the months following the accident. USN photo.
BB 15 Georgia 395k Recreation Hour on the Georgia (BB-15), during the "Great White Fleet's" voyage around the World on 17 Sept. 1907. Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
BB-15 Georgia 87k View looking forward from the stern, showing the ship's after 12"/40 and 8"/45 "superposed" gun turret and her mainmast, circa 1907-08. Note heavy coal smoke issuing from her stacks. USNHC # NH 101472.
Great White Fleet112kChart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route to be taken by the Atlantic Fleet's battleships and their associated Torpedo Flotilla, from their December 1907 departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia, until their planned arrival at San Francisco, California, in the spring of 1908. Text below the chart indicates that it was published in mid-December 1907.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106219. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
BB-13 Virginia class236kStarboard side view of a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship and other ships all decked out with flags flying, possibly in Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of the "Great White Fleet" cruise around the world in December 1907. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo i.d. courtesy of Erich Coiner.
Great White Fleet 345k The "Great White Fleet" steaming in column, probably while departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of their cruise around the World, December 1907. Kansas (BB-21) is at left, followed by Vermont (BB-20). USN photo # N-0000X-001 courtesy of navy.mil. Photographed by C.E. Waterman, Hampton, Va.
Hard-Hat Diver 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.
BB-18 Connecticut99kCommanding 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.
Great White Fleet112kChart 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.
BB-15 Georgia 2.57k BETTER CLIMB MAST WHEN BATTLESHIP TAKES BATH
HOLYSTONING THE DECK AND CLEANING UP ON THE GEORGIA (BB-15)		 Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo by The Seattle Star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 15 January 1908, Last Edition, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Straits of Magellan290k The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl.Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
BB-15 Georgia 95k Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, second in Command of the "Great White Fleet", made the Georgia (BB-15) his flagship. Digital ID: ggbain 00897. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
BB-15 Georgia 95k Straits of Magellan, Chile. U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships entering the straits en route to the Pacific, circa 7-8 February 1908, during the World cruise of the "Great White Fleet". Photographed from the after-deck of Georgia (BB-15). Note her quarterdeck whaleboat, on davits in left center, and "dotter" gunnery practice aiming device at right. USNHC # NH 101483.
Great White Fleet129kChart 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.
BB-18 Connecticut185kThe 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.
Fleet at Long Beach 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.
BB-5 Kearsarge 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.
BB-18 Connecticut139kThe 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.
Naval Review in San Francisco Bay, 17 May 1908 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.
BB 15 Georgia138kPost card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee, depicting the Fleet's Sailors parading in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, circa 17 July 1908. The Men in this group are from Georgia (BB-15). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106173-KN. Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer.
BB-15 Georgia84kAtlantic Fleet battleships steaming in parallel columns during their cruise around the World. Photographed from on board Georgia (BB-15) looking forward from her midships port side. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105990. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
Great White Fleet 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.
BB-15 Georgia 56k Georgia (BB-15) in Australia during the world cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1908. Photo courtesy of Warren McLean.
BB-15 Georgia 86k Georgia (BB-15) underway & making a lot of smoke during the world cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1908. USN / USNI photo.
BB-15 Georgia 213k Georgia's (BB-15) marines in formation during the cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1908. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB 15 Georgia79k Georgia (BB-15) takes water over the bow while steaming through a Pacific Ocean storm in mid-1908, during the "Great White Fleet's" voyage around the World.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106059. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer.
BB 15 Georgia89k Georgia's (BB-15) officers and men of the ship's after turret crew pose with their target, circa 1907-1908. The original picture inscription reads "Cause and Effect". This photo may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet's" cruise around the World. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106063. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer.
BB 15 Georgia79k"Prize winning gun crew" pose on the Georgia's (BB-15) after eight-inch/twelve inch turret, superposed during the ""Great White Fleet's" cruise around the World, 1908.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106064. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer.
GWF901kTHE 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, [store-ship] & 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.
Great White Fleet 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.
Atlantic Fleet Commanders 92k Halftone reproduction of a photograph by H.R. Jackson, showing the Fleet's senior commanders on board ship, circa late 1908 or early 1909, during or shortly after the "Great White Fleet's" World cruise. Those present are, from left to right:
Rear Admiral William P. Potter, Commander, Fourth Division;
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, Commander, Third Division;
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and First Division;
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, Commander, Second Division.		 US Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 106140. Copied from "Pictorial Log of the Battle Fleet Cruise Around the World", by Chief Turret Captain Roman J. Miller (A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1909). Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
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