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	2.40k	CAPTAIN QUALTROUGH OF THE BATTLESHIP GEORGIA (BB-15) WHO WAS TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL AT GIBRALTAR. Captain Edward F. Qualtrough of the United States battleship Georgia who was tried by court martial at Gibraltar on a charge of intoxication preferred by Rear Admiral Wainwright has been in the navy thirty-eight years and for twenty years has been considered one of the most efficient officers in the service. He is a native of Rochester N. Y. The specific charge made against him was that he was under the influence of liquor while attending a reception at Tangier. Captain Qualtrough entered a general denial. The court was composed of Rear Admiral Schroeder, Rear Admiral Potter, Captain Kossuth Niles of the Louisiana (BB-19), Captain John Hubbard of the Minnesota (BB-22), Captain Joseph B. Murdock of the Rhode Island (BB-17), Captain Hugo Osterhaus of the Connecticut (BB-18), and Captain Charles E Vreeland of the Kansas (BB-21). Major Dion Willlams acted as judge advocate.		Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo by The Winchester News. (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 13 March 1909, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.25k	An Example of the Wonderful Aquatic Convulsion That the Battleship Georgia (BB-15) Heaves Up "For'ard When She Is Sent Along at Top Speed.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 28 March 1909, Image 46, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	112k	Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19 June 1909, after modernization with "cage" masts. Photographed by William H. Rau.		USNHC # NH 53722.
	194k	Georgia (BB-15) with the 3d & 4th Division, Battleship Force, in fleet tactical exercises and merchant crew gunnery training, circa 1909.		Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	783k	Port side underway, 19 June 1909.		Photo by William H. Rau, from "Our Navy", published by the L.H. Nelson Co., Portland, Maine in 1917. National Archives # 19-N-14292, courtesy of David Johnston (USNR).
	108k	The crew of the Georgia (BB-15) all dressed in whites waiting for Liberty, circa 1909.		USN Photo by W.O. Waterman courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
	213k	Circa post 1909 photo of the Georgia (BB-15) with her guns swung out to starboard.		Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
	1.25k	Great Gun on Battleship Georgia (BB-15) Muzzle of Which Was Blown Off		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 25 September 1910, Image 21, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	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.
	2.53k	Coast Awaits Warships - Pacific Fleet Assured Four of the big battleships that probably will be seen in the Pacific before the close of the year. Georgia (BB-15), Louisiana (BB-19), Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29) will probably comprise one squadron of the battleship fleet which the navy department will order to the Pacific coast during the coming summer or fall.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 09 April 1911, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	72k	Dressed with flags and with crew members manning the rails, during the Naval Review in New York Harbor, October 1912.		USNHC # NH 53723.
	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. PDF added 12/05/11.
	73k	Photographed circa 1912, probably in New York harbor.		USNHC # NH 60230.
	477k	Post card photo of the Georgia (BB-15) anchored with other battleships in the background.		Photo from the collection of Raymond Strout, courtesy of Jonathan Eno.
	62k	Atlantic Fleet Battleships steaming down Chesapeake Bay after visiting Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1913. Photographed by Sargent, probably from on board Rhode Island (BB-17). Next ship ahead is New Jersey (BB-16), with Georgia (BB-15) ahead of her. Six "Dreadnought" type battleships are leading the column.		From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986 / USNHC # NH 101064.
	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.
	77k	Captain Coontz served as Commanding Officer of the battleship Georgia (BB-15), followed by duty as Commandant of the Puget Sound Navy Yard and the 13th Naval District between 1914 to 1918. Portrait photograph taken circa 1919 as Admiral Robert E. Coontz, USN, Chief of Naval Operations.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #: NH 364. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
	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.		USNHC # NH 61557. Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo & text by The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 15 February 1913, Night Edition, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	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.
	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. PDF added 12/05/11.
	535k	Captain Sumner K. W. Kittele of the Georgia (BB-15), and his son, Sumner Sigsby Kittele. Of the nine generations of the Kittele family born in Peekskill on the Hudson, eight have been officers in the United States navy. If Captain Kittele has his way and the young man sticks to his naval program, there is no doubt but what some day young Sigby Kittele will be the ninth one of the family in the Navy.		Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ. Photo & text by Tombstone Epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 06 May 1917, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	518k	View looking down (or read all about it) here from the foremast during coaling, at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa 1919. Note: Georgia's (BB-15) port 8"/45 gun turret and coal barges alongside the battleship with crewmen bagging coal to be hoisted on board.		Photo courtesy of USNHC # NH 60219. Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo by Hopkinsville Kentuckian. (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 19 July 1917, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	401k	JUST BEFORE THEY PULLED IN THE GANGPLANK. Secretary Daniels has announced that all of Uncle Sam's battleships, including those held in reserve, are now in commission. There is ample work for all of them, although their present whereabouts are guarded as naval secrets. Here is shown the Georgia (BB-15), fully manned and provisioned, leaving her dock at the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard for "somewhere".		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 23 July 1917, NIGHT FINAL, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	401k	GETTING THEIR LAST GLIMPSE OF THE SHORE. Officers and men spend long hours at the guns each day and their proficiency at the big guns is being almost hourly perfected. Only a few thousand more men are needed now to bring the navy up to its full war strength of 150,000. Many former warrant officers have been promoted to the Junior grades of commissioned officers.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 23 July 1917, NIGHT FINAL, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	176k	The Georgia (BB-15) operated with the 3d Division, Battleship Force, in fleet tactical exercises and merchant crew gunnery training, based in the York River, Va. from April 1917 - Sept. 1918. Note that all her secondary guns have been removed.		Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
	85k	View looking forward from the ship's mainmast, showing coal smoke coming from all three funnels, while she was en route to France, 21 January 1919. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A hand-written note on its reverse states: "The day after arrived aboard the Georgia (BB-15)."		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106280. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
	102k	Troops of the 32nd (Division ?) coming on board the Georgia (BB-15) at Brest, France, for passage home to the United States, 1919. They are disembarking from a steam lighter, which is either Nenette or Rin Tin Tin. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.		USNHC # NH 105417. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
	68k	Life boat from the Georgia (BB-15), rowing over to a minesweeper to pick up medicine, off the Azores in February 1919. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A hand-written note on its reverse states: "This was on the trip in February. Had to stop at the Azores for some special medicine, but the soldier died anyhow."		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106279. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
	122k	Five crew members pose in front of the ship's forward superposed gun turret, showing her twelve-inch (lower) and eight-inch (upper) guns, 1919. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A hand-written note on its reverse states: "The Georgia (BB-15) is a little different than the Louisiana (BB-19) and has double turrets."		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106281. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
	90k	Ferry Lighter Nenette alongside Georgia (BB-15) in Brest harbor, France, March 1919. She is transferring troops to the battleship for passage home to the United States. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A hand-written note on its reverse states: "Soldiers coming on the Georgia, going back home! March 1919." Note Nenette's bridge and covered pilothouse at left.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106283. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
	89k	Photographed circa 1919.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
	126k	Port Side View, 1919.		Larry Bonn USN photo.
	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 hidden 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.
	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.
	564k	Photo of the Mare Island Marine football team in the fall of 1920 with the Georgia (BB-15), Nebraska (BB-14) and Rhode Island (BB-17) in the background.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
	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.
	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 center). 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.
	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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