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112k | Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19 June 1909, after modernization with "cage" masts. Photographed by William H. Rau. | USNHC # NH 53722. | |
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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. | |
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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). Photo added 11/05/09. | |
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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. | |
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213k | Circa post 1909 photo of the Georgia (BB-15) with her guns swung out to starboard. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 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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72k | Dressed with flags and with crew members manning the rails, during the Naval Review in New York Harbor, October 1912. | USNHC # NH 53723. | |
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73k | Photographed circa 1912, probably in New York harbor. | USNHC # NH 60230. | |
 | 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. | |
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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. |  | 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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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. | |
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164k | View looking down 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. | USNHC # NH 60219. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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89k | Photographed circa 1919. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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126k | Port Side View, 1919. | Larry Bonn USN photo. |
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 | 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. | |
 | 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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