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2.95k | NEW JERSEY (BB-16) TO BE THE LARGEST BATTLESHIP IN THE NAVY—WORK BEGUN ON HER AT FORE RIVER THE BEACH AT FORE RIVER, WHERE THE NEW JERSEY IS TO BE BUILT. Showing the Des Moines (C-15), now in course of construction. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 15 September 1901, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1.86k | HOW WAR VESSELS ARE BUILT AT THE FORE RIVER WORKS IN MASSACHUSETTS. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Desert Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 28 September 1901, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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3.11k | THE FORE RIVER SHIP AND ENGINE COMPANY'S YARD SEVERAL WARSHIPS ARE IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION. Five months after construction started, the New Jersey (BB-16) appears here at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 17 August 1902, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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1.79k | AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS THE MOST FORMIDABLE OF NEW WAR VESSELS BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY (BB-16) UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE UNITED STATES. IT IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF WAR CRAFT SUPERIOR IN ARMAMENT TO VESSELS OF THE SAME CLASS BEING BUILT FOR OLD WORLD NAVIES. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 06 October 1902, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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5.06k | BUILDING UNCLE SAM'S BATTLESHIPS. Two first-class battleships for the United States Navy, the New Jersey (BB-16) and the Rhode Island (BB-17) are being built side by side from the same designs and at the same time at the new Fore River shipyard, down in the southeastern corner of Boston harbor. The like is not being done in any other American shipyard, so that the visitor who takes pleasure in watching his white navy in actual process of construction may find here a suggestion of the formidable power of this new class of fighting ships that he can hardly look for elsewhere. | Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 18 January 1903, Image 24, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov | |
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405k | LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 10 | Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from The Hawaiian Star. (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 21 November 1904, SECOND EDITION, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 150k | Color-tinted postcard published by A.C. Bosselman & Co., New York, and printed in Germany showing the Rhode Island (BB-17) fitting out at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, circa 1905. The ship fitting out in the background, at right, is probably New Jersey (BB-16). | Photo # NH 105667-KN courtesy of USNHC. Collection of Colonel W.T. Bigger, USMC (Retired). | |
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2.47k | SILVER SERVICE FOR THE BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY (BB-16) | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 08 October 1905, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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81k | Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, early in 1906. | Courtesy of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Skerritt Collection / USNHC # NH 45480. | |
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2.15k | SKEETER OF NAVY SKIMS THE SEAS Battleship New Jersey (BB-16) Goes for Endurance Trip | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 29 March 1906, Last Edition, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1.76k | Men and Ships Who May Be Destined to Play Leading Parts in Impending Cuban War Drama | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 23 September 1906, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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79k | Photographed in 1906-07, with a steam launch and coal barges alongside. | USNHC # NH 19-N-21612. | |
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86k | New Jersey's football team, circa 1906. | USNHC # NH 45484. | |
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38k | At the Jamestown Exposition Naval Review, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 2 May 1907. | USNHC # NH 19-N-2-26-15. | |
 | 59k | Atlantic Fleet Battleships steaming in line abreast off Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1907. Ship nearest the camera is either New Jersey (BB-16) or Rhode Island (BB-17). | Collection of CQM John Harold / USNHC # NH 101466. | |
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820k | CAPTAIN WILLIAM WIRT KIMBALL The commander of the battleship New Jersey (BB-16), one of the warships composing the fleet which is to cruise in the Pacific, is William Wirt Kimball. He is the son of an officer in the navy, was born in Maine and entered the naval service in 1865. | Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ. Photo from Daily Arizona Silver Belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 15 October 1907, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 112k | Chart 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. | |
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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. | |
 | 236k | Starboard 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. | |
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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. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 112k | Chart 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. | |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 129k | Chart 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. | |
 | 185k | The 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. |
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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 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. | |
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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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98k | Leading ship of a column of Atlantic Fleet battleships, photographed while steaming through the Golden Gate, en route to an anchorage in San Francisco Bay, May 1908. This ship is either New Jersey (BB-16) or Rhode Island (BB-17). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106095-A. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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58k | Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming through the Golden Gate, en route to their anchorage in San Francisco Bay, May 1908. The lead ship is either New Jersey or Rhode Island (BB-17). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106095. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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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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305k | Crew entertainment aboard the New Jersey (BB-16) during the World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet"; three legged race in 1908. Note the initials of the boat on the davits of the New Jersey. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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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 (BB-14), New Jersey or Rhode Island (BB-17). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106069. 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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143k | World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-09. New Jersey (BB-16) in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in late August 1908. | Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, and submitted by Warren McLean. | |
 | 901k | THE 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, [storeship] & 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. |
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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. | |
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49k | New Jersey (BB-16) in a China Sea typhoon, 1908. | USNHC # NH 45481. | |
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30k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of Xmas & New Year aboard the New Jersey (BB-16) circa 1908. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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390k | 1908 postmark of the New Jersey (BB-16). | Photo courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam. | |
 | 1.00k | A Virginia (BB-13) class battleship in the foreground and an Indiana (BB-01) class in the background both sprout lots of smoke and large American flags from their masts in this pre 1909 painting. | US Navy photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 03/16/12. |
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