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Great White Fleet Cruise
Post Great White Fleet Cruise - Decommissioning
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![]() | 104k | Model of the name sake Connecticut class (BB-18) and her five sisters: Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), New Hampshire (BB-25), as built, dated 23 March 1928. | Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group RG-19N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell. | |
![]() | 71k | Photo by Enrique Miller of the Connecticut (BB-18) sometime shortly after her launching in Sept. 1904. | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
![]() | 108k | What appears to be a part of her secondary armament of either 8"/45, 7"/45 guns is being lifted aboard the Connecticut (BB-18) while fitting out at the New York Naval Shipyard on January 31, 1906. | Photo courtesy of maritmequest.com. | |
![]() | 47k | Connecticut (BB-18) getting one of her bow 12"/45 (30.5 cm) guns installed while fitting out at the New York Naval Shipyard on January 31, 1906. | USN photo courtesy of navweaps.com. | |
![]() | 123k | Connecticut (BB-18) running speed trials off the Maine coast, 1906. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Note sailors crowding the rails, watching the photographer's boat, which is about to be swamped by the battleship's bow wave. | Larry Bonn / USNHC # NH 553. | |
![]() | 241k | Colorized photographic print of the above photo of the Connecticut (BB-18) running speed trials off the Maine coast, 1906. | Courtesy of Andrew Tabak. | |
![]() | 118k | The National Ensign is raised during commissioning ceremonies on the new battleship's after deck, at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 29 September 1906. | USNHC # NH 55335. | |
![]() | 111 | Steroscopic color print of the Connecticut (BB-18) with the battleships Louisiana (BB-19) on her starboard side and the Vermont (BB-20) on her port, during the Naval Review at Oyster Bay, summer 1906. [Unless there was a mistake on the date]. | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. | |
![]() | 83k | Port beam view of the Connecticut (BB-18) in her original configuration as seen in this postcard drawn by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
![]() | 36k | Port side underway as built, circa 1906-08. | USN photo. | |
![]() | 227k | With the hot sun beating down, canvas awnings cover bow and stern. Joining the Atlantic Fleet, Connecticut (BB-18) became flagship 16 April 1907, and later that month joined in the Presidential Fleet Review and other ceremonies opening the Jamestown Exposition. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS. | |
![]() | 104k | Circa 1907 color print of the Connecticut (BB-18), as built. | USN photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
![]() | 145k | Steam launches surround the Connecticut (BB-18) and another battleship as they lie at anchor, circa 1907. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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