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154k | Capt. John Marshall Bowyer was the commanding officer of the battleship Connecticut (BB-18) in 1909. | Photo courtesy of the United States Naval Academy via Bill Gonyo. | |
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Battleships anchored in the Hudson River, off 145th Street, New York City, during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 25 Sept - 9 Oct. 1909. Photograph by Thaddeus Wilkerson, 522 W. 145th St., New York, reproduced on a postal card.
Ships present are (from left to right): Louisiana (BB-19); Idaho (BB-24); Kansas (BB-21); Vermont (BB-20) & Connecticut (BB-18). Identification on the first two listed is certain. That on the last three is probable. |
USNHC # NH 91471, Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1980. | |
 | 52k | Colorized photo by A.G. Bosselman & CO. of the Connecticut (BB-18) sometime shortly after her return from her cruise around the world and after her modernization with cage masts, circa Sept. 1909. | Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
 | 136k | Capt. Albert Weston Grant commanded the battleship Connecticut (BB-18) 26 Oct. 1909 to Feb. 1910. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 143k | In 1911, Captain Hugh Rodman assumed command of Connecticut (BB-18), flagship, Atlantic Fleet. | Digital ID ggbain # 15953. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 180k | Lt. Anderson, Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, and Captain Hugh Rodman enjoy a lighter moment aboard the Connecticut (BB-18). (Note: The image is not dated nor is the ship; however, I believe it is aboard the Connecticut.) | Digital ID: ggbain # 13318. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 92k | Dressed with flags while at anchor in the Hudson River, off New York City, prior to World War I. The occasion may be the Fleet Review of October 1911. Steam launch at left is from Washington (C-11). | USNHC # NH 2325. | |
 | 96k | Connecticut (BB-18) firing a salvo during the Naval Review at New York on 14 October 1912. | Digital ID: # ggbain 0795v, LC-B2-2442-7. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 330k | Painting the Connecticut (BB-18) probably during the Naval Review at New York on 14 October 1912. Note the cage mast of another battleship in the background and the buildings along the waterfront. | Digital ID: ggbain.09950. # 2163783392_d25fba3714_o. LC-B2-2331-4. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 312k | Connecticut (BB-18) & President's Yacht Mayflower - during the Naval Review at New York on 14 October 1912. Note the other battleships in the background all dressed up with flags. | Digital ID: ggbain.09970. # 2163782918_8e223b8e45_o. LC-B2-2335-1. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 51k | Firing a gun of her after starboard eight-inch turret, during battle practice in 1913. The 12"/45 guns of the battleship's after turret are in the foreground. | Photographed by Enrique Muller. USNHC # NH 63640. | |
 | 189k | Two Connecticut class (BB-18-22/25) battleships pictured against the background of a Guantanamo Bay sunset, 1913-14. | Courtesy of Bob Mabin. Photo i.d. courtesy of Geoffry Woods. | |
 | 99k | Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, USN (center, front)with Mexican Officials and U.S. Navy Officers on the quarterdeck of a U.S. Navy battleship off Vera Cruz, probably at the time of the U.S. intervention there, circa April-November 1914. Many of those present are identified on Photo # NH 95151 (complete caption). Photographed by Hadsell, Vera Cruz. The ship appears to be one of the Connecticut class (BB-18-22/25). Note 12"/45 guns, with sub-caliber rifles and sighting training devices mounted on them. | USNHC # NH 61208. |  | 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. |
 | 230k | A postcard photo of the Connecticut (BB-18) during a port visit to Bar Harbor, Maine 4-11 Sept. 1914. | Photo from the collection of Raymond Strout, submitted by Jonathan Eno. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 617k | After repairs and temporary service as receiving ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1916 (date of this photo), Connecticut (BB-18) returned to full commission 3 October 1916 as flagship of the Fifth Division, Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet. She operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean until the United States entered World War I. |
Digital ID: # LC-H261-7095 / LC-DIG-hec-07651. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo added 07/31/09. | |
 | 166k | Capt. William Rees Rush commanded the battleship Connecticut (BB-18) in 1917. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 167k | Admiral Ralph Earle, captain of the Connecticut (BB-18) prior to WW I. | Digital ID: ggbain # 28442. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Divisio, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 81k | Connecticut (BB-18) underway, prior to WW I. | USNHC # NH 95151. | |
 | 104k | Connecticut Class (BB-18 - 22 & 25) battleships steaming in column, probably during a training operation circa 1918. Letterpress reproduction of a photograph. It was published with a quite incorrect caption identifying these ships as units of the Sixth Battle Squadron in the North Sea. | USNHC # NH 105386. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. | |
 | 81k | Troops of the U.S. Army's 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, boarding the ship from the ferry lighter Rin Tin Tin, in Brest harbor, France, for passage to the United States, 11 March 1919. Note the round 37th Division patch on the left shoulders of these men's uniforms. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105980. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.. | |
 | 76k | Lighter Rin Tin Tin alongside Connecticut (BB-18), transferring U.S. troops to be transported home from France, 1919. Note the motor launch on Connecticut's deck. | USNHC # NH 104704. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 98k | Troops do calisthenics on the ship's after deck, during their passage home from France, 1919. These men may be members of the 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, which Connecticut (BB-18) transported to the United States in mid-March 1919. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105985. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.. | |
 | 101k | Army Chaplain O'Connor celebrates Mass on the ship's after deck in mid-Atlantic, during the homeward-bound voyage of the 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, 16 March 1919. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105989. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.. | |
 | 81k | View looking aft from the Connecticut's (BB-18) foredeck, circa 1918-1919, showing her forward twelve-inch gun turret, life rafts, rangefinder, and matress-type splinter protection. A Sailor is posed atop the turret, in the right center. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105977. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.. | |
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58k | In a French port, probably Brest, during a post-World War I trooping voyage, circa January-June 1919. Note French sailing lugger in the foreground, with number C1667 on her mainsail. Kansas's (BB-21) seven-inch broadside guns have been removed. Battleships in the distance are: New Hampshire (BB-25) (left) and Connecticut (BB-18) (right). | USNHC # NH 93862. | |
 | 119k | On 23 June 1919, after having returned over 4,800 men, Connecticut (BB-18) was reassigned as flagship of the Second Battleship Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Hilary P. Jones. | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Divisio, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 88k | Connecticut (BB-18) (right) photographed about 1920. | USNHC # NH 55339. | |
 | 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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