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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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2.66k | THE BATTLESHIPS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET IN
PROVINCETOWN HARBOR HOW THE SHIPS APPEAR EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW FIRE CONTROL MASTS THE FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT (BB-18) READY FOR THE MANOEUVERS. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 July 1909, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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93k | 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 of 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. | |
 | 228k | View on Connecticut (BB-18). | Digital ID 3512133023_195e26d2bb_o,# ggbain 13305, LC-B2- 2728-7. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 136k | Visitors on board the Connecticut (BB-18), 1910. | Digital ID 2162982489,# ggbain 09951, LC-B2-2331-8. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 778k | Putting powder on the Connecticut (BB-18), 1910. | Digital ID 2162982489,# ggbain 09565, LC-B2-2266-1. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 3.20k | BATTLESHIPS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET COMING UP THE
RIVER. THE RHODE ISLAND (BB-17) UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. THE DREADNOUGHT DELAWARE (BB-28) BIGGEST SHIP IN OUR NAVY THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18) BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY | Image and text
provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 September 1910, Image 7, 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. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 2.33k | 1,000,000 PERSONS TODAY SEE 102 SHIPS COSTING
$300,000,000 America's mightiest fighting machine, Connecticut (BB-18), a typical vessel of the great fleet which today passed in review, and used by Admiral Osterhaus, commander of the fleet, as his battleship. There are 24 other ships of this type in today's demonstration. | Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society;
Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Bemidji Daily Pioneer. (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 31 October 1911, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1140k | THE FLEET ILLUMINATED, AS SEEN FROM 72D
STREET. THE FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT (BB- 18) Light outlines great fleet in Hudson. Six miles of warships spring out of darkness. | Image and text provided by
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 31 October 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 3.182k | OLD OREGON (BB-03) IN LEAD OF MIGHTY
FLEET Four Columns of Powerful Wardogs Steam to San Pedro Rear Admiral Hugo Oslerhaus,commanding the Atlantic fleet (upper portrait); Captain William R. Shoemaker, his chief of staff, and the rear admirals flagship, the battleship Connecticut (BB-18). | Photo by Underwood & Underwood. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1 November 1911, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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676k | Flagship Firing Salute as President Went Aboard | Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor,
Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 02 November 1911, Final Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 11/25/11. | |
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101k | PHOTO OF DECK OF FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT
(BB-18). One of the war ships of the North Atlantic Squadron, now mobilized in N.Y. harbor photographed from the top of the giant military mast. | Image and text provided by Library of
Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 2 November 1911, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1.172k | THE BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT (BB-18)
LEADING THE FLEET TO SEA. The Presidential yacht Mayflower at the right. | Image and text provided by
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 03 November 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 1.08k | THE FLEET IN FULL DRESS (THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18) IN THE FOREGROUND) IN HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S INSPECTION | Image and text provided by Library of Congress,
Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 3 November 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 500k | FLEET NEARLY WRECKED | Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives
and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ. Photo courtesy of Bisbee Daily Review. (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 13 January 1912, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 1.03k | MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT (BB-18) | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington,
DC. Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 07 October 1912, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 489k | MARINES LAND AT VERA CRUZ Badger's Ships Ordered to Blockade Harbor of Vera Cruz Five of the Battleships Which Will Participate in Blockade |
Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library;
Eugene, OR. Photo courtesy of The Evening Herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906- 1942, 21 April 1914, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 400k | Battleship Connecticut (BB-18) in drydock at League Island. The picture shows the chain around the broken right propeller of the big war craft which forced her to seek the drydock at the Navy Yard here for repairs, which may keep her out of service for several weeks. | Photo by Underwood & Underwood. Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo courtesy of Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 3 April 1915, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 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. | |
 | 565k | The U.B. battleship Connecticut (BB-18) left Leauge Island today bearing 700 marines for Port- au-Prince, Haiti, where they will report to Admiral Caperton. A crowd gathered to see the Marines off, and there were a variety of leave takings, one of which is shown in the insert. | Photo by Underwood & Underwood. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo courtesy of Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914- 1942, 31 July 1915, Night Extra, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 586k | RE-ENFORCEMENTS FOR AMERICANS IN HAITI Scene in the League Island navy yard in Philadelphia, as 500 bluejackets were being hurried aboard the battleship Connecticut (BB- 18) to be taken to Haiti to re-enforce the command of Rear Admiral Caperton and help in restoring order on the island. |
Photo by Underwood & Underwood Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo & text by The North Platte Semi- Weekly Tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, 13 August 1915, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 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 Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 300k | Post card photo of the Connecticut (BB-18) by Enrique Muller Jr, underway, prior to WW I. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 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 mattress-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. | |
 | 251k | In the summer of 1920, Connecticut (BB-18)
sailed to the Caribbean and the west coast on a midshipman-Naval
Reserve training
cruise. The next summer found her in European ports on similar duty,
and upon her return to Philadelphia 21 August 1921, was as signed as
flagship Train, Pacific Fleet. She is seen here in the harbour of Genoa, Italy. | Text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo from the private collection of Giorgio Parodi. | |
 | 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. | |
Additional Connecticut Images
3 General Views Of Connecticut From The Library Of Congress Server.
USS CONNECTICUT BB-18 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
TWO BATTLESHIPS DISABLED AT SEA
Connecticut (BB-18) Breaks Her Starboard Crankshaft and Nebraska (BB-14) Hits Uncharted Shoals
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