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Louisiana (BB-19) with her masts enveloped in lights, possibly after returning home 22 February 1909.
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USN photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. |
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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.
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USNHC # NH 91471, Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1980. |
 | 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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Underway, circa 1910-14. |
USNHC # NH 51421. |
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Off New York City during the Fleet Review, 3 October 1911. Photographed by the New York Navy Yard. |
USNHC # NH 51914. |
 | 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. |
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Photographed in harbor, shortly before World War I. Note blast deflector fitted to her foremast top. |
USNHC # NH 51418. |
 | 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.
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 | 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.
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"On the battleship Louisiana (BB-19) in the latest wargames. Ready to drop mines over the ship's side into Narragansett Bay." |
USN photo by Enrique Muller Jr, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 29 August 1915, page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. |
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U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1916-1917.
Third section from left (of six) of a panoramic photograph taken from the Naval Station radio tower.
Among the ships present are: a battleship that is either Wyoming (BB-32)or Arkansas (BB-33) (left foreground), minelayers Baltimore (CM-1) and San Francisco (CM-2) (toward the left, far distance), destroyers Nicholson (DD-52) (left center, middle distance) and Cushing (DD-55) (right center, middle distance), and battleship Louisiana (BB-19) (right center, far distance, with "La." written above it).
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Photo USNHC # NH 76419 courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Donation of MMC Jesse Forton, USN (Retired), 1972.
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Maneuvering in line abreast off the Atlantic coast, 1917, as seen from the masthead of Minnesota (BB-22), the Division flagship. Ships seen are (from front to rear): Louisiana (BB-19); Kansas (BB-21); and New Hampshire (BB-25). |
USNHC # NH 63337. |
 | 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. |
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Starboard side view, 1919. |
USN photo courtesy of Larry Bonn. |
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"The 59th Coast Artillery, Brooklyn's "Lucky 13th" arrives in New York Harbor in an 80 mile an hour gale aboard the battleship's Louisiana (BB-19) & New Hampshire (BB-25). This photograph shows the Louisiana steaming up the Hudson river accompanied by the Mayor's Committee of Welcome Aboard the Patrol". |
Times Photo Service, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 2 February 1919, Page 8, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Photo added 06/19/08.
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A flag drapped Louisiana (BB-19) on Sunday 16 February 1919 as part of the 4th Battleship Division. Beginning 24 December 1918 she saw duty as a troop transport, making four voyages to Brest, France, to carry troops back to the United States.
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Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. |
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Arriving at New York City with a load of troops from France, 1919. The tug Excelsior (closest to camera) is among those assisting her into her berth. Photo printed on a stereograph card, published by the Keystone View Company. |
USNHC # NH 82654. |
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View on board, looking aft on the port side as a steam lighter approaches. The latter is loaded with troops who are to be transferred to Louisiana (BB-19) for transportation home to the United States, 1919. Probably photographed at Brest, France.
The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock. |
USNHC # NH 104811. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. |
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The Louisiana (BB-19) arriving at New York City with a load of troops from France, 1919. Photo printed on a stereograph card, published by the Keystone View Company. |
USNHC # NH 82704. |
 | 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. |