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46k | "New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, N.J." The ship in the covered wet slip has cage masts, after the fashion of Kansas (BB-21), New Hampshire (BB-25) and Michigan (BB-27), circa 1910nish. | Courtesy of New York Shipbuilding., yorkship.home.comcast.net. | |
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66k | Ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Charles J. Badger, on her bridge in May 1910. Note 9-foot rangefinder to the left of Capt. Badger and searchlight platforms on the foremast behind him. | Photo USNHC # NH 68264 courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Cohen Collection. | |
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95k | Shell splashes of forward 12"/45 guns batteries. August 9, 1910. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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58k | Kansas (BB-21) at anchor, Feb 1911. | Photo courtesy of Robert Hirst & Lee Wetherhorn. | |
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50k | Kansas (BB-21) firing a broadside from her main 12"/45 guns batteries. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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87k | Kansas (BB-21) at anchor in the North River. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes | |
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100k | Bringing a torpedo alongside. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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41k | Starboard main 12"/45 guns batteries being fired. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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57k | Kansas (BB-21) in column during gunnery practice, firing main 12"/45 guns starboard batteries. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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59k | Kansas (BB-21) in column during heavy seas. Note the roll of the ships. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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68k | Gun crew manning secondary 7-inch broadside guns. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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57k | Ship's Marine officers supervising target practice "firing at kites". Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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118k | Camp life at Guantanimo, Cuba. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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71k | Scrub bags and hammocks atop main 12"/45 turret. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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79k | Coaling aborad ship. Note tampion in main 12"/45 turret. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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106k | Coaling aborad ship. This was always a dirty and tiring task. Quite a few photos of the period include the ship's band playing along side to increase the tempo of the crew to get the work over. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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65k | Coaling was not the cleanest way to spend a day at work. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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50k | A day of life at sea. Playing with "Bruce", the mascot. (Actually, shark fishing). Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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44k | A day of life at sea. Mascots generally helped provide a sense of morale on board ship: "Shepp", (at left), "Guernio" (center) and "Jeff" (on right). Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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44k | A day of life at sea. Boat races at Guantanimo, Cuba. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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80k | Cleaning up after coaling. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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96k | Rough weather over the bow. Circa Oct. 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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117k | Ship's band, Circa 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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21k | Target ship, Circa 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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98k | Kansas's (BB-21) commanding officer, Captin Hoageweff. Circa 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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46k | Kansas (BB-21), circa 1911. | Photo courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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64k | At anchor, circa 1912. | USNHC # NH 2896. | |
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65k | Underway in a harbor, circa 1912. Note the civilian sailboat off Kansas's (BB-21) starboard side. | USNHC # NH 52235. | |
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66k | Grimy bandsmen on board the Kansas (BB-21) during coaling, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1912. | Photo courtesy of John Burroughs / USNHC # NH 90683. | |
 | 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. |
 | 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. Photo added 02/16/08. | |
 | 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. Photo added 02/16/08. | |
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36k | Starboard Side View, 1917-1919. | Photo courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET. | |
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90k | 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). |
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 | 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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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. | |
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63k | Troops' band concert on the quarterdeck of the Kansas (BB-21) during their voyage home to the United States, 1919. The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. | USNHC # NH 104959. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
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44k | Troops on board the Kansas (BB-21) for transportation home. View looks toward the stern from alongside the after twelve-inch gun turret, while Kansas was at Brest, France, in 1919. The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. | USNHC # NH 104958. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
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104k | Starboard side view, 1919. | Larry Bonn / USN photo. | |
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34k | Painting of the Kansas (BB-21), starboard side view, circa nineteen "teens". | Courtesy of New York Shipbuilding, yorkship.home.comcast.net. | |
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93k | Color tinted post card by Enrique Muller of the Kansas (BB-21), published by the Valentine Souvenir Co of N.Y., circa nineteen "teens". | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 116k | Scene at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, December 1923, with guns from scrapped battleships in the foreground. One of these guns is marked " Kansas", presumably an indication that it came from Kansas (BB-21). Ship being dismantled in the backround is South Carolina (BB-26). | USNHC # NH 69035. | |
 | 371k | 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, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center. | |
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