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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. | |
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60k | The Minnesota (BB-22) as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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75k | Seen here on builders trials at 18.1 knots. | USNI / USN photo. | |
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165k | 12 June 1907 photo of the Minnesota (BB-22) additional ships of the "Great White Fleet" in background. Following her shakedown off the New England coast, Minnesota was assigned to duty in connection with the Jamestown Exposition, Jamestown, Va., 22 April to 3 September 1907. |
USNHC # 19-N-28-29-4. | |
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345k | The "Great White Fleet" steaming in column, probably while departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of their cruise around the World, December 1907. Kansas (BB-21) is at left, followed by Vermont (BB-20). | USN photo # N-0000X-001 courtesy of navy.mil. Photographed by C.E. Waterman, Hampton, Va. | |
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103k | Photographed circa 1907-08. | USNHC # NH 46023. | |
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115k | Painting by Henry Reuterdahl, depicting Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas on board Minnesota (BB-22) during the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World. The artist has inscribed the work to Rear Admiral Thomas. | USNHC # NH 85216-KN, photo courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. Donation of Miss Ruth Thomas. | |
 | 185k | The Connecticut (BB-18) leading the other fifteen warships of the "Great White Fleet" into Magdalena Bay, Mexico on 12 March 1908 to take on coal and hold long-delayed target practice. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-59537, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 139k | The Connecticut (BB-18) leading the "Great White Fleet" into San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. The original photo was taken by C.E. Waterman. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-59537, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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155k | Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" on 17 May 1908 by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in Yorktown (PG-1), which is steaming toward the left in the right center of the image. Three destroyers are in the line nearest to the camera (from left to center), with either Hopkins (DD-6) or Hull (DD-7) in the center and Lawrence (DD-8) next astern. Eleven battleships are present, in the rows on the opposite side of Yorktown's course, and seven Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the most distant row. | Photo # NH 105310, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
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109k | An officer poses in the breech of one of the after turret's 12"/45 guns, 1908. | USNHC # NH 46030. | |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo added 03/20/08. | |
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115k | "World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-09. Stern view of the Minnesota (BB-22), in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in late August 1908. | Photo courtesy of Warren McLean. | |
 | 99k | Commanding officers of most of the fleet's ships, photographed in 1908. Those present include (Seated, left to right): Captain Hugo Osterhaus, of Connecticut (BB-18); Captain Kossuth Niles, of Louisiana (BB-19); Captain William P. Potter, of Vermont (BB-20); Captain John Hubbard, of Minnesota (BB-22); Captain Joseph B. Murdock, of Rhode Island (BB-17); Captain Charles E. Vreeland, of Kansas (BB-21). Standing, left to right): Captain Hamilton Hutchins, of Kearsarge (BB-05); Captain Frank E. Beatty, of Wisconsin (BB-09); Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, of Nebraska (BB-14); Captain Thomas B. Howard, of Ohio (BB-12); Captain William H.H. Southerland, of New Jersey (BB-16); Captain Walter C. Cowles, of Kentucky (BB-06); Captain John M. Bowyer, of Illinois (BB-07); Captain Alexander Sharp, of Virginia (BB-13); Lieutenant Commander Charles B. McVay, of Yankton. | USNHC # NH 59552. | |
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75k | Minnesota (BB-22) pitches her forefoot out of the water during a storm, while steaming from the Philippines to Yokohama, Japan, in October 1908, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. | USNHC # NH 91751. | |
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67k | Minnesota (BB-22), port side view. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer, 1909. | Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold / USNHC # NH 101500. | |
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133k | The "Great White Fleet" at Gibralter on 31 January 1909.
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Donated by Eugene B. Canfield, courtesy of Joe Radigan and the U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, December 2002 issue. | |
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261k | Minnesota's (BB-22) Chief Petty Officers, posed underneath one of her two turret's 12"/45 guns, 1910. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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127k | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Second Regiment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet at Deer Point Camp, Guantanamo Bay, 13 February 1910.
These men are from the battleships Minnesota (BB-22), New Hampshire (BB-25), Mississippi (BB-23) and Idaho (BB-24). The latter's battalion is in the center of the photograph. Ships in the harbor are mainly battleships, with some auxiliaries and cruisers also present. Newark (C-1), Station Ship at Guantanamo Bay, is in the center background, with a white hull. |
USNHC # NH 105511. Donation of Truman C. Lane, 1990. Panoramic photograph by American Photo Company, Havana, Cuba. | |
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84k | Minnesota (BB-22) 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. | |
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95k | "A Sailor's Sewing Day Reminds Him Keenly of Home and Mother -- Life on Board a Battleship "Photograph probably taken on board Minnesota (BB-22), circa 1910, and published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Company during the World War I period. Note other men relaxing and reading. Note "Nick Carter" magazine in center, and men at right holding a Minnesota cap ribbon. | USNHC # NH 85292. | |
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127k | Deck view of the Minnesota's (BB-22) showing the Marine Guard, circa post 1910 following modernization and addition of cage masts. Note another battleship off her port side. | Photo courtesy of rootsweb.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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65k | Photographed in 1911 by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. She is flying a Rear Admiral's flag from her mainmast, and has practice gun sighting equipment installed atop her gun turrets. | USNHC # NH 73978. | |
 | 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. |  | 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. |
 | 79k | Vera Cruz Incident, 1914. The Utah (BB-31) battalion marches along the Vera Cruz waterfront while returning to their ship, circa April-June 1914. Battleship in the center distance is Minnesota (BB-22). Ship in the left distance is either Dixie (1898- 1922) or Prairie (1898-1923). Photographed by Hadsell. | USNHC # NH 100622. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 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. | |
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73k | Target practice with one of the Minnesota's (BB-22) 7"/45 secondary guns. Photo prior to 1919 when all such guns were removed. | Photo courtesy of rootsweb.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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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). |
USNHC # NH 63337. | |
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54k | S.S. Antilles, probably in U.S. East Coast waters, circa the summer or fall of 1917, while operating as a troopship. She was torpedoed and sunk on 17 October 1917. Minnesota (BB-22) is in the right background. Note that this image has been retouched to emphasize the ships' outlines. | USNHC photo # NH 103487, collection of Chief Warrant Officer J.B. Dofflemeyer, 1972. Photo added and corrected by Joe Perchetti. | |
 | 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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136k | "Uncle Sam's Ships", Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats. The Minnesota (BB-22) is the first U.S. battleship listed. | USNHC photo # NH 94774-KN, Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973. | |
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89k | Ship's officers and crewmen, posed on the forecastle and superstructure, 1 November 1918. Minnesota (BB-22) was then at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, receiving repairs to mine damage suffered a month earlier. | USNHC # NH 82118. | |
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53k | Part of the "Rainbow Division" (42nd Division, U.S. Army) on board the Minnesota (BB-22) during their homeward bound voyage from France to New York, 1919. | USNHC # NH 104960. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
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90k | At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa 1919. Note that all of her 7-inch broadside guns have been removed. | USNHC # NH 61215. | |
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95k | In the Panama Canal, circa 1920. | USNHC # NH 73817. | |
 | 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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