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106k | RADM. Joseph Ballard Murdock flew his flag on the battleship Minnesota (BB-22) as Commander, Battleship Division 3, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in 1910. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |
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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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1.06k | Deck Scenes on American Battleships Looking out from the bow of the Minnesota (BB-22) | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 27 February 1910, Image 58, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 10/25/11. | |
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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 stereographic 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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71k | From April 1911 until August 1912 Rear Admiral Aaron Ward commanded divisions of the Atlantic Fleet, flying his flag in the battleships Minnesota (BB-22) and Florida (BB-30). | Digital ID: # ggbain 16873. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Submitted courtesy of 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. | |
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86k | Minnesota (BB-22) probably along the Hudson at New York, 1911. | Digital ID: ggbain # 04458v. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
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1.18k | United States Navy "Blazes Away" $1,000,000 Annually in Target Practice. American Gunners Are Tested Twice Each Year Under Conditions Reproducing Those of Battle. Photos from the Minnesota (BB-22) & Delaware (BB-28). |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 April 1912, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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237k | Minnesota (BB-22) & the President's Yacht Mayflower - during the Naval Review at New York on 14 October 1912. | Digital ID: ggbain.09952 # 2162984213_da72a17202_o. LC-B2- 2331-9. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 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. |
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1.20k | FIRST WARSHIP AT THE NEW COLON DOCKS To the battleship Minnesota (BB-22) belongs the distinction of being the first warship to tie up at the new government docks at Colon. This photograph shows the coaling of the Minnesota at the dock preparatory to her sailing from the canal zone with 600 marines for duty in Mexican waters. | Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA. Photo from The Madison Journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 07 March 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 250k | OUTLINED AGAINST A CURTAIN OF DARKNESS A fleet of destroyers and torpedo-boats has now arrived at New York to join the heavy ships of the line. Altogether, about 50 vessels will be assembled when the ceremonies began next Monday. It is promised that the strained international relations will have no effect on the parade. | Photo by International News Service. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo & text by Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 13 May 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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. | |
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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 via 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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104k | Damage to the Minnesota's (BB-22) starboard bow from the 29 September 1918 explosion of a mine laid by the German submarine U-117. Photographed in drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 1 October 1918. Note hull plating pushed into internal framing and many split seams with open rivet holes. The side armor at the top of the view does not appear to have been much distorted, if at all, by the explosion. | Photo USNHC # NH 46027. Photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
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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. | |
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128k | Captain Powers Symington was the last Commanding Officer of the battleship Minnesota (BB-22) when she was decommissioned on 1 December 1921. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 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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