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BB-25 USS NEW HAMPSHIRE
1905 - 1909


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1910 - 1923


Connecticut Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 456' 4" (oa) x 76' 10" x 26' 9" (Max).Armament 4 x 12"/45 8 x 8"/45, 12 x 7"/45 20 x 3"/50, 4 21" tt. Armor, 9" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower.Machinery, 16,500 HP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 881.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., May 1 1905. Launched June 30 1906. Commissioned March 19 1908. Decommissioned May 21 1921. Stricken November 10 1923.
Fate: Sold November 1 1923 and broken up for scrap.
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Connecticut Class104kModel 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.
Connecticut Class577kSecretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter takes a tour of a "Great White Fleet" exhibition at Grand Central Station on 11 Oct. 2008. The exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet which includes models of battleships, artifacts and memorabilia from Sailors aboard the ships and photo displays that tell the of the historical naval mission.
Pictured is a 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).
US Navy photo # N-5549O-006 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien, courtesy of navy.news.mil.
BB-25 New Hampshire 89k Running her standardization trial off Rockland,Maine, 19 December 1907. Note that her 12-inch gun turrets have not yet been installed.Photo courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center, # NH 73979.
PDF courtesy of ussnewhampshire.org.
PDF added 12/08/09.
BB-25 New Hampshire 58k Photographed circa 1908. Photo # NH 102972-KN courtesy of the United States Naval Historical Center.
BB-25 New Hampshire 89k The New Hampshire (BB-25) photographed in 1908 by the noted photographer William Herman Rau, in Philadelphia, Pa. Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. Text courtesy of DANFS.
New Hampshire411k Color tinted postcard of the New Hampshire (BB-25) leaving Kittery Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
After fitting out at New York, New Hampshire carried a Marine Expeditionary Regiment to Colon, Panama, 20-26 June 1908, then made ceremonial visits to Quebec, Portsmouth, New York, and Bridgeport. Overhaul at New York and Caribbean exercises were followed by participation in the Naval Review by President Theodore Roosevelt in Hampton Roads 22 February 1909, welcoming home the "Great White Fleet."
This photo would have had to have been taken between July through Dec. 1908.
Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam via Gary Priolo.
Photo added 12/08/09.
BB-25 New Hampshire 99k View of the ship's bow decoration, taken while the battleship was in drydock at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 6 January 1909. Note giltwork on the eagle figurehead and associated decorations, stockless anchors in hause pipe, stocked anchor on billboard further aft, Sailors leaning on the bow bulwark, jack at half-mast, bell mounted in front of the ship's pilothouse, and barred portholes. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / USNHC # NH 19-N-4-8-21.
BB-25 New Hampshire 124k Taking on coal from a barge moored alongside, at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1909. View looks aft from over the port forward 8"/45 gun turret. Note boat crane, coal booms, hatches and bags, and 46-star U.S. ensign flying from New Hampshire (BB-25) flagstaff. Vestal (AR-4) is fitting out at right.
Work is being rushed on the new battleship New Hampshire (BB-25) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that she may be ready to leave here Saturday on her trip to Quebec to honor the Prince of Wales on his visit to Canada.
USNHC # NH 84539.
PDF courtesy of ussnewhampshire.org.
PDF added 12/08/09.
BB-25 New Hampshire 106k Steroscopic photo by Enrique Muller of the New Hampshire (BB-25), port side view, circa 1909. Courtesy of Paul Petosky.
BB-25 New Hampshire 81k New Hampshire (BB-25) at anchor, circa 1909. Note another battleship anchored off in the distance. USNHC # NH 76548.

Additional New Hampshire Images
1 General View Of New Hampshire From The Library Of Congress Server.

USS NEW HAMPSHIRE BB-25 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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