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BB-25 USS NEW HAMPSHIRE
1910 - 1923


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1905 - 1909


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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New York Shipbuilding Corporation 88k Front cover of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation company song sheet featuring what appears to be the New Hampshire (BB-25), on the cover, circa 1910nish. Courtesy of New York Shipbuilding., yorkship.home.comcast.net.
New York Shipbuilding Corporation 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.
Guantanamo Bay 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. Photo added 02/24/08.
BB-25 New Hampshire 79k Photographed on 29 July 1910. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / USNHC # NH 19-N-4-10-5.
BB-25 New Hampshire 91k Photographed in harbor, circa 1910. USNHC # NH 61217.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba62kPanoramic 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.
BB-25 New Hampshire 100k Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1911. USNHC # NH 60574 / USN.
BB-25 New Hampshire 106k Firing her 12"/45 main battery guns at the target ship San Marcos (ex-Texas ) in Chesapeake Bay, March 1911. USNHC # NH 73105.
BB-25 New Hampshire 81k New Hampshire (BB-25) at anchor, Brooklyn, N.Y., 9 Oct. 1912. Courtesy of Vern Maxson, LCDR,USNR-RETIRED (SS).
Connecticut Class189kTwo 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.
U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships71k 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.
BB-25 New Hampshire 67k From 14 June 1913 until 29 December, New Hampshire (BB-25) similarly protected American interests along the Mexican coast, to which she returned 15 April 1914 to support the occupation of Vera Cruz. Pictutred here are Marines on her quarterdeck during the Vera Cruz occupation. Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-18 Connecticut99kRear 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.
BB-25 New Hampshire 62k "Sam Taylor of the Michigan (BB-27) winning the middle weight championship of the Atlantic Fleet from Mike Davis of the New Hampshire (BB-25)." Photo by International News Agency, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 16 May 1915, Page 1.
BB-32 Wyoming25k"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.
Atlantic Fleet38k"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.
BB-19 Louisiana 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.
Connecticut Class Battleships104kConnecticut 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.
BB-25 New Hampshire 66k New Hampshire (BB-25) inboard profile, circa 1918, as modernized with cage masts and then with long-base range-finders and vee-form torpedo defense tops. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-21 Kansas 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.
BB-25 New Hampshire 87k In the Hudson River, New York, 27 December 1918. Note wartime modifications, including removal of some of the seven-inch and three-inch broadside guns and fitting of blast deflection shields on the "cage" mast fire control positions. USNHC # NH 2891
BB-25 New Hampshire 103k Coaling while moored alongside a U.S. Navy fleet collier, at Brest, France, in December 1918. Ship in the left background is Albany (CL-23). Next ship ahead of her is a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. USNHC # NH 60213
BB-25 New Hampshire 168k Port side view, 1919. Courtesy of Larry Bonn.
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BB-25 New Hampshire 477k Photo of a busy port scene with lots of ship's flags fluttering in the breeze. The New Hampshire (BB-25) appears in this photo taken from the submarine O-15 (SS-76), (bow in foreground) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, on "Peace Day", June 28, 1919. The whale boat has, I believe, "NH" on its bow. Two or three more BB's moored behind this one. Note the last letters that wrap around the stern are "SHIRE". Photo taken by Frowley-Collins, courtesy of George Peterson and submitted with text by Ric Hedmen.
BB-25 New Hampshire 17k New Hampshire (BB-25) served as flagship for the special naval force in Haitian waters from 18 October to 12 January 1921, and on 25 January sailed with the remains of Swedish Minister Wilhelm Ekengren for Stockholm arriving 14 February. She called also at Kiel and Gravesend before returning to Philadelphia 24 March. She is shown in Kiel Canal, Germany. USN photo. Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-25 New Hampshire 67k The identity of this ship is not certain, but is firmly believed to be New Hampshire (BB-25) taken in the early 20's just prior to being broken up for scrap under the terms of the Naval Treaties.
Note that her secondary broadside guns have all been removed and that her main fore turret has been marked with bearing marks by which the ships ahead and behind in the battle line could determine on which relative bearing the main battery was training.
USN photo. Partial text courtesy of Warships in Profile, Volume 2, by John Wingate, Profile Publications LTD, Windsor, Berkshire, U.K.
(NISMF)371kA 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.

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

USS NEW HAMPSHIRE BB-25 History
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