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 | 562k | The Delaware (BB-28) probably fitting out at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., sometime after launching 6 February 1909 and before commissioning 4 April 1910. Note the lack of a commissioning flag at her bow. | Photo # LC-B2- 923-12 courtesy of memory.loc.gov. via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C & commons.wikimedia.org. | |
 | 91k | Running trials, circa late 1909. | USNHC # NH 61870. | |
 | 145k | Starboard and mast view of the Delaware (BB-28) as completed, a line drawing by A.L. Raven. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 62k | Panoramic 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. | |
 | 85k | Photographed circa 1911. Note that the 12"/45 guns of her after turret are at different elevations. | USNHC # NH 96126. | |
 | 102k | Ship's after three 12"/45 twin gun turrets, circa 1913. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Note the sub-caliber spotting rifles mounted on the barrel of each heavy gun, gunsight practice gear fitted across the top front of each turret, and whaleboat swung out on davits. | USNHC # NH 54666. | |
 | 67k | At Villefranche, France, circa 1913. | USNHC # NH 88519. | |
 | 118k | Color tinted steroscopic photo by Enrique Miller Jr, circa 1913. | Courtesy of Paul Petsoky. |  | 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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60k | Raymond J. Anderton (SP-530) photographed circa August 1917, while preparing for deployment overseas. Location is probably Boston Navy Yard. Two battleships are in the background, with that in the center being either Delaware (BB-28), or North Dakota (BB-29). Built in 1911, the fishing vessel Raymond J. Anderton was acquired by the Navy on 15 June 1917 and commissioned on 18 August 1917. She was decommissioned on 8 September 1919 for sale abroad. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 100590. | |
 | 111k | View from the Delaware (BB-28) of the Florida (BB-30) about to engage in firing practice in the Southern drill grounds, possibly at Hampton Roads Virginia prior to their sailing as part of the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine to England, November 1917. Note arrangement of masts and funnels. On a Florida (BB-30 / 31) they are Mast, Funnel, Funnel Mast and on a Delaware (BB-28 / 29) they would be Mast Funnel, Mast Funnel. The ship in the foreground could be a Delaware with the photographer standing on the starboard 02 deck between the foremast and the wet 5"/51 which is presumably is trained out board. The gun barrels in the left foreground would belong to the No. 1 & No. 2 Turrets trained to starboard. | Photo courtesy of Larry Yungk. Photo I.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn & added 03/12/08. | |
 | 185k | A partialy camoflauged bow adorns the Delaware (BB-28), circa 1917-19. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 30k | Delaware (BB-28) at anchor, circa 1917-20. | From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier of New Orleans and L.A. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty. Courtesy of Lawrence Bohn. | |
 | 95k | "Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917." Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) New York (BB-34), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28). | Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. USNHC # NH 58841-KN. | |
 | 199k | This rare oil painting by American artist Burnell Poole, "The 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth", is one of less than two dozen paintings owned by the Navy that depicts U.S. naval operations in World War One (WWI). After years of being considered a total loss by Navy Art Gallery curators it has been restored to near perfect condition. The entire process took several months, but the result is the total recovery of a painting that is sure to establish Burnell Poole's name among the best marine painters of the early 20th century. The composition of the ships of the 6th Battle Squadron during their operational history, appearing in the painting in no particular order were: Delaware (BB-28), Florida (BB-30),Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34), Texas (BB-35), & Arizona (BB-39). | Photo and partial text courtesy of Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., File photo # N-0000X-001. | |
 | 95k | Crewmen exercising on the quarterdeck, while she was stationed in British waters with the Sixth Battle Squadron, 1918. | USNHC # NH 89157. | |
 | 129k | In British waters, while serving with the Sixth Battle Squadron in the North Sea area, 1918. Location is probably the Firth of Forth, Scotland. | USNHC # NH 54664. | |
 | 141k | The Delaware (BB-28) at Rosyth, Scotland, circa 1918. | Imperial War Museum photo contributed by Robert Hurst. Photo taken from U.S. Warships of World War One, by P.H. Silverstone. | |
 | 122k | Most dreadnought & pre-drednought battleships were armed with torpedo tubes as well as guns. This photo shows a side - loading torpedo tube aboard the Delaware (BB-28) circa 1918. Torpedoes were transported alomg the monorail above the tube and then lowered into it. Oreders to the crew to fire were delivered through the speaking tube. It was generally conceded that torpedoes were an extremley effective weapon but that their underweater tubes were a hazzard because they constituted weak points in systems of bulkheads protecting against underwater hits. For a time, therefore, U.S. designers and planners expected to move the tubes topside-where they presented a fire & explosion hazard. They were therefore, omitted from the ships reconstructed during the interwar period. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 170 | Delaware (BB-28), docked at the Boston Navy Yard for an overhaul, 5 December 1918. | Photo courtesy of Robert Headlee, text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 46k | "American dreadnoughts & superdreadnoughts steaming into New York harbor 14 April 1919." The Texas (BB-35) leads the procession with a airplane on her turret catapult. Note the escorting biplane. | Photo by Paul Thompson, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 31 December 1919. Photo added 02/16/08. | |
 | 70k | Delaware (BB-28) underway, 1919. | USN photo courtesy of Larry Bonn. | |
 | 190k | Starboard bow view on 1 January 1920, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | National Archives photo # 19-N-28-29-4. | |
 | 65k | Firing her 12"/45 main battery guns during battle practice, 26 June 1920. | USNHC # NH 60569. | |
 | 154k | Thr crew of the Delaware (BB-28) crowd the deck as she passes through the Pedro Miguel Locks at the Panana Canal, 20 January 1921. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 109k | The Delaware (BB-28) in 1921, a line drawing by A.L. Raven. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
 | 88k | Florida (BB-30) steaming in line abreast with two other ships of Battleship Division FIVE, Atlantic Fleet, during an exercise in about 1921. The other ships are Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29). Photographed by A.E. Wells. | USNHC # NH 93421. | |
 | 49k |
"Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay, 21st Jan. 1921".
Right section (of three) of a panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana. Among the ships present in this image are (from left to right): Sicard (DD-346), Hatfield (DD-231), North Dakota (BB-29), Delaware (BB-28), Brazos (AO-4), Prometheus (AR-3), Utah (BB-31), Oklahoma (BB-37), Bridge (AF-1), Nevada (BB-36), Schenck (DD-159), Arizona (BB-39), Black Hawk (AD-9), Dickerson (DD-157), Dahlgren (DD-187), Herbert (DD-160), Columbia (CA-16), Cleveland (PG-33), Tacoma (PG-32), Semmes (DD-189) and one other destroyer. | Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, D.H. Criswell Collection. Photo # NH 86082-C, courtesy of Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 96k | Florida (BB-30) gives Naval Academy Midshipmen a "taste of salt water" on their annual cruise, during the early 1920s. She is followed by Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29). | USNHC # NH 54181. | |
 | 99k | Florida (BB-30) entering Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia in 1923. She is followed by two other U.S. Navy battleships. The other two battleships might be the Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29). DANFS records that they made midshipmen cruises to Europe during that time before they were decommissioned later in the fall. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 54180. | |
 | 127k | In dry dock at the South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 30 January 1924. The ship has been stripped in preparation for scrapping. Note propellers, rudder, armor belt and heavy fouling on her underwater hull. | USNHC # NH 54675. | |
 | 98k | Delaware (BB-28), January 1925, in Philadelphia being scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. | USNI / USN. | |
 | 926k | 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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