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	3.32k	Greatest battleship started. The keel of the North Dakota (BB-29) the first of the American battleships designed to be greater than the British Dreadnoughts, was today laid at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at 10:10 a. m. on December Xmas.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 26 December 1907, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	3.32k	New Battleships of the Dreadnought Type; Does the Peace of the World Depend Upon Them? The Delaware (BB-28) is shown under construction at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA. The North Dakota (BB-29) is shown as she will appear when completed.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 24 October 1908, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.64k	The North Dakota (BB-29) is to be launched next Tuesday at Quincy, Mass.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 November 1908, Image 52 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	51k	Launching of the North Dakota (BB-29) at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 10 November 1908. Note that the ship wears a bow decoration, a feature removed before her completion.		Photograph # NH 93814, courtesy of the Submarine Force Library & Museum, Groton, Connecticut.
	3.53k	LAUNCH OF NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) UNCLE SAM'S GREATEST WARSHIP CHRISTENED. Is Most Powerful Battleship of Dreadnaught Type and Marks New Epoch in Construction of Naval Vessels.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 11 November 1908, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.90k	ARE OUR LATEST BATTLESHIPS REALLY DREADNOUGHTS OR PRACTICALLY DERELICTS? Authorized Board of Investigation Contradicts Charges of Naval Officers Regarding Value of the North Dakota (BB-29)		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 22 November 1908, Magazine Section, Image 38, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	79k	Installing a 12"/45 gun in a battleship gun turret. This is probably Turret # 3 of either Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29). The view may have been taken while the ship was under construction, circa 1909-1910. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A handwritten inscription penciled on its reverse ("Franklin") has no obvious bearing on the subject of the photo.		USNHC photo # NH 105785, Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
	3.62k	Uncle Sam's First Two Dreadnoughts Which Soon Will Be Placed in Commission in East UNCLE SAM'S first two Dreadnoughts, the battleships North Dakota (BB-29) and Delaware (BB-28), are practically completed and soon will be in commission. The Delaware is now having her powerful guns installed at Newport News and the North Dakota is getting: ready for her trial at Quincy, Mass. These two leviathans differ from the other battleships of our navy in many respects aside from their tremendous size. The most striking difference is noted in the long, rakish hulls, the absence of the high superstructures so predominant in the older ships and the five immense turrets which protect the ten twelve-inch rifles that each of the ships will carry. It is estimated that either the Delaware or the North Dakota with their high speed will be more than a match for any other three ships now in the navy. The North Dakota is to have her speed trials November 2, and if she comes up to expectations she will be a vessel to be feared by anything that floats the seas. These great fighting machines each cost $10,000,000.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 15 October 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.22k	The North Dakota (BB-29),the largest battleship built for the United States Navy. Second American Dreadnought to be finished and the most up to date warship in the world. A little shorter than the British Dreadnought but faster and more powerfully armed. Different in appearance from any other vessel of the American fleet.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 31 October 1909, Second Section, Image 19, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.5k	NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) LEADS WORLD THE FASTEST DREADNOUGHT AFLOAT Battleship, with Parsons Turbines, Develops 22.25 Knots and 35,150 Horsepower		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 November 1909, Image 1 & 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	1.96k	OUT FOR RECORD DESPITE ACCIDENT UNCLE SAM'S NEW DREADNAUGHT NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) BIG SEA FIGHTER CONTINUES TRIAL		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 06 November 1909, Last Edition, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	3.36k	MISHAP MARS ENDURANCE RUN OF NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29). Tube Bursts in Boiler Room While Huge Dreadnought Is at High Speed. Four Men injured and Battleship Races Back to port With the Sufferers. Vessel More Than Meets All the Requirements Called for by Contract.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 06 November 1909, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	619k	Novel view of the mighty bulk of Uncle Sam's latest and fastest battleship, North Dakota (BB-29), 1909.		Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 November 1909, Image 17 via flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress.
	121k	Bonita (SS-15); Tarpon (SS-14); Narwhal (SS-17); and Snapper (SS-16); (listed from left to right). Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. North Dakota (BB-29) is in the right background, also fitting out.		Photograph # NH 99005, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	1.64k	Terror of the seas slides from the ways. I christen thee Utah (BB-31). In a clear and musical voice spoke out Miss Mary Alioe Spry as the worlds greatest death dealing monster slid from its ways and grace fully glided into its watery home. I christen thee Utah echoed the vast concourse of assembled guests and as the reverberations died away the workmen who for months had toiled to build the mighty vessel bowed their heads in awed silence and suddenly as would a victorious army their husky voices shouted back I christen thee Utah. Scene at launching recently of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29), a terror of the deep built much along the lines of the Utah.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 24 December 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	47k	Lifting 70-ton turbine rotor aboard the North Dakota (BB-29), 1909.		Photo Copyright MIT Museum.
	80k	Running trials in 1909. Photographed by N.L. Stebbins, Boston. Note the five-inch gun mounted in a low sponson forward. This gun and sponson were soon removed.		USNHC # NH 44729.
	1.20k	THE NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), ONE OF THE DREADNOUGHTS OF OUR NAVY, COMMISSIONED A FEW DAYS AGO This vessel of 20,000 tons looks as the Florida (BB-30) will when completed. The 26.000 ton Arkansas (BB-33) and Wyoming (BB-32) will also be similar in appearance. NEARLY EVERY GREAT POWER IN THE WORLD NOW HAS IN COMMISSION OR IS BUILDING ONE OR MORE OF THE DERADNOUGHT CLASS, WHICH COST ABOUT TEN MILLIONS APIECE.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 April 1910, Image 20, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	94k	View on deck of the North Dakota (BB-29) looking forward from aft, showing smoke from an oil tank explosion. The image bears a date that appears to be 8 September 1910. Photographed by F.B. Jones. The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.		Photograph # NH 103077, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.
	59k	Machinist Charles Church Roberts, USN had been awarded the Medal of Honor (whose ribbon he wears in this photograph) for "heroism in the line of his profession" during a fire on board North Dakota (BB-29) on 8 September 1910. He was a Machinist's Mate First Class at that time.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105428-B. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. Photo submitted by Bill Gonyo.
	4.12k	Big Battleship North Dakota (BB-29), Scene of Fierce Struggle Against Oil Flames. 3 KILLED, 7 HURT,ON U.S. WARSHIP		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside & Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 09 September 1910, Image 1, & New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 September 1910, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	202k	1st Div American Fleet in Portland Harbor: Identifiable ships include the two Delaware (BB-28 / 29) class battleships, Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29), with a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship to the left.		Digital ID ggbain # 15953. LC-B2-2903-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
	199k	A canceled post card / photo of the North Dakota (BB-29) dated 19 Sept. 1910. In her first years North Dakota operated with the Atlantic Fleet in maneuvers along the East Coast and in the Caribbean. Note that her aft smokestack is painted with 3 rings.		USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS.
	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.
	2.53k	Coast Awaits Warships - Pacific Fleet Assured Four of the big battleships that probably will be seen in the Pacific before the close of the year. Georgia (BB-15), Louisiana (BB-19), Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29) will probably comprise one squadron of the battleship fleet which the navy department will order to the Pacific coast during the coming summer or fall.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 09 April 1911, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	109k	Captain Charles Peshall Plunkett was the first Commanding Officer of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) after she was commissioned on 11 April 1911.		Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
	1.17k	NAVAL HEROES RECEIVE MEDALS FROM TAFT TAFT, as commander-In-chief of the navy, recently presented medals of honor to six members of the crew of the battleship North Dakota (BB-29) for heroic action that probably saved that vessel from complete destruction. On 8 September 1910, after an explosion of oil, these men rushed into the boiler room, brought out the dead bodies of three comrades and successfully fought the fire. In the photograph, from left to right, they are: August Holtz of St. Louis, chief water tender; Thomas Stanton of Rhode Island, chief machinist's mate; Harry Lipscombe of Washington, Patrick Reid of New York, Karl Westa of Massachusetts, and Charles C. Roberts of Newton, Mass.		Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo from Valentine Democrat (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 20 July 1911, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	300k	The battleship North Dakota (BB-29) stripped for action and her big 12-inch guns ready speak. These are the real arbiters of all war games, sham or otherwise, the twelve-inch guns of the main battery of a battleship. When it comes to the show-down the nation that can muster the most of these big turret-dwellers is the nation that is likely to come out on top.		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo & text by The Tacoma Times. ((Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 24 July 1911, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	325k	The North Dakota (BB-29) probably getting ready for Admiral Togo's visit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 15 August 1911. Note the ship's gig in the foreground labeled ND.		Digital ID: # 2162985657_81e29c83e7_o. LC-B2-2333-6. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	188k	Admiral Togo visits the North Dakota (BB-29) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 15 August 1911.		Digital ID: # ggbain 09527v, LC-B2-2249-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	158k	Admiral Togo leaving the North Dakota (BB-29).		Digital ID:# ggbain 09526v, LC-B2-2249-12. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	135k	North Dakota (BB-29) at anchor in harbor, 1911.		USNHC # NH 2895.
	1.02k	Great Fleet in New York Harbor Now Ready for Review The North Dakota (BB-29) is pictured along with the Connecticut (BB-18).		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 31 October 1911, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	402k	Jolly Tars Skating On Deck of Big War Vessel United States sailors at play. The photograph shows sailors of the North Dakota (BB-29), one of the battleships, at anchor in the Hudson river New York, roller skating on deck of the fighting vessel. The North Dakota is one of the battleships of the immense gathering of war vessels now mobilized in the Hudson river.		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo by El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 31 October 1911, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.10k	Sailors from the battleships mob mixed in New York harbor for review by President Taft and Secretary of the Navy Meyer in a boat race. The crew from the Georgia (BB-15) is leading, the Virginia (BB-13) second and the Missouri (BB-11) third. A launch from the North Dakota (BB-29) is in the foreground.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by The Mathews Journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 09 November 1911, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	426k	Starboard view of the North Dakota (BB-29) underway at an unknown location sometime between 1911 and 1915.		Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-22788 courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Co. via Mike Green.
	95k	Underway in 1912.		USNHC # NH 44734.
	95k	Underway about 1912.		USNHC # NH 61218.
	1.05k	THE BIG FLEET READY FOR TODAY'S REVIEW-THE SHIPS, FROM LEFT TO BIGHT, ARE: NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), DELAWARE (BB-28), MICHIGAN (BB-27), SOUTH CAROLINA (BB-26), LOUISIANA (BB-19), KANSAS (BB-21), VERMONT (BB-20) AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (BB-25).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 14 October 1912, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	50k	Heavy seas coming over the Foc'sl, 8 Dec. 1913.		Courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET.
	93k	Group of officers and men posed on the boat deck of the North Dakota (BB-29), circa 1913-14. Among those present are: Captain Charles P. Plunkett, Commanding Officer (seated in center); Commander Orton P. Jackson; and Electrician's Mate 1st Class Mason Dunlap (seated at lower left).		USNHC # NH 85195.
	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.
	68k	North Dakota (BB-29) sailor poses in the breech of the left 12"/45 gun of Turret # 5, at the New York Navy Yard, 14 March 1914. The original photo is printed on postcard stock, inscribed on the reverse: "To Luther, from Phil". Note that this man wears the Seaman Gunner Mark, with "E" below his chevrons.		USNHC # NH 100784 courtesy of Carter Rila, 1986.
	145k	Sailors loading coal on board the battleship North Dakota (BB-29), 20 Apr. 1914.		Digital ID:# ggbain 3c37317v, LC-USZ62-137317. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	782k	AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS IN FIGHTING LINE In This Photograph of Uncle Sam's Big Warships In Line of Battle with the Powerful Twelve-inch Guns of the Virginia(BB-13) In the Foreground. The Picture Was Taken Outside Hampton Roads During the Recent Target Practice. Note: The battleship in the foreground is a Deleware Class(BB-28 / 29) ship.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 16 April 1914, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 02/01/12.
	770k	BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) SAILS FOR MEXICO. FORCE IN GULF OF MEXICO AND ON WAY, 17,860 MEN.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 April 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	789k	MEN WHO MAY BE USED IN LANDING FORCE IN MEXICAN PORTS. A group of marines aboard the battleship North Dakota (BB-29).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 April 1914, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	273k	Postcard photo by Enrique Muller Jr. of the North Dakota (BB-29), circa post 1914.		Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	303k	North Dakota (BB-29) as modified in 1915. Wet casemate gun has been moved up to the superstructure 01 level, and the searchlights have been relocated to her derrick tops, all of the lights in one group to a side. Light towers, next to the aft stack, have been eliminated.		Library of Congress Reference number # LC-H261-5041 courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large.
	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.
	823k	"These Quiet Ships Lying in the Harbor Have no Suggestion of Bluster About Them." - President Wilson The North Dakota (BB-29) is the first in line of battleships. On the left is the Dolphin, carrying the Secretary of the Navy. Ahead of her is the President's yacht, the Mayflower.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 18 May 1915, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	300k	A powerful unit in the floating wall of steel which guards our coasts. The North Dakota (BB-29) cleared for action and stripped down to the bare decks, with her ten 12-inch rifles swung around to starboard and ready to fire a broadside.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Enrique Muller Jr, from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 14 September 1915, Image 25, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	255k	Postcard photo of what is probably the North Dakota (BB-29) cleared for action and stripped down to the bare decks, with her ten 12-inch rifles swung around to starboard and ready to fire a broadside.		Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	133k	North Dakota (BB-29) firing a broadside with her twelve-inch guns, prior to World War I. Mast details have been retouched in this photograph.		Photo is probably by Enrique Muller Jr. USNHC # NH 73765.
	996k	GERMAN RAIDING CRUISERS ENTER BERTHS UNTIL END OF WAR The picture shows the Prinz Eitel resting in the back channel at League Island, interned under the guns of some of the heaviest units of the U.S. Fleet. The Kronprinz Wilhelm is now tied alongside of her, following her belated arrival from Norfolk. The Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29) is moored alongside of her.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Enrique Muller Jr, from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 3 October 1916, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	300k	CAMERA'S-EYE VIEW OF GREAT MASS OF FLOATING FORTRESSES BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS SEEN FROM THE TOP OF A MAST ON THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA(BB-29) AT LEAGUE ISLAND. Among the forest of masts closest to the camera lies the Indiana (BB-01) or Massachusetts (BB-02).		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 04 October 1916, Night Extra, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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