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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. | |
 | 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. | |
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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. | |
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133k | North Dakota (BB-29) as modified after completion of trials. 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. | USN photo. | |
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82k | North Dakota (BB-29) running acceptance trials with the forward casemate gun in place as completed. Even in this relatively smooth water shot, the gun is close to the waterline. | USN photo. | |
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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. | |
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199k | A cancelled 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. Photo added 10/06/07. | |
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135k | North Dakota (BB-29) at anchor in harbor, 1911. | USNHC # NH 2895. | |
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95k | Underway in 1912. | USNHC # NH 44734. | |
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95k | Underway about 1912. | USNHC # NH 61218. | |
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50k | Heavy seas coming over the Foc'sl, 8 Dec. 1913. | Courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET. | |
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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. |  |
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. | USNHC # NH 73765. |
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132k | North Dakota (BB-29) conducting post WW 1 gunnery practice. Battle practice targets are visible at the bow and stern. She is obviously a coal burner. | USN photo. | |
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