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2.80k | The battleship Utah (BB-31) as she will look when completed. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 15 November 1908, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 733k | BATTLESHIP UTAH (BB-31) MANEUVERS.... | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 01 July 1909, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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2.13k | AMERICA'S DREADNOUGHT COSTS $8,OOO,OOO. Battleship Utah (BB-31) Rides the Stream Biggest Fighting Machine in the United States Navy is Named as She Slides Down the Ways Miss Mary Alice Spry Breaks Bottle of Wine in Customary Fashion Crowds Cheer and Whistles Blow as Huge Vessel Touches the Water Fifth of All Big Gun Type of Battleships for Uncle Sam | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 24 December 1909, Image 1 (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 23 December 1909, Last Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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665k | BATTLESHIP UTAH (BB-31) LAUNCHED TODAY | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 24 December 1909, Image 1 (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 23 December 1909, Last Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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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. |
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2.29k | Scenes at launching of battleship Utah (BB-31). | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library Photo from The Desert Evening News, 27 December 1909, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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1.80k | The battleship as she left the ways in Camden in the presence of a distinguished party. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 28 December 1909, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 52k | Utah (BB-31) launching at New York Shipbuilding Corp. Plant. The ship is not identifiable, but, the bow curve suggests an early American dreadnought such as Utah, launched in 1909. | Photo & text courtesy of New York Shipbuilding., yorkship.home.comcast.net. | |
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4.25k | WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP; HOW THE UTAH (BB-31) LOOKS TODAY | Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 29 December 1909, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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533k | The battleship Utah (BB-31) is nearly ready to make her trial speed trips. | Photo from The Logan Republican, (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 21 January 1911. Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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750k | Birdseye view of the battleship Utah (BB-31), the largest warship so far completed for the United States Navy, which has left the yard of the New York Shipbuilding company at Camden, N. J., for her official trial off the New England coast. The new ship must develop a speed of 20.5 knots an hour to comply with the government's requirements. The speed test will take place probably today over the measured course off Rockland, Maine. The Utah has a displacement of 21,875 tons, while the battleship Delaware (BB-28), the biggest Dreadnought in the fleet now assembled off Portsmouth, England, for the coronation review of King George, has a displacement of 20,000 tons. | Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 26 June 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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541k | Uncle Sam's Latest Dreadnought In Action The new battleship Utah (BB-31), latest of the U.S. dreadnoughts, was commissioned here today, having completed her tests successfully. | Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from Evening Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, 31 August 1911, 3:30 EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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683k | $28,000,000 TO PUT BIGGEST DREADNAUGHT UTAH (BB-31) INTO ACTION. $250,000 an Hour Is the Expense of Fighting Newest Warship While Her Maintenance Costs $832,000 a Year, or More. | Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 16 September 1911, Final Edition, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 224k | Starboard broadside of the Utah (BB-31) underway at an unknown location with the crew lining the rails between 1911 and 1915. | Photo from Library of Congress; # Library of Congress, LC-D4-22783 via Mike Green. Photo added 01/04/12. | |
 | 224k | Hawse pipe casting for Utah (BB-31), Oct. 1911. | Photo No. f1041n1, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive - courtesy National Archive and Records Administration, Northeast Region - NYC, Record Group 181 via flickr.com. | |
 | 70k | In 1911, Captain William S. Benson became the first Commanding Officer of the battleship Utah (BB-31). | Digital ID: # ggbain 25778. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 56k | Underway, possibly during her trials in 1911. | USNHC # NH 63201. | |
 | 132k | The ship as completed in late 1911. | USN photo. | |
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703k | LIKENESS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG APPEARS ON SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED TO BATTLESHIP UTAH (BB-31) IN SPITE OF ANTI MORMON PROTEST. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Evening Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 11 November 1911, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 177k | Utah (BB-31) in Guantanamo Bay. This photo possibly dates during her shakedown cruise;-a voyage that took her to Hampton Roads, Va.; Santa Rosa Island and Pensacola, Fla.; Galveston, Tex.; Kingston and Portland Bight, Jamaica; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Utah was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in March 1912. | USN photo # 80-G-1025113 courtesy of interwarnavy.org via Bill Gonyo. Text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 406k | Forward turrets of the Utah (BB-31), possibly at Philadelphia, PA. | Digital ID: # 2163693498_47d91aa26d_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 187k | Forward turrets of the Utah (BB-31). Note the metal grating on deck over the anchor chains. | Digital ID: Call # LC-B2-2267-11. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 280k | Stern view of the Utah (BB-31) at the New York Naval Review. Note her rear secondary gun ports are open. | Digital ID: # 2422670411_e9d19cf7b3_o., LOC # LC-B2-2455-2. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 114k | Semaphore signaling on Utah (BB-31). | Digital ID: ggbain.09584 # 2162892615_7a7f48e09c_o. Call # LC-B2- 2267-15. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
 | 1.00k | Officers and crew of the Utah (BB-31) on 10 May 1912. The day before, the Utah succeeded in becoming the first ship to use the new Drydock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard which had a reputation as a man killer. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photos Division, LC-USZ62-137330, Photo # 6a33021 by H.H. Howard. Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen. PDF image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 09 May 1912, Final Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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715k | UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST DRYDOCK TAKES IN UTAH (BB-31), BIGGEST BATTLESHIP, WHICH WILL HAVE DENTS IN ARMOR STRAIGHTENED OUT The Utah is in the navy hospital because of a British tramp steamship trying to got to sea in a fog dented a few of her bow plates as she lay off Tompklnsvllle, Staten Island, on the same day that the Titanic foundered. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Evening Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 15 May 1912, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 1.00k | First dry docking of the Utah (BB-31), Dry Dock # 4, 22 May 1912. | Photo No. f544n751, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive - courtesy National Archive and Records Administration, Northeast Region - NYC, Record Group 181 via flickr.com. | |
 | 717k | Stern view of the Utah (BB-31) in an unknown drydock sometime between 1909 and 1914. | Library of Congress photo # LC-H261-1188 via Mike Green. | |
 | 1.50k | Florida (BB-30) or Utah (BB-31) at anchor, circa 19teens. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 319k | Delaware (BB-28) with what probably are Utah (BB-31) & Arkansas (BB-33) in 1913. | Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein & Ronald J. Nash. Library of Congress Reference number # LC-H261-3207, courtesy of Tracy White. |
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 | 64k | The Utah (BB-31) Number One Turret's crew posing under their turret's 12"/45 guns in 1913. Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer seated at right in the center of the front row. To his right is the Turret Officer, Ensign Arthur S. Carpender. DeSomer received the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism" during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22 April 1914. | USNHC photo # NH 103835, from the collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975. | |
 | 59k | Taking green water over the bow in the Atlantic, while returning from the Mediterranean Sea in December 1913. A severe storm had just passed and seas were still heavy. Photographed by E. Muller, Jr. | USNHC # NH 63650. | |
 | 74k | The Utah (BB-31) prior to 1914. | USNHC # NH 90359. |  | 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. |
 | 86k | Abraham DeSomer was born on 29 December 1884 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy from that state. Following his initial sea duty on board the gunboat Yorktown, DeSomer transferred to the monitor Monadnock (M-3), which served on the Asiatic Station, and became a Gunner's Mate. During 1907-1911, he was assigned to the battleship Nebraska (BB-14). DeSomer was promoted to Chief Petty Officer in 1910. A year later, he reported to the battleship Utah (BB-31). While serving in that ship on 21-22 April 1914, during the intervention at Vera Cruz, Mexico, his "extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico" was recognized by the award of the Medal of Honor. Utah consequently landed her "battalion"-17 officers and 367 sailors under the command of Lt. Guy W. S. Castle-as well as her Marine detachment, which formed part of the improvised "First Marine Brigade," made up of detachments of marines from the other ships that had arrived to show American determination. In the ensuing fighting, in which the men of Utah's bluejacket battalion distinguished themselves, seven won Medals of Honor. Those seven included Lt. Castle, the battalion commander; company commanders Ens. Oscar C. Badger and Ens. Paul F. Foster; section leaders, Chief Turret Captains Niels Drustrup and Abraham Desomer; Chief Gunner George Bradley; and Boatswain's Mate Henry N. Nickerson. Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, USN Photographed in 1910, just after reenlisting for his third enlistment. DeSomer received the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism" during the intervention at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22 April 1914. | Text courtesy of USNHC # NH 103834. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired), 1975 & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 65k | Medal of Honor Citation: “For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. In both days' fighting at the head of his company, Ensign Paul Frederick Foster was eminent and conspicuous in his conduct, leading his men with skill and courage”. Ensign Paul Frederick Foster was part of the landing force of 800 Marines and Seamen at Vera Cruz on 22 April 1914 to protect U.S. citizens and rights during a period of political unrest in Mexico. 17 Marines and Sailors were killed during the battles over the two day period within the city of Vera Cruz during the incident. He was assigned to the Battleship Utah (BB-31) after graduating from the United States Naval Academy. | Photo courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command via Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 79k | Vera Cruz Incident, 1914. The Utah (BB-31) battalion marches along the Vera Cruz waterfront while returning to their ship, circa April-June 1914. Battleship in the center distance is Minnesota (BB-22). Ship in the left distance is either Dixie (1898- 1922) or Prairie (1898-1923). Photographed by Hadsell. | USNHC # NH 100622. | |
 | 80k | Chief Gunner George Bradley, USN (center) with Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (left) and Admiral Edward W. Eberle, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, at the White House, Washington, D.C., 4 October 1923, after he had been presented with the Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge. The Medal was awarded "for meritorious service under fire" during the landings at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914. At that time Bradley was a Chief Gunner's Mate, serving in Utah (BB-31). Citation: For meritorious service under fire on the occasion of the landing of the American naval forces at Vera Cruz in 1914. C.G. Bradley was then attached to the Utah, as a chief gunner's mate, and was in charge of the ammunition party and special details at Vera Cruz. | Photo # npcc 09603. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Submitted courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 104k | Lt. William Price Williamson commanded the gun battery of Utah's (BB-31) landing force during the landings at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914. | U.S. Naval Academy photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
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966k | TO COMMAND UTAH (BB-31) CAPT. J. H. GIBBONS, Of the Battleship Louisiana (BB-19), Who Will Be Placed in Command of the Utah on the Voluntary Retirement, After Thirty of Active Service, of Present Commander, Capt Louis S. Van Duze. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 12 April 1914, Sunday Evening EDITION, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1.20k | UTAH (BB-31) BRINGS LAURELS SHE WON AT VERA CRUZ Grim Old Battleship That Left Here with Snow Clad Decks Back with Warm but Happy Officers and Crew. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 23 June 1914, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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