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 | 227k | Postcard photo by Enrique Muller Jr. of the Utah (BB-31) underway sometime after 1914. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
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744k | PRESIDENT WILL SEND UNITED STATES FLEET ON BIG WAR GAME 1. General view of warships in Hudson river. 2. Utah (BB-31). 3. Virginia (BB-13). 4. United States torpedo boat destroyer going at full speed. 5. Florida (BB-30), with sky line of New York city in the background. 6. Sailors aboard United States battleship. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 02 May 1915, PICTORIAL SECTION, Image 31, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 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. | |
 | 1.17k | Dreadnoughts Texas (BB-35) and Utah (BB-31) First of Fletcher's Fleet To Leave Navy Yard for Southern Cruise, Dodge Big Bulkhead BATTLESHIP UTAH PASSING UNDER BROOKLYN BRIDGE ON HER WAY TO NEWPORT WITH THE TEXAS. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 June 1915, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 12/16/11. | |
 | 45k | "The Utah (BB-31) with crew lining the rail, passing in review before the Secretary of War on the battleship Wyoming (BB-32) in Massachusetts Bay." | USN photo by O.Waterman, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 5 September 1915, Page 7. | |
 | 89k | View looking forward from atop # 4 gun turret, while coaling simultaneously from two colliers at the rate of 841 tons per hour, prior to World War I. The ship's band is stationed on top of # 3 12" gun turret. Note Utah's (BB-31) searchlights and the boat cranes flanking her "cage" mainmast. | USNHC # NH 61262. | |
 | 124k | Closeup view of the main masthead, prior to World War I, with sailors in gunfire spotting positions and the U.S. flag flying from the gaff. | Halftone reproduction, copied from United States Navy Illustrated, published in New York in 1917. USNHC photo # NH 79494. | |
 | 350k | New York (BB-34) with seven other Battleships of the Atlantic Fleet at Hampton Roads, 1917. The ship in the foreground (first from the right) is the Arkansas (BB-33). The photo shows a total of 8 battleships sailing in 2 columns. The cage masts of a battleship is showing above the Arkansas' forward turrets and the ship on the far left is actually 2 ships (3 masts) [the right hand of these 2 appears to be bow on to the camera sailing on a different bearing thus only one mast is showing]. Given the probable date of the photo, the flag on the foremast of Arkansas is probably that of R. Adm. Winslow, which would suggest that the right hand column is probably Battleship Division 1. The New York does appear in the photo as the second ship in the right hand column (second closest in the photo) note the 2 forward casemate guns (verses 1 on 12" gunned BB's) and the 2 gun main turrets. Assuming the the right hand column is division 1, the next 2 ships in that column would be Utah (BB-31) and the Florida (BB-30)(both funnels are between the masts) and the last ship in line (the bow on ship) may be Delaware (BB-28). | Library of Congress photo # LC-DIG-hec-08103 courtesy of the Harris & Ewing Collection. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn. |
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 | 245k | The Utah (BB-31) arrives at Hampton Roads, Virginia before going over to Europe during WW I. She operated in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay as an engineering and gunnery training ship and continued that duty until 30 August 1918, when she sailed for the British Isles with Vice Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, embarked. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 58k | "Armor piercing shells weighing half a ton or more apiece being loaded on an American Dreadnought that is preparing to sail for European waters." | Photo by Central News Photo Service, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, Page 363 from The War of the Nations (New York), 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. | |
 | 229k | Utah's (BB-31) crew lines the deck at attention during a funeral ceremony when the ship was at Brerehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland, sometime on or after 10 September 1918. There, she became the flagship of Rear Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers, Commander, Battleship Division 6. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 30k | Utah (BB-31), starboard view, circa 1917-19. | Courtesy of Philip H. Robare RMCS, USN - RET. | |
 | 80k | Photographed during World War I, with camouflage patterns painted on her hull and triangular baffles attached to her masts. Both were intended to confuse enemy range finders. | USNHC # NH 63579. | |
 | 90k | Working with a "kite" observation balloon, in Bantry Bay, near Berehaven, Ireland, circa September-November 1918. | USNHC # NH 63578. | |
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Battleships of the Sixth Battle Squadron
(anchored in column in the left half of the photograph): included the Florida (BB-30) Utah (BB-31) Wyoming (BB-32) Arkansas (BB-33) New York (BB-34) Texas (BB-35) Nevada (BB-36) Oklahoma (BB-37) Pennsylvania (BB-38) & Arizona (BB-39) at one time or another. There are only three of the battleships present in this photo at Brest, France, on 13 December 1918. George Washington (ID-3018), which had just carried President Woodrow Wilson from the United States to France, is in the right background. | USNHC # NH 63454 Photographed by Zimmer. | |
 | 123k | 27 December 1918 in New York Harbor, after her return from European waters. Note that two 5" guns have been removed from her starboard amidships battery, probably for wartime use on merchant ships. | USNHC # NH 44256. | |
 | 27k | Underway, view from port. Circa 1919. | USN Photo by N. Moser, from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 81k | Photograph of her pilothouse and bridges, taken at the New York Navy Yard, 21 January 1919. View looks aft from atop her forward 12" gun turret, with turret # 2 in the foreground. Note searchlights and concentration dial mounted on Utah's (BB-31) "cage" foremast, and bearing markings painted on the turret base. | USNHC # NH 76569. | |
 | 1.78k | "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. The "escorting" aircraft is either a Curtiss HS-1 or HS-2 (note the single engine) can't tell which from the photo. The aircraft on a fly-off platform atop the No. 2 turret of the Texas is 1 of 6 Sopwith Camels purchased from Britain at the end of the war. The platforms were a British concept designed to provide the fleet with an aircraft capable of reaching the high flying Zeppelins which the German Navy occasionally used as scouts. The Texas was the only US Battleship to be fitted with turret fly-off platforms while in Europe and was the test bed for this program in the US Navy. Not visible in this view is a stripped down (No fabric and no wings) Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter lashed atop the No. 3 Turret. The platforms were eventually mounted on all 14" gun BB's through the New Mexico class (with mixed reviews from their commanders) and carried either a Hanriot HD-1 or a Neiuport 28. Though equipped inflatable floats for water landings, this tended to do a lot of damage not the least of which was dowsing a hot engine in cold salt water. By 1920 a successful compressed air catapult was developed and were being mounted on the aft deck of all 4 turreted battleships and fly-off platforms were removed. The Texas and New York (BB-34), because of their 5 Turrets, lacked the deck space for the catapult and had to make do with a float plane (Vought VE-7) sitting on the aft deck which would be launched by lowering it over the side for a surface take-off. If you look carefully at the 12th photo from the bottom on the New York 1919-1926 page, you see the VE-7 on the deck and the A-frame hoist used for handling it. | Photo by Paul Thompson. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, page 481, from The War of the Nations (New York), 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn. |
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 | 975k | How the Atlantic Fleet looked to the camera man in a seaplane flying over lower Manhattan a week ago yesterday morning as the mighty armada came up the bay to anchorage in the Hudson off Riverside Drive for a two weeks' vacation after months of strenuous maneuvers in Southern waters. The destroyers
Dale (DD-290) and Flusser (DD-289) are shown leading the column of eight dreadnoughts: Oklahoma (BB-37), Nevada (BB-36), Arizona (BB-39), flagship Pennsylvania (BB-38), Utah (BB-31), Florida (BB-30), North Dakota (BB-29) and Delaware (BB-28) past the Statue of Liberty at a fifteen-knot clip. In
addition to the big battleships, the fleet includes thirty-two destroyers, numerous supply ships and several submarines. The Atlantic battleship fleet is home again. Here are the twelve great first line fighting ships that are paying Father Knickerbocker a two weeks' visit. Over a hundred of Uncle Sam's grim sea warriors gray the North River, while their 30,000 sailor-men are given the freedom of the city in a royal welcome home. The Battleship Mississippi (BB-41) leading the fleet into the harbor, as photographed from an airplane. Note the airplanes atop the forward and aft turrets. |
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 April 1919, Image 48, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 69k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing showing junior officers reading in the ship's ward room, circa 1919. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104753. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 91k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing showing enlisted men on the ship's gun deck, circa 1919. Several of the figures in this view have been heavily retouched. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104754. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 82k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing men at work in the crew's galley on board the ship, circa 1919. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104756. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 83k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing men working in the ship's General Mess pantry, circa 1919. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104757. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 74k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on board the ship, looking forward on the port side from alongside her after twelve-inch gun turret, circa 1919. Note the life rafts mounted on the turret's side. Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on board the ship, looking toward the bow from her bridge, circa 1919. Note her forward twelve-inch twin gun turrets. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104758. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 51k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on board the ship, looking forward on the port side from alongside her after twelve-inch gun turret, circa 1919. Note the life rafts mounted on the turret's side. Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken on board the ship, looking toward the bow from her bridge, circa 1919. Note her forward twelve-inch twin gun turrets.This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104759. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 80k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of men working in the ship's machine shop, circa 1919. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104760. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 90k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing enlisted men lined up for mess, circa 1919. Note the mess pails carried by several of these Sailors. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104755. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 62k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of men working in the ship's carpenter shop, circa 1919. This image was published in 1919 by A.M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning Utah (BB-31). | USNHC # NH 104761. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 276k | Part of 2,000 tons of coal begin to pile on Utah's (BB-31) deck from the adjoining collier when the ship was docked at Hampton Roads, Virginia on 26 May 1919. The coal made it way below decks after a record 5 hour transfer. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 147k | Rear turrets of the Utah (BB-31) while in Cuba, circa 1919. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 141k | A tug with a very low freeboard looks to be pulling the Utah (BB-31). | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 141k | Part of the Utah's (BB-31) Marine compliment poses for a group shot at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1919. Corporal George Henry Wilson is in the upper right corner. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 59k | Utah's (BB-31) Marines Present Arms while in Cuba, 1919. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 135k | Utah's (BB-31) kitchen crew prepared at least 365,000 meals for the crew of 1001 men over a year. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 179k | Utah's (BB-31) crew of 1001 men line the forward turrets and superstructure at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1919. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
 | 179k | Utah's (BB-31) rowing team in 1919. | Photo courtesy of George Henry Wilson via Kent Holsather. | |
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