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310k | Arkansas (BB-33) underway in 1920. | Digital ID: # cph 3b38472. LC-USZ62-92151. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. Photo added 11/05/09. |
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 | 106k | The Henderson (AP-1) , photographed from an aircraft while flying the flag of Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby and returning a gun salute in the early 1920s. Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33) is in the background, with crew manning the rails. | USNHC photo # NH 53241. | |
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73k | Arkansas (BB-33) underway, port side view. Before modernization. | USNHC photo # NH 61320. | |
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97k | Arkansas (BB-33) after WWI modifications, early 1920's. Forward casemates are plated over and mast tops were modified to the standard octagonal form. They controlled the searchlights and were for torpedo defense (spotting). The main mast top is a bit lower than the foremast to help keep it out of funnel smoke at battle speeds. | USNHC photo # NH 64508. | |
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140k | Stern view taken at the same time as #6 photo. Shows plated over 5" gun position at the sterns end. Turrets #3 and #5 have a pair of 3" A.A. guns mounted on their tops as well as range finders, giving a cluttered appearance. Two more pairs of 3"ers are mounted on her crane derrick tops and a fourth (not easily seen here) is located abreast #5 turret barbette. | USN photo. | |
 | 70k | Sharkey (DD-281) in harbor, during the 1920s. Note the recessed anchor housing fitted to her bow and signal flags flying from her formast. Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33) is in the background. | USNHC # 67903. Photo i.d. courtesy of Phil Lucy. | |
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91k | It is obvious from the amount of smoke that she's a coal burner. Early 1920's photo of the Arkansas (BB-33) conducting torpedo practice. The wake can be seen leading to the port side as aircraft flies overhead. The aircraft appearing above the Arkansas might be a PN-9 Air operated catapult can be seen on the fantail. | USNI / USN photo. | |
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125k | Early 1920's photo of the Arkansas (BB-33) conducting torpedo practice. Inscription on back of photo, "A hit by Lieut. Gray, first torpedo dropped in attack." It is possible that the aircraft is a Douglas DT bomber. | USNI / USN photo. | |
 | 86k | Arkansas (BB-33) circa 1920s. | Photo USNHC # NH 69504, now in the collections of the National Archives, courtesy of J.L. Aguillard. | |
 | 819k | Panaromic photo of the U.S. fleet in Panana Bay (Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal) on 1 March 1923. 70 vessels are viewed; the Battle Fleet consists of all U.S. battleships from the Delaware (BB-28) through the Idaho (BB-42) . | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Copyright R.G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z." | |
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169k | Captain Ridley McLean was the Commanding Officer of the battleship Arkansas (BB-33) from June 1922 to April 1924. | Photo from the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |
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110k | Upon completion of the 1925 midshipman cruise, Arkansas (BB-33) entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard for modernization. She is shown here with all her guns trained to port, taken in February 1926, before any modification had taken place. | USN photo, text courtesy of DANFS. | |
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102k | The Arkansas (BB-33) in the Philadelphia Navy Yard for modernization, still largely unaltered except for the after mast, in dry dock in October 1926. | USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. |  |
82k | Arkansas (BB-33) passing under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, Pa. Arkansas left the Philadelphia Navy Yard in November 1926 and, after a shake-down cruise along the eastern seaboard and to Cuban waters, returned to Philadelphia to run acceptance trials. She had entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard for modernization. Her coal-burning boilers were replaced with oil-fired ones. Additional deck armor was installed, a single stack was substituted for the original pair, and the after cage mast was replaced by a low tripod. | USNI / USN photo. Photo i.d. courtesy of Charlie Gonce. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. |
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