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1253k | The beginning of a dreadnought. W. P. Cluverius, Jr., son of Lt. Commander W, P. Cluverius, U. S. N. and grandson of Admiral Sampson, fastening the first bolt in the keel plate of the battleship New York (BB-34). |
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570k | Seven little sons of naval parents lay first keel plate of battleship New York (BB-34). To be worlds biggest sea-fighter. | Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo by The Marion Daily Mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 19 September 1911, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 182k | Keel of the New York (BB-34). | Digital ID:# ggbain 09583, LC-B2-2267-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 879k | Keel of the New York (BB-34). | Digital ID:# ggbain 09517,LC-B2-2248-7. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, via flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 155k | The New York (BB-34) rises above her scaffolding at New York Naval Ship Yard sometime in 1912. | Digital ID: # ggbain 12234. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2.38k | How $10,000,000 Battleship New York (BB-34) Looks In the Course of Construction. | Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo by The Bemidji Daily Pioneer.(Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 05 August 1912, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  957k | Product of the New Order in Warship Building is the Mighty New York (BB-34) | The Meyer System, Favored bv Mr. Taft and Which Puts Real Naval Warriors in Charge 0f Battleship Construction, Has Been Applied to the Huge Craft Now Being Built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 September 1912, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  145k | View of the New York (BB-34) showing her propeller-less stems from her stern. | Digital ID:# ggbain 10835, LC-B2-2445-12, / 2387991140_5a3f6ff6d7_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. | PDf Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo by The Democratic Banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 25 October 1912, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  604k | GIRL IS UNABLE TO SMASH BOTTLE AT BIG LAUNCHING | Dock Worker Comes Rescue And Dreadnought Leaves The Ways. Super-Dreadnought Launched Today, and Girls Who Took Part in Christening Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 30 October 1912, LAST EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.00k | President Taft & Sec. of Navy Henry Lewis Stimson at the Sponsor's stand during the launching of the New York (BB-34), 30 October 1912. | Photo No. f1003n2700, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive - courtesy National Archive and Records Administration, Northeast Region - NYC, Record Group 181 via flickr.com. |
|  131k | New York (BB-34) before launch.
| Digital ID:# ggbain 10716v, LC-B2-2435-8. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. |  1.01k |
GREATEST OF WORLD'S SEA FIGHTERS LAUNCHED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD | Super-Dreadnought New York (BB-34) Takes to Water in Presence of Distinguished Gathering, Including President Taft and Other Officials. Description of New Vessel Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. |
Photo by The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 31 October 1912, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.20k | New York (BB-34) leaving the ways on 30 October 1912. | Photo No. f1003n2704, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive - courtesy National Archive and Records Administration, Northeast Region - NYC, Record Group 181 via flickr.com. |  974k | A many hatted crowd; Naval officers with fore & aft, Bowler hatted men & plumed ladies in their finery watch as the New York (BB-34) enters the water on 30 October 1912. | Photo No. f1003n2703, Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive - courtesy National Archive and Records Administration, Northeast Region - NYC, Record Group 181 via flickr.com. |  435k |
Bow view of the new battleship New York (BB-34) and Her Sponsor, Miss Elsie F. Calder.
| Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. |
Photo by The Logan Republican. (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 09 November 1912, Image 3 & The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 11 November 1917, Image 5 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.35k |
AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE BATTLESHIP NEW YORK (BB-34) | FROM left to right President Taft, Secretary of the Navy, Geo. von L. Meyer, MIss Elsie Calder, who christened the battleship, and Miss Kathleen Fitzgerald, who acted as flower girl. Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. |
Photo from Daily Public Ledger.(Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 23 November 1912, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  652k |
LAUNCHING OF A $6,000,000 BATTLESHIP | FIFTY thousand people, among them President Taft and other notables saw the launching of the New York (BB-34), the latest and greatest of the battleships of the American navy, at Brooklyn. When the vessel goes into commission in twelve or fourteen months it will have cost about $6,000,000. Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. | Photo by The Breckenridge News. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 27 November 1912, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  2.10k | Loading Super-Dreadnought New York (BB-34). | Taking aboard supplies at the New York Navy Yard preparatory to going into commission for sea duty. Photo by Underwood & Underwood from "Our Navy", published by the L.H. Nelson Co., Portland, Maine in 1917, courtesy of David Johnston (USNR). |
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How far can ships roll with safety. |
Father Neptune Has Been Pushing Transatlantic Liners Almost to the Limit of Their Hurricane Resistance in the Last Few Weeks, but Scientific Construction Has Triumphed Over the Rage of Wind and Wave. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 26 January 1913, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  3.87k |
WHAT A DREADNOUGHT COULD DO--A BATTLE AT SEA TODAY WOULD BE MOST DREADFUL AFFAIR | ...A dreadnought like the new battleship New York (BB-34) could sink a fleet of more than a hundred Oregon's before the Oregon's could get near enough to the New York to even hit her. Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. |
Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 28 July 1913, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  858k |
HURRY WORK ON DREADNOUGHT NEW YORK (BB-34) | The Dreadnought New York, now in the Brooklyn navy yard, New York, which is being rushed to readiness for any possible trouble with Mexico. Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. | Photo by Dakota County Herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, 08 January 1914, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  604k | KEEL LAYING OF WORLD'S BIGGEST WARSHIP, NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR AND THE NEW YORK (BB-34) | Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. | Photo by The Democratic Banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 20 March 1914, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  108k | The National Ensign is raised at the battleship's stern during her commissioning ceremonies, 15 April 1914, at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNHC # NH 83711. | Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Evening World. The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 15 April 1914, Final Night, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  727k | BATTLESHIPS TEXAS (BB-35) AND NEW YORK (BB-34) GETTING READY TO SAIL FOR MEXICO | Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. | Photo from the The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 15 April 1914, Final Night, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.04k |
SUPERDREADNOUGHT NEW YORK (BB-34) OFF FOR VERA CRUZ. | NEW YORK SAILS IN WARTIME HASTE Big Warship May Be Sent Through Canal to Do West Coast Duty. AMMUNITION STREWS DECKS; TARS HAPPY Crowds Bid Super-Dreadnought Good Voyage to Troubled Mexican Waters. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 April 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  534k |
American Marines Boarding Great Battleship New York (BB-34)
| Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene, OR. |
Photo by The Evening Herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 29 April 1914, Image 4 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  655k |
SCENE AT NAVY YARD BEFORE WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLESHIP LEAVES FOR MEXICO | This picture was taken at the Brooklyn navy yard just before the giant new battleship New York (BB-34) left for Mexican waters last Sunday. From the mainmast of this vessel flies the flag of Rear Admiral Winelow, commander of the new special service squadron. The New York which was put in commission only two or three weeks ago, is the world's greatest battleship. Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. | Photo by The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 02 May 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  456k |
Greatest American Dreadnought and Her Admiral Sail for Mexico | The greatest battleship ever built in the United States, one of the very greatest in the world, the New York (BB-34), just placed in commission, has gone to Vera Cruz on the first voyage she has ever taken. In fact, the engines of the great vessel had never moved her till they started her on the journey to Vera Cruz..... Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene, OR. | Photo by The Evening Herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 04 May 1914, Image 4 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  145k | A Navy Yard locomotive [0-4-0T switcher, possibly an H. K. Porter, one of seven produced for the US Navy in World War I] and freight cars are among the busy port scenes on display as the New York (BB-34) sits pier side nine days after being commissioned, 24 April 1914. | Digital ID:# ggbain 15879v, LC-B2-3037-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | Text i.d. courtesy of Alan Moore.  49k | New York (BB-34) shortly after commissioning. | USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. |  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. |  719k |
DREDNOUGHT NEW YORK (BB-34) MAKES GOOD ON BELATED TRIAL TRIP | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 28 October 1914, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.35k |
AS THE NEW YORK (BB-34) WOULD APPEAR IN ACTUAL BATTLE | The above reproduction of a painting by Burnell Poole depicts the United States superdreadnought New York, the most powerful fighting unit in the world, as she would appear leading a fleet into action at full speed under a forced draught and firing a broadside salvo of her ten 14 inch rifles. The picture is unusual because it shows as far as it is possible, the actual conditions existing during the opening of a naval engagement, when the ship is absolutely cleared for action, all boats having been put adrift, and flying the national ensign at all peaks, which is traditional in the service. When in target practice Uncle Sam's battleships never entirely clear ship, nor do they fly the ensigns. Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. |
Photo from The Sun. (New York, N.Y.) (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 10 January 1915, FOURTH SECTION PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Image 43, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  434k | New York (BB-34) at Navy Yard, N.Y. on 15 Jan. 1915. | Photo courtesy of Library of Congress, # LC-F82-1570 via Mike Green. |  72k | "The fighting top of the New York (BB-34) photographed from the Manhattan Bridge as she steamed past for the Southern Drill Grounds and the formal opening of the Panama Canal."
| Photo by American Press Assn., text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 24 January 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. |
 113k | THE SUPER-DREADNOUGHT NEW YORK (BB-34) UNITED STATES NAVY, ON HER TRIAL TRIP OFF THE MAINE COAST |
The making of this photograph endangered the life of the photographer. Mr. F. Muller. Jr who specializes in portraits of the beauties in Uncle Sam's navy. Mr. Muller and his companions were in a small power-boat which raced ahead of the New York while the great ship was tearing through the water at twenty-five knots speed. At an opportune time, when the battleship was almost upon them, the small boat was turned at right angles to her course. The engine stopped for a moment of stability, and the picture snapped. Then came a breath-holding period while the engine was being started again, and with a bare margin of a second the small boat scrambled to safety while the giant war machine rushed by, about seventy-five yards away. The New York is the greatest unit in the sea forces of the United States, and until the coming of the British super dreadnought Queen Elizabeth was the greatest in the world. She is 573 feet long, and of 95 feet extreme breadth: her displacement is over 28.000 tons, and her engines of about 30,000 horsepower. The New York's main armament consists of ten 14-inch guns and four submerged 21-inch torpedo tubes. The battleship's guaranteed speed is 21 knots, but her maximum is far above that figure. The New York cost $14.000.000. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. | Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 March 1915. Image 47, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  1.97k |
UNCLE SAM'S SUBMARINES DRAW KEEN INTEREST OF SUNDAY CROWDS; CURIOUS ABOUT TORPEDOES |
Sunday sightseers going on board the superdreadnought New York (BB-34). Looking up the river from the aft deck of the New York, three of the big fighters of the fleet, the Texas (BB-35), Delaware (BB-28) and the North Dakota (BB-29), can be seen. 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, 10 May 1915, Image 14, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 01/24/12.  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.  951k |
BOY SCOUTS PERCHED ON THE GUNS OF THE DERADNOUGHT NEW YORK (BB-34) |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 16 May 1915, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  626k | UNCLE SAM'S FLEET AT NEW YORK | Views Taken From Flagship Wyoming (BB-32). The river scene below shows the anchored battleships swinging in the tide, the New York (BB-34) in the foreground. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 16 May 1915, PICTORIAL SECTION, Image 27 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  196k | Starboard quarter view of the New York (BB-34) circa 1915-16. Note the absence of her two bow 5"/51 guns. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. |
 91k | Early teens post card of the New York (BB-34) passing through New York's East River. | Photo courtesy of Omar Rubido, & submitted by Fabio Pena. |  182k | "New York (BB-34) returning to this city a week ago from for the Southern Drill Grounds. From one of the most remarkable photographs ever taken of a warship in the open sea, showing every foot of her deck." | Photo by E. Muller, Jr. contributed by Roy C. Thomas from the book, "The United States Navy" published in 1919. Original text from N.Y. Times, 31 October 1915, Page 8. |  176k | Ship's company lines the deck of the New York (BB-34) in this mid teens broadside photo. | USN photo courtesy of David Buell. |
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