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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 super-dreadnought 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. |
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 | 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. |
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 | 1.80k | THE INVASION OF AMERICA Fire control station on top of mast on United States battleship Loading 14 inch shells on the dreadnought New York (BB-34). | Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from the The Sun. (New York [N.Y.] 1833-1916, 28 March 1915, FIFTH SECTION, Page 3, Image 51, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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1.97k | UNCLE SAM'S SUBMARINES DRAW KEEN INTEREST OF SUNDAY CROWDS; CURIOUS ABOUT TORPEDOES Sunday sightseers going on board the super-dreadnought 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.  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 DREADNOUGHT 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. |
|  1.92k | BATTLESHIP CREW HOST TO CHILDREN | Sailors of the battleship New York (BB-34) serving the dinner they provided out of their own money to about one hundred children who were their guests on the big fighting ship yesterday. Capt. Hugh Rodman is standing behind Santa Claus. Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. | Photo from the The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 26 December 1915, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|  383k | The North Pole comes to New York (BB-34),26 December 1915. | Notice the unique fire control system above the top turret. US Navy photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | Photo added 05/11/12.  568k |
WHAT GIANT SEA FIGHTER LOOKS LIKE UNDER THE SHADOW OF NEW YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS | The latest view of New York' skyline shows the New York (BB-34) steaming down the East River on its way to speed trial at Hampton Roads. The photograph, taken from the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge, shows, at the extreme left, the Bankers' Trust Building, then the new Equitable Life Building, the Singer Building, the Park Row Building, the Woolworth Building, and at the extreme right, the New York World Building. Photo by Underwood & Underwood. |
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 14 November 1916, Night Extra, Image 18 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  160k | "DR. David Jayne Hill, former Ambassador to Germany, on behalf of the American Defense Society. Presenting to Captain Charles F. Hughes, of the super dreadnought New York (BB-34), the Defense Society's trophy for the highest score in big gun and torpedo practice." | Photo by American Press Assn, text courtesy of N.Y. Times,, 19 November 1916, page 4, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. |
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BATTLESHIP FLEET ARRIVING FOR FOOTBALL GAME | PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) LEADS SEVEN BATTLESHIPS IN Superdreadnought Goes to Navy Yard, but Others Anchor Off the Drive. Advance guard of the Atlantic fleet as it steamed up New York Day to-day. The ships are in the following order: New York (BB-34), Texas (BB-35), Oklahoma (BB-37), Connecticut (BB-18), Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31) and Wyoming (BB-32). The photograph was taken as the battleships passed the Battery, and shows the Statue of Liberty in the background. Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. | Photo by The Evening World.(New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 24 November 1916, Final Edition, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  212k | In Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 December 1916. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
|  140k | Xmas time for Captain Charles F. Hughes & the New York (BB-34). | Digital ID:# ggbain 23481v. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. |  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.  405k |
New York (BB-34) and another battleship in the distance, circa 1917. |
Photo i.d. courtesy of Henry Sabuda & Ronald J. Nash. | Digital ID: # hec 08099 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo.  382k |
A Enrique Muller photo on 1 Jan. 1918 showing among other things; sailors on the stern aboard one of the small boats the Arkansas (BB-33), possibly readying it in preperation for a trip ashore once the ship anchors. |
NARA FILE #: 165-WW-334A-7. Photo # HD-SN-99-02138 courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center. Photo i.d. courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |  178k | In 1917 Admiral Rodman served as Commander, Battleship Division 9, Atlantic Fleet, in his flagship, New York (BB-34). Ordered to European waters late in the year, his division joined the British Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow and became the 6th Battle Squadron, British Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir David Beatty. For the remainder of World War I, Admiral Rodman commanded his division in operations in the North Sea. | Image from Arlington National Cemetery thanks to Robert Snow, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. |  228k | Marine Guard of the New York (BB-34), taken in 1917 by Enrique Muller, Jr. from N. Moser, NY. | Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. |  510k | Photo entitled "Ocean Spray" New York (BB-34). | Photo from the National Geographic Magazine, Volume 31 (1917), page 356, by Lieutenant Commander James B. Gilmer, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. |  95k | "Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917." Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) New York (BB-34), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28). | Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. USNHC photo # NH 58841-KN. |  199k | This rare oil painting by American artist Burnell Poole, "The 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth", is one of less than two dozen paintings owned by the Navy that depicts U.S. naval operations in World War One (WWI). After years of being considered a total loss by Navy Art Gallery curators it has been restored to near perfect condition. The entire process took several months, but the result is the total recovery of a painting that is sure to establish Burnell Poole's name among the best marine painters of the early 20th century. | The composition of the ships of the 6th Battle Squadron during their operational history, appearing in the painting in no particular order were: Delaware (BB-28), Florida (BB-30),Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34), Texas (BB-35), & Arizona (BB-39). Photo and partial text courtesy of Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., File photo # N-0000X-001. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 June 1918, Image 36, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  407k | Rear Adm. John Harvey, left, is promoted to Vice Admiral by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen on behalf of the President of the United States on 22 Nov. 2005 at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.. Vice Adm. Harvey assumed the duties as Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education from Vice Adm. Gerry Hoewing. | In the background is the painting "Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917", an oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. The New York (BB-34) is visible behind Rear Adm. John Harvey. USN photo # N-2383B-186 by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera,
courtesy of navy.news.mil. |  875k | During her World War I service, New York (BB-34) was frequently visited by royal and other high-ranking representatives of the Allies. | Inspection by the King of Belgium. King Albert escorted by Admiral Rodman and Queen Elizabeth being escorted by Captain Edward L. Beach, USN, are here shown inspecting Uncle Sam's sailors aboard the battleship New York. They were much impressed by the fine, manly appearance of the American sea veterans. The boys were equally pleased with Belgium's heroic King & Queen. Photo by Hunter, courtesy of “Harper’s Pictorial Library of the World War Vol. XI”, Children’s Book of War via Bill Gonyo. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
|  121k | Front side of a postal card of the New York (BB-34) at Rosyth, Scotland, circa 1918. | Imperial War Museum photo contributed by Robert Hurst. Photo taken from U.S. Warships of World War One, by P.H. Silverstone. |  91k | Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (left center is welcomed on board New York (BB-34) by the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Edward L. Beach, during a visit to the ship by the Navy Department's Consulting Board in 1918.
Behind Secretary Daniels is the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William S. Benson. Just behind Captain Beach is Vice Admiral DeWitt Coffman. | USNHC photo # NH 53306 submitted by Bill Gonyo. |  47k | Captain Edward L. Beach, USN, Commandant, Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Photographed on board Intrepid, Receiving Ship at Mare Island, circa spring 1919. In 1918 Captain Edward L. Beach commanded the battleship New York (BB-34) during the final months of World War I.
| USNHC # NH 53253-A photo submitted by Bill Gonyo. |  72k | 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. Photographed by Zimmer USNHC photo # NH 63454. |  67k | "Officers and men of the New York (BB-34) assembled on the ship's forward deck at an American Naval base in England, just before she left Europe for the Christmas rendezvous at New York. On the mast may be seen one of the latest American war secrets, an indicator used in controlling the fire of the big guns." | Photo by Press Illustrated Service, text courtesy of N.Y. Times,, 5 January 1919, Page 2, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. |
 166k | Detail shot of the ship off Brest, France in December, 1918 during her duty as President Wilson's carrier to the Versailles talks. Ship booms are out to tie up visiting launches and bare skids next to aft stack show that one or more of her boats are out too. | USN photo. |  48k | Xmas card and photo inset of the New York (BB-34) in European waters, 1918. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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