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237k | Foreground is definitely Tennessee (BB-43). In the middle and upper right are both BB-40 class; I would say the middle is Idaho (BB-42) (darker camouflage note also the fantail catapult) and upper right is Mississippi (BB-41), less certain but based on main mast platforms verses the New Mexico (BB-40). Middle background is New York (BB-34)(navigation bridge not over hanging conning tower). The far left background is the Texas (BB-35) (blunt bow, 2 funnels). The aircraft is a Naval Aircraft Factory / Curtiss / Canadian Aeroplane Ltd F-5L. The date of Mr. Kreisman's photo has to be 1920-1921. By 1922 all 14' and 16" gunned BB's (except New York and Texas as the 5th turret did not leave enough deck space) had been fitted with a compressed air catapult on the stern. The presence of a stern A/C catapult on only one of the three 1916 program BB's suggest this early in the introduction of this equipment but late enough for the turret top fly-off platforms to have been removed from all ships present. In 1919 the Battle Fleet shifted its base to San Pedro in California where it remained based until shifted to Pearl Harbor. The Texas and New York were assigned to that fleet until they returned east for modernization in 1925. This would suggest that the photo was taken some where in the Pacific. The rich flora onshore suggest a tropical climate and the enclosed by would lead me to guess Panama or Gitmo. If the 1920 or 1921 Fleet problem was conducted in Atlantic waters could explain an Atlantic based aircraft with a Pacific based Fleet. |
Photo courtesy of Lance Kreisman via Fabio Peña. Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn & Alan Moore. Aircraft i.d. courtesy of Alan Moore via Larkins, William T. US Navy Aircraft 1921-1941/US Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959. [The image came from the USMC aircraft section, pg(9).] Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1995. (originally published as US Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959, copyright 1959, and US Navy Aircraft 1921-1941, copyright 1961). | |
 | 74k | 1920 photo of the Texas (BB-35) probably when she was reassigned to the Pacific Fleet. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS. | |
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56k | Texas (BB-35) watches Arkansas (BB-33) fire, 16 Apr 1921 with the Sixth Battleship Division out of San Pedro, CA. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 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." | |
 | 525k | The United States fleet in Colon Harbor, Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal, 21 January 1924. What appears to be the New York (BB-34) or the Texas (BB-35) is in the foreground. | Library of Congress photo # 6a24199r, from the Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Copyright R.G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z." | |
 | 29k | A snowy Texas (BB-35). The snowy scene of the No. 4 Turret shows the long base range finder mounted on the back of the turret and the 3” AA battery on the wing platforms were not added until 1922. These photos are probably all taken during the summer 1924 midshipman’s cruise. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Text & i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn. | |
 | 29k | Crewmen bend over shells for Texas'(BB-35) main armament during her WW I service. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 24k | Photo caption "American ships braving the fury of the elements in the North Sea." | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 36k | Water pours off the bows of the Texas (BB-35) as she makes her way across the North Sea. Up we go. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 25k | And through it. Note the 5"/51 gun covered in canvas. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 20k | And down we come. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 29k | Texas (BB-35) with a airplane on her turret catapult, circa early 1920's. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 22k | Sighter takes aim and the crew prepare on a 5"/51 gun in warm and calm weather. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 27k | Canvas bags hang from the barrels of her forward turrets as 2 sailors are framed between them. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 38k | Loading a 14" inch shell into the breech. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 25k | Crewmembers of a 5/51" pause for conversation during gunnery practice. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 118k | Boxing match held on board during Battle Fleet maneuvers off Panama in 1923. View looks aft toward the rear of Turret # 4, which bears a banner reading "Texas (BB-35) ... Come On Texas ". Note Turret # 3 in the lower right, with a rangefinder and two 3"/50 anti-aircraft guns mounted on its top. | USNHC # NH 55196, Photographed by Holtwick, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
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93k | A salvo from the battleship New York (BB-34) strikes the Washington (BB-47) on her starboard side while the ship was used as a target off Virginia Capes, Virginia, 26 November 1924. The battleship Texas (BB-35) is in the background. | USN photo courtesy of maritimequest.com. | |
 | 65k | Texas (BB-35) in drydock at Norfolk Navy Yard in 1925 as she began modernization. The ship on the right is the New York (BB-34), also undergoing modernization. | U.S. Navy Photograph, contributed by Mike Green, courtesy of Leeward Publications. | |
 | 150k | Texas (BB-35) in drydock for modernization at Norfolk Navy Yard, 17 Feb. 1926. | USN photo courtesy of Paul & Barbara Rebold. Photo added 04/23/09. | |
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188k | Texas (BB-35) leaving drydock, 13 Sept. 1926. | USN photo courtesy of Paul & Barbara Rebold. Photo added 04/23/09. | |
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