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 | 269k | "Proposed B.S. #36". Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board during consideration of designs for Battleship # 36, which became the Nevada (BB-36 / 37) class. This plan, dated 4 March 1911, provides eight 14-inch guns, twin-screw reciprocating machinery and a speed of 21 knots in a ship 605 feet long on the load water line (L.W.L.), 95 feet in beam, with a normal displacement of 27,000 tons. The original plan is in the 1911-1925 "Spring Styles Book". | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # S-584-001. | |
 | 52k | "The Nevada (BB-36), newest, largest and longest dreadnought of the U.S. Navy, and considered the most powerful warship afloat, on her official speed and engine test off Rockland, Maine." | Photo by International News Service, text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 1915, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. | |
 | 38k | The Nevada (BB-36) at the Fore Shipbuilding Yard. The photo is slightly blurred, but it appears that there is no commissioning flag flying from her bow, so the date would have to be before March 1916. | Photo contributed by Leonard B. Harville, Jr., courtesy of the Samuel F. Dowdy family. Photo added 12/22/09. | |
 | 92k | The Nevada (BB-36) making her way down the river (unknown) while being escorted by several tugs. | Digital ID: # ggbain-20195v, LC-B2-3642-14. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection. | |
 | 120k | Captain Joseph Strauss commanded the battleship Ohio (BB-12), in 1912; then became Chief of Bureau of Ordnance 21 October 1913. Strauss assumed command of battleship Nevada (BB-36), 30 December 1916 and remained in command as the United States entered World War I. Detached from the battleship in February 1918, he was designated Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet with the rank of Rear Admiral. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal both for directing the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage and for the hazardous task of clearing it after peace came. In March 1921 he became Commander in Chief of the Asiatic Fleet with the rank of Admiral. | Digital ID: # cph 3b39649. Source: Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 790k | Nevada (BB-36) under the big guns. Sister ship of the Oklahoma (BB-37). Built in 1915 at a cost of $5,895,000. This picture was taken from another battleship. | Photo by Underwood & Underwood from "Our Navy", published by the L.H. Nelson Co., Portland, Maine in 1917, courtesy of David Johnston (USNR). | |
 | 58k | "Armor piercing shells weighing half a ton or more apeice 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. | |
 | 248k | In Queenstown Ireland, late August - November 1918. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives, courtesy of martimequest.com | |
 | 34k | View of the boat deck area of the Nevada (BB-36), located between the two cage masts while the ship was in and around Queenstown, Ireland, 1918. Unlike the earlier Battleships which carried their boats and gigs suspended outboard, the boat deck was a better arrangement of space and utility. This photo was taken by Burnell Poole, one of the best marine painters of the early 20th century. One of his paintings, "The 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth" was restored by the Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C. | Courtesy of USNI. | |
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69k | WW I taught the U.S. Navy to order submarine priorities differently. At Berehaven, Ireland, in late 1918, L-1 (SS-40) displays her disappearing-mount 3 in/23 gun. The battleship Nevada (BB-36) is in the background. |
Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. |
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61k | L-1 (SS-40) & an unidentified L-boat lay alongside their tender at Berehaven, Ireland, late 1918. The battleship Nevada (BB-36) is in the background. |
Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. |
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 | 102k | Nevada (BB-36) escorting George Washington (ID-3018), with President Woodrow Wilson on board, off Brest, France, 13 December 1918. George Washington is visible in the background, beyond Nevada's bow. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph NH 73780, now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
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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. Photographed by Zimmer | USNHC # NH 63454. | |
 | 46k | "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, 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. | |
 | 183k | Nevada (BB-36) underway, smoke belching out of her oil burning furnaces, circa 1919. Nevada & her sister Oklahoma (BB-37) were the Navy's first oil burning battleships. | Photo by E. Muller, Jr., contributed by Roy C. Thomas from the book, "The United States Navy", published in 1919. Partial text courtesy of Mike Maurizi. | |
 | 57k | Underway, circa 1919. | Courtesy of Lawrence Bohn. | |
 | 44k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the Nevada's (BB-36) mascot goat, posed in a life ring. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada . | USNHC # NH 104609. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 88k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in the crew's galley on board the ship. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104610. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 78k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1919 on the ship's deck, looking aft along the starboard side from alongside her forward 14-inch gun turret. Note paravane on deck and turret bearing markings painted on the sides of the ship's Number 2 14-inch gun turret.It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36) | USNHC # NH 104611. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 72k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in the ship's surgical operating room. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104612. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 63k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in the ship's sick bay. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104613. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 88k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of crew members relaxing on the ship's quarter deck, with her after 14-inch gun turrets in the background. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104614. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 88k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph looking aft from the ship's bow, showing her anchor chains, forward 14-inch gun turrets and superstructure.It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104615. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 64k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of an embarkation ladder mounted on the ship's side.It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104616. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 70k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing two steam launches secured to one of the ship's boat booms. It was published circa 1919 as one of ten images in a "Souvenir Folder" concerning Nevada (BB-36). | USNHC # NH 104617. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. | |
 | 152k | The Nevada (BB-36), at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1919, with a "kite" balloon, used for over the horizon search and spotting, moored to her after deck. Note the seven 5 inch/51 recessed gun ports amidship and aft have their gun port shutters droped. Also note the 5 inch/51 gun opening in stern that was later sealed over because of wet conditions. | USN photo. Text from USNHC photo # NH 45440 courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 141k | Capt. William Dugald MacDougall was the Commanding Officer of the battleship Nevada (BB-36) from 23 October 1919 to 4 May 1920. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |
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