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 | 177k | Maryland (BB-46) shown ready for launching at Newport News, Virginia, as she was later in the day, in this photo taken 20 March 1920. | USN photo. | |
 | 103k | Almost at the end of the launching ways at Newport News, Virginia, Maryland (BB-46) begins to get her stern wet, 20 March 1920. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 100k | About 80% finished, the Maryland (BB-46) is awaiting help from tugs to move her to her berthing place for final finishing, just after being launched, 20 March 1920. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 64k | About 80% finished, the Maryland (BB-46) is awaiting help from tugs to move her to her berthing place for final finishing, just after being launched, 20 March 1920. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 76k | Lacking her turrets and main armament, the Maryland (BB-46) is awaiting help from tugs to move her to her berthing place for final finishing, just after being launched, 20 March 1920. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 80k | Starboard side view of the Maryland (BB-46) being moved to her berthing place for final finishing, just after being launched, 20 March 1920. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 39k | Photographed in 1920, at anchor. | From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier of New Orleans and L.A. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty. Courtesy of Lawrence Bohn. | |
 | 143k | Turret markings on both fore and aft top turrets and what might be a Loening OL series observation plane on the stern of the Maryland (BB-46), circa 1920-21. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 52k | Photographed in 1921, probably while running speed trials. | USNHC # NH 46416, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 221k | Maryland's (BB-46) crew cleaning the Forecastle deck area, 1922. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 44k | Following an east coast shakedown, Maryland (BB-46) found herself in great demand for special occasions. She appeared at Annapolis for the 1922 Naval Academy graduation and at Boston for the anniversary of Bunker Hill and the Fourth of July. Between 18 August and 25 September she paid her first visit to a foreign port transporting Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes to Rio de Ja neiro for Brazil's Centennial Exposition. She appears here somewhere in 1922. | USN photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 797k | The Maryland (BB-46) about to launch her first catapult plane, a Naval Aircraft Factory VE-7H, designation A5970 and the story behind it from The Mid - Week Pictorial edition of 6 July 1922. | Photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. Photo added 04/16/08. | |
 | 201k | Naval Aircraft Factory VE-7H, designation A5970 is catapulted from the Maryland (BB-46). Note the catapult car atop the catapult. | Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 85k | Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes (at left)and Admiral Hilary P. Jones, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet on board Maryland (BB-46), in August 1922, during her cruise to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the Brazilian Centennial Exposition. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 52784, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 116k | Ship board life. Pie eating contest aboard the Maryland (BB-46), August 1922. | USNHC # NH 76520, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 180k | Photo probably taken from the Brooklyn Bridge looking north. The Maryland (BB-46) in the early 1920's is leaving the New York Navy Yard. The Manhattan Bridge is in the background and her top masts have been lowered to allow passage under it. Unusual in this picture is the large armored rangefinder atop #2 turret, most of these ships just mounting the range finder sat in the rear turret. | USN photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Partial text i.d. courtesy of Tom Bennett. | |
 | 193k | Maryland (BB-46) and Statue of Liberty, circa early 1920's. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 354k | Maryland (BB-46) all dressed up with flags circa early 1920's. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 189k | Captain C. F. Preston inspects the Forecastle, circa early 1920's. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 332k | Maryland (BB-46) fires her main battery, circa early 1920's. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 233k | Maryland's (BB-46) Band entertains the crew, circa early 1920's. | USN photo courtesy of Steve Pavlosky. | |
 | 115k | The Maryland (BB-46) rides at anchor in this early 1920's photo. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 211k | Lock gates of the Miraflores in the Panama Canal are open as the Maryland (BB-46) passes through, Feb 1923. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 131k | Maryland (BB-46) in the Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal, Feb 1923. | USNHC # NH 73833, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 324k | Maryland (BB-46) off of Yorktown VA, 1923. | NARA # 80-Cf-2057-12. | |
 | 89k | In the summer of 1925, the California (BB-44) led the Battle Fleet and a division of cruisers from the Scouting Fleet on a very successful good-will cruise to Australia and New Zealand. The following vessels might be the Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46) and West Virginia (BB-48) followed by Tennessee (BB-43) and three older battleships, the New Mexico (BB-40), Mississippi (BB-41) & Idaho (BB-42). Photograph probably taken from the California. | U.S. Navy photograph courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
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52k | Battleship Div 4 in Sydney harbor, 23 July 1925. | Photo courtesy of Tom Totoris, MCPO, USN Ret 1971-1997. | |
 | 90k | View from the deck of a one of the battleships looking aft of the Battle Fleet and a division of cruisers from the Scouting Fleet cruise to Australia and New Zealand. | U.S. Navy photograph courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
 | 106k | The United States Battle Fleet steaming in column off the California coast during the middle or later 1920s. The three leading ships are (in no particular order) Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46) and West Virginia (BB-48) followed by Tennessee (BB-43) and three older battleships. Photograph taken from California (BB-44). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-695093, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 272k | The West Virginia (BB-48) as flagship for the Commander, Battleship Divisions, Battle Fleet, followed by other battleships steaming in line ahead during the middle through later 1920's. Note SOC floatplanes on the catapults. The four leading ships behind her are (in no particular order) Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46), California (BB-44) & Tennessee (BB-43). | Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 54k | The photo here might be on the same occassion as the above, but from a different angle. Then again maybe not. It was taken off a 16mm film. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of periscopefilm.com. | |
 | 44k | The U.S. battlefleet framed through a porthole. It was taken off a 16mm film. Photo might be from the same sequence as above. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph courtesy of periscopefilm.com. | |
 | 104k | Leading two other battleships during maneuvers, during the 1920s. The other ships are two of these three: Colorado (BB-45), Maryland (BB-46) and West Virginia (BB-48). | USNHC # NH 63346, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 44k | Starboard view, mid 1920's. | Jon Burdett | |
 | 49k | 1927 photo of the Maryland (BB-46) at sea before any rebuilds have been done to any of the "Big Five". | USN photo. | |
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154k | Battleship Maryland (BB-46); Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6);two unknown S-boats; and
two V-1 class submarines, possibly Barracuda (SS-163),
Bass (SS-164) and or Bonita (SS-165)
in port in May 1927. Note the tremendous difference in size between the S-boats and V-1 class submarines. |
Photo # NH 46418 courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 75k | Dry Dock, Hunters Point Navy Yard, November 1928. | NHC / USN photo. | |
 | 122k | Watercolor of a Presidential review during President Hoover's term of office, 1928-32. Crews line the rails of a Colorado class (BB-45-48) battleship as the ships pass in line astern of the reviewing stand with the airship Los Angeles (ZR-3) piercing the clouds accompanied by 9 biplanes. | Courtesy of Michael Schwarz. | |
 | 56k | View of the U.S. Battlefleet from above, possibly from the airship Los Angeles (ZR-3). | Photo courtesy of periscopefilm.com. | |
 | 95k | Maryland (BB-46), Hovey (DD-208), and Long (DD-209) (ships listed left to right) in the Miraflores Locks, while transiting the Panama Canal during the annual inter-ocean movement of the U.S. Fleet, 24 April 1931. Note the twin 4"/50 gun mountings carried by Hovey and Long . | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-455918, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
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