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Ostfriesland

From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
Ostfriesland
A German province bordering on the Netherlands and the North Sea.

(BB: dp. 24 500 (f.); l. 546'; b. 93'3"; dr. 29'6"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 1150; a. 12 12", 14 5.9", 6 19.7" tt.)
Ostfriesland, a German battleship built at Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1908; launched in September 1909; commissioned in the Imperial German Navy in May 1911; surrendered to the Allies following World War I; was taken over by the U. S. Navy and commissioned 7 April 1920 at Rosyth, Scotland, Capt. J. F. Hellweg in command.
Though in need of repairs, the ship managed to sail to New York where she decommissioned 20 September 1920. Ostfriesland, with several other ex-German warships, became targets for a demonstration of air power. Bombed by Army planes from Langley Field in Va., she was sunk 21 July 1921 about 60 miles off the Viriginia Capes.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
720k	GERMAN BATTLESHIP WILL BE TURNED OVER TO UNCLE SAM The *Ostfriesland* was one of the first German battleships delivered at the Firth of Fourth under the Treaty of Versailles. Ultimately the vessel will be turned over to the American government.	Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo courtesy of The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 20 April 1920, LAST EDITION - 4 P.M., Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 09/27/11.
1.27k	Uncle Sam's German Warships To Reach New York This Week Five Vessels Allotted to America by the Allied Commission The Ostfriesland* once the pride of the German navy, is one of the ships awarded to the United States by the Allied Naval Commission*	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 01 August 1920, Image 60, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
493k	America Gets Five German Warships The five German warships allocated to the United States arrived in New York harbor the other day. After being exhibited and studied, they will be destroyed. The photo shows the battleship *Ostfriesland* towing the cruiser *Frankfort*.	Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo & text by The North Platte semi-weekly Tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, 27 August 1920, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1.61k	How Germany's Humbled Warcraft Game to America Captain Hellweg {in Center) and Staff The *Ostfriesland* at Ponta Delgada AMERICAN sailors lined up on board the *Ostfriesland* as the ship was taken out of commission at New York Navy Yard	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 26 September 1920, Image 63 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1.05k	Aircrat Against Dreadnoughts: The Battle of the Future HOW AIRPLANES WILL FIGHT AN ENEMY FLEET BY DAY AND NIGHT	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 17 April 1921, Image 27, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1.31k	The Stage Is Set for the Test Between Plane and Warship German Ships To Be Bombed In Mock War	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 05 June 1921, Image 25, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
1.44k	Pride of German Navy Sunk by U.S. Bombs Picture snapped just as a Martin bomber dropped one of the six 2,000-pound projectiles, which sent a column of water 600 feet in the air when it exploded.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 26 July 1921, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
805k	A NAVY K.O. A 230 pound bomb from a navy seaplane lands on the stern of the former German battleship *Ostfriesland*, in the opening experiments of the final phase of the joint army and navy bombing tests off the Virginia Capes to determine the effect of aerial attacks on capital ships.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 31 July 1921, Image 66, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.