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San Marcos, circa March 1911. |
Courtesy of hazegray.org. |
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San Marcos, circa March 1911, after being used as a target ship. |
Courtesy of Michael Hughes. |
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Damage on the San Marcos - This deck winch was blown over the 12-Inch gun from the other side of the deck. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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A compartment in the San Marcos after the firing. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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All that was left of the Conning Tower and Bridge. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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Examining hits on the San Marcos between firings. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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No plow ran this furrow - the deck of the San Marcos after being traversed by a heavy projectile. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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The armor defeats the projectile - note the position of the projectile nose. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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San Marcos being towed to Tangier Sound, 1911. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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The San Marcos rests on the bottom in Tangier Sound. |
Photo by Lt.Cdr. Radford Moses, US Naval reserve via USNIP, 1938. Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. |
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View of San Marcos, circa March 1911, showing the results of target practice, most likely from the Kansas (BB-21).
The officers and crew are also most probably from the Kansas. |
Courtesy of Michael Hughes. |
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View of San Marcos, circa March 1911, showing the results of target practice, on the deck, most likely from the Kansas (BB-21).
The officers and crew are also most probably from the Kansas. |
Courtesy of Michael Hughes. |
 | 83k | Ex-Alabama (BB-8) showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead.
Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana (BB-1).
This photograph has been hand-tinted in colors.
| Photograph # NH 263-KN, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center. |
 | 203k | Indiana (BB-1) serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. The San Marcos lies to her right. | Digital ID: # 29629v, LC-F82-5197. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
 | 376k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991.
| USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. |
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The wreck of the San Marcos poses navigaational hazards to shipping years after her demise. |
Photo and PDF courtesy of Ron Reeves HTC (ret.) Photo added 10/12/09. |