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131k | San Marcos, circa March 1911, after being used as a target ship. | Courtesy of Michael Hughes. | |
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662k | 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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673k | 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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576k | 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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721k | 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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655k | 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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305k | 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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326k | 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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419k | 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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69k | 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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71k | 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. | |
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2.70k | Searchlight Turned on Wreck of Texas Navy May Be Muckraked for Sinking Ship Only photograph of the destruction of the San Marcos, formerly the battleship Texas. The picture shows a close view of the midsection of the port side of the Texas and the havoc wrought by the fire of the Kansas (BB-21). Senator Perkins has demanded from the secretary of the navy an explanation why the battleship, that cost $4,000,000, was wantonly destroyed in target practice. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 31 March 1911, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 09/21/11. |
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489k | Demolishing of the Battleship San Marcos, Formerly the Texas, in Chesapeake Bay. | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Logan Republican. (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 22 April 1911, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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463k | GALLANT BATTLESHIP TEXAS IS PREY TO ASPIRING MARKSMEN OF NAVY | Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from Evening Bulletin.(Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, 14 July 1911, 3:30 EDITION, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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751k | Mast That Is Target for Big Guns BATTLESHIPS READY TO FIRE ON MAST OF THE OLD TEXAS |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times.(Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939,23 August 1912, LAST EDITION, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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422k | THIS WAS ONCE THE PRIDE OF THE NAVY But by the time the naval rookies who have just returned from the citizens' training cruise got through battering tho old battleship Texas during target practice in Chesapeake Bay, it looked more like a Verdun factory. |
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 12 September 1916, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 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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1.1m | The wreck of the San Marcos poses navigational hazards to shipping years after her demise. | Photo and PDF courtesy of Ron Reeves HTC (ret.) | |
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