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SIX NEW ARMORED CRUISERS FOR OUR NAVY
The new armored cruisers, the California (ACR 6), Colorado (ACR 7), Maryland (ACR 8), Nebraska (ACR 4), South Dakota (ACR 9) and West Virgina (ACR 5) designs for which have been worked out under the direction of Chief Conductor Admiral Hichborn are intended to be more formidable and fighting machines than any others of their class now in service or projected. They will combine the speed and sailing radius of the protected cruiser with the impregnability of the battleship giving us a swift floating castle that can overtake almost any craft of its character at sea and at the same time withstand the shocks of terrific broadsides...... |
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from Deseret Evening News. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 08 December 1900, Part 3, Image 23, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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NEARLY READY FOR LAUNCHING
Cruiser South Dakota (ACR 9) Will Slide From Her Cradle at Union Iron Works July 23
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Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 06 July 1904, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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LAUNCHING OF ARMORED CRUISER SOUTH DAKOTA OCCURS TO-NIGHT
Distinguished Citizens From the State After Which New War Vessel Is Named Will Participate in the Ceremony at the Union Iron Works Where the Fighting Machine Is Now Cradled
POWERFUL ARMORED CRUISER DESTINED FOR UNCLE SAM'S NAVY. WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS EVENING AT THE UNION IRON WORKS AND THE DAUGHTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA'S GOVERNOR, WHO WILL CHRISTEN THE BIG FIGHTING MACHINE AS IT SLIDES INTO THE WATER |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 21 July 1904, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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CRUISER SOUTH DAKOTA WEDS THE SEA WITH EVERY OMEN OF FUTURE SUCCESS
Sister Fighting Machine to the California (ACR 6) Glides Down the Ways in Majesty and Strength and Is Christened by the Daughter of Governor of State From Which She Takes Her Name
PHOTOGRAPH OF NEWEST FIGHTING CRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN AS WORKMEN WERE UNBLOCKING HER FOR HER DIP INTO THE DEEP AND ONE SECURED AS SHE RODE THE SWELL CAUSED BY HER OWN IMPETUS IN STRIKING THE WATER. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 22 July 1904, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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ARMORED CRUISER SOUTH DAKOTA. |
Image and text provided by South Dakota State Historical Society – State Archives.
Photo from Union County Courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 28 July 1904, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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SOUTH DAKOTA HAS FINE RUN
New Cruiser Undergoes Standardization Tests, Pleasing Builders and Trial Board Endurance Run Tomorrow |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from Los Angeles Herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 22 December 1906, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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SOUTH DAKOTA'S ENDURANCE TEST |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 10 May 1908, Image 30, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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On 8 May 1908, the Atlantic Fleet joined the Pacific Fleet in San Francisco Bay for a review by the Secretary of the Navy, and the combined fleets continued their cruise, with Connecticut (BB-18) as flagship, showing the flag and bringing a show of American strength to many parts of the world.
South Dakota (ACR 9) appears with her name spelled out across her bridge during that period. |
Text courtesy of DANFS.
National Archives Identifier: 55171620
Local Identifier: 111-SC-5368.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov |
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USS
Ohio (BB 12), USS California (ACR 6)
and USS South Dakota (ACR 9)
between May 1908 and July 1908 at Mare Island Navy Yard while assigned
to the Great White Fleet. The cruisers are moored next to the yard's coal
sheds. Note the coal handling equipment installed by the Brown Hoisting
Machinery Company in 1904 seen above the coal sheds. |
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United States Cruiser Races Home to Save Life of Sailor
South Dakota (ACR 9) Sends Wireless Message to Expedite Journey of Sick Blue jacket to Hospital |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 30 June 1909, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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South Dakota (ACR 9) Sheds 800 Tons of Barnacles
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Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 14 August 1909, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Bow view of South Dakota (ACR 9) entering
dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 14 March 1910.
U.S. Navy Photograph |
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Bow view of South Dakota (ACR 9) entering
dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 14 March 1910.
U.S. Navy Photograph
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Color version of the bow view of South Dakota (ACR 9) entering dry dock #2 at Mare Island on 14 March 1910.
Postcard of U.S. Navy Photograph
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Stern view of South Dakota (ACR 9) in dry
dock #2 at Mare Island on 15 March 1910. South Dakota was the first
ship to dock in dry dock #2.
U.S. Navy Photograph
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Bow view of USS South Dakota (ACR 9) in dry dock
#2 at Mare Island on 15 March 1910.
U.S. Navy Photograph
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CRUISER'S LAUNCH PLUNGES TO BOTTOM
Six Bluejackets Narrowly Escape Death When Cutter Drops From Davit |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 22 March 1910, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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THIS BUMBOAT IS GETTING RICH BY FOLLOWING HIS WARSHIP AROUND THE WORLD
WHEN W. S. Gilbert created the character of Buttercup in the comic opera story of "Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore," he recognized in the bumboat woman one of the picturesque traditions of the British navy. Buttercup had: Ribbons and laces, to set off the graces Of pretty young sweethearts " and wives."
Buttercup, under many names, is still peddling her wares to the bluejackets of old England and "bumboating" a regular business is recognized, unofficially, by the navies of the world. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 15 May 1910, Page 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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SOUTH DAKOTA (ACR 9) BACK FROM SOUTH SEAS |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 20 July 1910, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS South Dakota (ACR 9) at Mare
Island Navy Yard circa Jan 1913. The collier USS
Justin is behind and to the right of South Dakota and USS
Annapolis (PG 10) is outboard of the Justin. Justin
and Annapolis are at the yard's coal station. A rare image of the
shipyard's stiff-leggd derrick with her steam driven winch is to the left
of South Dakota. |
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Port Bow view at anchor, probably sometime after she completed repairs at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, Calif. (1 July to 30 September 1911). |
Text guess via DANFS.
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Commander of the American army; generals who Will command the United Stales troops that are being mobilized for possible invasion of Mexico; commander of the Atlantic squadron, now in Cuba, who is in readiness to proceed with his fleet to the Mexican coast; American cruiser whose officers were assailed by Mexicans at Acapulco, and the cruiser South Dakota that is now on the way to the western coast of Mexico to give protection to Americans whose lives are in peril |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 14 February 1913, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Starboard bow view while underway at Mare Island, California on 1 April 1916.
National Archives item #165-WW-335D-15 |
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USS South Dakota (ACR 9) en route to the Asiatic station in the Panama Canal, circa 1919. Gleaves Collection, Naval Historical Foundation, 1975.
Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #NH 83555 |
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USS South Dakota (ACR 9) at Brest, Finstere, France, 2 January 1919. |
Photo by Sgt. Peter A. Pelission.
National Archives Identifier: 313153464
Local Identifier: 111-SC-154191.
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Starboard side view of USS Huron anchored at an unknown location sometime after her redesignation as CA 9 on 17 July 1920. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photo #108808 |
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USS Huron (CA 9) tied to mooring buoy, 3 November 1923, location
unknown.
Photo courtesy Conway Picture Library.
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The French Cruiser Jules Michilet (left), USS Huron (CA 9) (center), and the Japanese Cruiser Shoho (right) moored in the Whangpoo river, Shanghai, China, 1925. From the collection of the Museum of Military History. |
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Missoula (center)
with her sister ships Huron and Charlotte
at Puget Sound Navy Yard sometime between 1927 and 1930, when they were
sold for scrap in accordance with the provisions of the London Treaty
for the limitation and reduction of naval armament. |
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