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BB-11 USS MISSOURI

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Foxtrot

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Keel Laying / Commissioning 1901 - 1903
	104k	WILL CHRISTEN THE MISSOURI (BB-11) ST. Louis, 10 April 1899. - Miss Marion Cockrell who has been to selected to christen the big battleship Missouri, is the daughter of the junior United States Senator from this State. She is a typical Southern beauty and is not yet 20. Miss Cockrell reflects in her fair face the genius and the spirit of the man whose daughter she is. When Secretary Lane chose her for the sponsor of what it is believed will be the strongest battleship afloat, he merely followed his own desires; for Miss Cockrell is a fast friend of the secretary's daughter. In choosing her the secretary did not make an innovation upon the custom of selecting a high type of American feminine beauty and of American young womanhood which has proverbially launched American ships of war. She would marry Edson F. Gallaudet and become one of the first female aviators.		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. & Library of Congress, Washington, DC. & State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 16 April 1899, Mailable Edition, Image 4, & The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 16 & 19 February 1908, Magazine Section, Images 31 & 3, & The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 20 December 1902, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	51k	Outboard profile plan, prepared by the ship's builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, during the design process, 1899. Some details were changed prior to Missouri's (BB-11) completion in December 1903. The original drawing is plan number 80-16-22 in the National Archives' Record Group 19.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 76638.
	715k	The Magnificent New BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) Soon to Be Launched. From a sketch furnished by the U. S. Naval Bureau of Construction. Her Sister Ships are the new Maine (BB-10) and the Ohio (BB-12).		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 17 February 1901, Magazine Section, Image 33, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	MISSOURI (BB-11), Mightiest Monarch of the Fighting Kings of the United States Navy, IS 40 PER CENT COMPLETE. One of the great turrets of the Missouri. In speed, displacement and offensive and defensive equipment she is expected to excel any other vessel carrying Uncle Sam's colors, and to be more than a match for any ship in the world.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 23 June 1901, Magazine Section, Image 39, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	727k	Miss Cockrell will christen the battleship named for her home State at Newport News not later than, January. There is even a possibility that the ship may be launched late in December.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 09 November 1901, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	890k	BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) SLIPS INTO THE SEA. Amid the inspiring strains of the "Star-Spangled Banner" and with cheers from 10,000 lungs for the "grand old state of Missouri....Miss Marion Cockrell broke a bottle of Missouri wine upon the bow of the noble battleship and' said: "I christen thee, Missouri". It was a perfect launch....		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 10 December 1901, Image 3 & 29 December 1901, PART I, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) SLIDES FROM WAYS AT NEWPORT NEWS SHIPYARD WHILE CHEERS OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND SPECTATORS RESOUND Miss Marion Cockrell Breaks the Traditional Bottle of Champagne and at the Post-Launching Banquet Secretary Long Urges the Need of Increasing the Navy of the United States		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 December 1901, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) LAUNCHED YESTERDAY. As she will look when completed.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 December 1901, Image 19, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) The New Vessel Launched at Newport News Va		Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo by The Hickman Courier. (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 03 January 1902, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	166k	The monitor Arkansas (M-7) fitting out at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., 1 July 1902. Her armament is completely installed and the ship is only four months away from commissioning. The ship in the background is the battleship Missouri (BB-11).		USN photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 46, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
	56k	Missouri (BB-11) as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III.		Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
	NR	PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF GERMANY'S GOOD WILL German Cruiser Gazelle and U. S. Battleship Missouri (BB-11) in the same Dry Dock at Newport News, Va.		Image and text provided by Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS. USN photo by The Wichita Daily Eagle. (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 28 May 1903, LAST EDITION, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.21k	Missouri (BB-11) port bow view while in drydock.		Detroit Photographic Company, Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Photo # Lot 3000-R-16 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	88k	Fitting out at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 30 June 1903. A crane barge is alongside.		Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 19-N-2-12-10.
	73k	At dockside, circa 1903-08. Note prisoner working party at left, guarded by Marines and moving a handcart full of debris.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 67619.
	1.51k	FASTEST BATTLESHIP WORLD'S RECORD MADE BY UNCLE SAM'S NEW MISSOURI (BB-11)		Image and text provided by Indiana State Library. Photo by The Indianapolis Journal. (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 22 October 1903, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	647k	BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) PROVES NEW QUEEN OF THE SEAS		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo by Palestine Daily Herald. (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 31 October 1903, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	BATTLESHIP TESTIMONIAL COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK OF RAISING SUBSCRIPTION.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 11 November 1903, PART I, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Turret Fire
011060	5.62k	A modern battleship, with every part numbered and named, circa 1904.		Photo from the Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ppmsca-58681. Photo courtesy of loc.gov.
	477k	Missouri (BB-11) Turret Fire, 13 April 1904. Photograph, printed on a postal card; entitled "Bringing the bodies ashore." The original postcard was published by the American News Company as Number 1 in the series "How the United States honors its Naval Heroes".		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	119k	Missouri (BB-11) Turret Fire, 13 April 1904. Photograph, printed on a postal card, showing the funeral procession for the victims of the tragedy. The original postcard was published by the Rochester News Company as Number 5 in the series "How the United States honors its Naval Heroes".		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 91708.
	101k	Missouri (BB-11) Turret Fire, 13 April 1904. Color-tinted photograph, printed on a postal card, showing the burial ceremonies for the victims of the tragedy. The original postcard was published by the American News Company as Number 6 in the series "How the United States honors its Naval Heroes".		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 94969-KN
	103k	Missouri (BB-11) Turret Fire, 13 April 1904. Color-tinted photograph, printed on a postal card, bringing the victims ashore. The original postcard was published by the American News Company as Number 3 in the series "How the United States honors its Naval Heroes".		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 101213-KN.
	NR	BURYING THE HEROES OF THE PENSACOLA NAVAL TRAGEDY. Bearing the remains of the sailor victims of the explosion on the Battleship Missouri (BB-11) to the National Cemetery at Pensacola.		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 13 May 1904, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	THRILLING LIVES EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE MISSOURI (BB-11) 13 April 1904 There was no mistaking that sullen "boom." It meant an explosion of powder—but vastly more than that, for beneath the turret was the handling room where the shells and powder sacks were passed up,and to either side were the racks' where these explosives are stored — the powder magazine, containing tons of the annihilating stuff, enough to work havoc against the entire fleet, enough to blow to atom's the battleship and the 600 human souls aboard her!		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 12 September 1909, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	14 KILLED ON WARSHIP MISSOURI (BB-11). Gun Bursts in the After Turret of the Battleship and Five of Her Officers and Nine Men Lose Their Lives at Target Practice		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Evening World. ((New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 13 April 1904, 11 O'Clock Night Extra, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	NAVAL OFFICERS LOSE THEIR LIVES ON THE MISSOURI (BB-11). WARSHIP MISSOURI NARROWLY ESCAPES WHEN POWDER EXPLODES IN THE TURRET		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 14 April 1904, Images 1 & 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	SOME OF THE OFFICERS KILLED ON THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) ON APRIL 13. 1 Midshipman "W. K. T. Neumann, who was acting as timekeeper. 2 and 3 Midshipman Thomas Ward, Jr., and Lieutenant W. C. Davidson, officers in charge of after turret of the Missouri and handling room Below. 4 Lieutenant J. P. V. Gridley, United States Marine Corps,who was acting as recorder in the turret at the time.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 21 April 1904, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	889k	Pensacola, Fla. April 13. The most serious accident that has occurred in the American navy since the blowing up of the Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898 happened today on the magnificent battleship Missouri (BB-11) while she was engaged in target practice at a range about fifteen miles distant from the naval station here.		Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo by The St. Louis Republic. (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 14 April 1904, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	2.60k	EXPLOSION ON THE MISSOURI (BB-11) UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP MISSOURI . ON WHICH AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE OFF PENSACOLA, KILLING FIVE OFFICERS AND TWENTY-FOUR MEN.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 14 April 1904, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	729k	Decorated for Valiant Service - Chief Gunner's Mate R. E. Cox, U. S. N., was decorated by President Harding with the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving the Battleship Missouri (BB-11) from destruction off Pensacola, Fla in 1904.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by Richmond Times-Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 01 May 1921, Image 64, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	A HANDSOME MEMORIAL TO MIDSHIPMEN The Granite Monument in the Naval Cemetery. This tribute has recently been erected to the memory of Midshipmen William F. Traylor Neumann and Thomas Ward, Jr. who were killed on board the United States battleship Missouri (BB-11) by the explosion of a shell during target practice at Pensacola, Fla., on 13 April 1904. it is a magnificent monument of carved granite.		Image and text provided by University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Photo by Evening Capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 07 June 1905, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	3.37k	MISSOURI (BB-11) APPEARS TO BE HOODOOED. Capt. William S. Cowles, Commanding Officer & the after turret, where the explosion occurred.		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo by The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 19 April 1904, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	816k	AMERICA'S STRONGEST SQUADRON. VESSELS OF NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET ASSEMBLED AT PENSACOLA. Officers and Crew of Battleship Alabama (BB-8). After-turret of the Battleship Missouri (BB-11) in which the charge of the twelve-inch gun at left prematurely exploded killing thirty-two men and wounding two.		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 06 May 1904, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	BRAVE AMERICAN JACKIE IN WARSHIP ACCIDENTS PROVES AS MUCH A HERO IN PEACE AS IN WAR BRINGING ASHORE BODIES OF MISSOURI (BB-11) DISASTER VICTIMS		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 19 October 1907, Image 29, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	119k	Lieutenant Commander William S. Sims, USN, Inspector of Target Practice. Cartoon invitation from the Wardroom Officers of Missouri (BB-11) to LCdr. Sims, inviting him to a "silent dinner" on 15 September 1904. The drawing and text refer to Sims' position at that time as the Navy's effective "Czar" of gunnery. "Ping" and "Pong" are his assistants, Lieutenants Ridley McLean and Powers Symington.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 89489 KN.
	432k	Quarterdeck of the Missouri (BB-11) showing bag inspection, 1905.		Photo by Enrique Muller.
011113	3.17k	Missouri (BB-11) with her boats out & Maine (BB-10) in the rear, 1905.		Detroit Publishing Co. photo from the Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-det-4a15757. Photo courtesy of loc.gov.
	842k	Battleship Missouri (BB-11), which yesterday received from a party of Missourians, a handsome silver bell.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by Daily Press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 04 June 1905, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	195k	The First Squadron of the North Atlantic Fleet during a visit, 3-10 August 1905, to Bar Harbor, Maine. The visit consisted of eight BB's commanded by RA R.D. Evans. Maine (BB-10), Missouri (BB-11), Kearsarge (BB-5), Kentucky (BB-6), Alabama (BB-8), Illinois (BB-7), Iowa (BB-4), and Massachusetts (BB-2). From right to left are the Kearsarge, Kentucky, Maine & Missouri.		Photo from the collection of Raymond Strout via Jonathan Eno.
	75k	Circa 1905, at speed. BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11) IS FASTEST IN AMERICAN NAVY. The battleship Missouri which defeated other vessels of the North Atlantic fleet in a race from Newport to New York. In the race just won by the Missouri the average speed was 18.22 knots.		Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. USN photo by The McCook Tribune (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 11 August 1905, Image 7. Insert PDF by The Alliance Herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, 10 August 1905, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	576k	The Missouri (BB-11) 1906.		Copyright by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov.
	115k	Cooks galley aboard the Missouri (BB-11) circa 1906.		Photo courtesy of Arnold Putnam.
	252k	Stereoscopic color print of the one of the close shaves of a sailor's life on the Missouri (BB-11).		Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	365k	Missouri (BB-11) in drydock at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston MA.		Post card by Mason Brothers, Boston, MA. Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp.
	1.63k	What does a man feel after he has lifted a ton? When some one asked that question of "Pop" Kennedy, shell man aboard the Missouri (BB-11), one of Uncle Sam's visiting warships, last week, he replied: "It makes yer feel like" Just then the officer of the day appeared with in earshot and "Pop" bit the answer off and saluted. Then, as an afterthought, he added: "That is. it makes yer feel like that at first, but after you get used to it, say. it's dead easy." "Pop," as his messmates call him, is one of the shell men aboard the Missouri who got into the habit of lifting a ton in course of the recent target practice of the ships of the Atlantic fleet in the harbor of Guantanamo, Cuba. Of course, the ton lifted was not in a solid bulk, for the several tons lifted almost daily by the Missouri's men were each cut up into twenty parts and were in the shape of 100-pound projectiles. These had to be lifted from the floor and placed in the breech of a 6 inch rifle. There are records to show that the feat was accomplished by "Pop" in twenty-eight seconds.		Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 20 May 1906, Image 18, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	84k	Members of Missouri's (BB-11) baseball team.		Photo courtesy of Manning Harvey III, QMCS(SS) USN,RET.
	143k	Posing in the galley of the Missouri (BB-11).		Photo courtesy of Manning Harvey III, QMCS(SS) USN,RET.
	1.20k	AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE Birds-eye View Showing Position of Fleet in Naval Review at Oyster Bay.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo & text by The Salt Lake Herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909, 04 September 1906, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.41k	SNUBBED SHIPS AND THEIR COMMANDER The Battleship Missouri (BB-11) Is Shown in the Top Picture, the Battleship Indiana (BB-1) in the Lower. Admiral Davis in Charge of the Squadron, is Shown in the Small Picture.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 January 1907, Last Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	592k	Circa 1907 photograph of US Navy battleships of the Maine, Virginia & Connecticut -classes & other units of the Atlantic fleet at a Naval Review off Old Point Comfort.		Photographed by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, courtesy of the Library of Congress & National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	NR	GREATEST AMERICAN FLEET EVER ASSEMBLED IN TIME OF PEACE OR WAR UNDER ONE COMMANDER Great Fighting Sea Monsters At Anchor in Hampton Roads for Spectacular Contrast of U S Engines of War With Foreign Countries Death - Dealing Machines and for Most Powerful and Terrible Peace Plea.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 April 1907, Magazine Section, Image 47, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Great White Fleet Cruise
	112k	Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route to be taken by the Atlantic Fleet's battleships and their associated Torpedo Flotilla, from their December 1907 departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia, until their planned arrival at San Francisco, California, in the spring of 1908. Text below the chart indicates that it was published in mid-December 1907.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106219. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
011557	1.45k	U. S. Naval display, Hampton Roads, Jamestown, Virginia. Postcard shows battleships in the Great White Fleet surrounded by smaller craft at Hampton, Virginia. Ships include the Georgia (BB-15), Maine (BB-10), Indiana (BB-1), Rhode Island (BB-17), New Jersey (BB-16), Virginia (BB-13), Ohio (BB-12), Minnesota (BB-22), Alabama (BB-8), Louisiana (BB-19), Iowa (BB-4), Tennessee (ACR-10), Connecticut (BB-18), Kearsarge (BB-5), Illinois (BB-7) and Kentucky (BB-6).		Photo & Copyright 1907 by W. N. Jennings, Phila., via Library of Congress. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-02684 (digital file from left half of original item) LC-DIG-ds-02744 (digital file from right half of original item)
011137	739k	Missouri (BB-11) is nearest in both photos, based on the location of the Presidential Yacht Mayflower (single stack at right) passing through the line of ships. This puts the date as Teddy Roosevelt's 16 December 1907 review of the fleet before it departed Hampton Roads. If the division is in order, the next forward ship should be Maine (BB-10) - regardless of order, it is certainly a Maine-class by the pattern of the aft superstructure, so it has to be either Maine or Ohio (BB-12). The distant battleship at right should be the flagship of the 2nd Squadron's Third Division, Minnesota (BB-22) and certainly appears to share all the traits of a Connecticut-class battleship, though this is a degree of speculation since the resolution is insufficient to say for absolute certain.		Image courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr via Evan Dwyer.
	15.4k	The "Great White Fleet" steaming in column, probably while departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of their cruise around the World, December 1907. Kansas (BB-21) is at left, followed by Vermont (BB-20).		USN photo # N-0000X-001 courtesy of navy.mil. Photographed by C.E. Waterman, Hampton, Va. via Bob Canchola
	64k	Eighteen-inch Torpedo (Whitehead type). On board a U.S. Navy battleship of the Indiana class (BB-1 / 3) or Maine class (BB-10 / 12), circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106066. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
	72k	"Hard-Hat" Diver descending from the stern of a launch alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908. Note the 6"/50 broadside gun mounted in the battleship's hull side. This ship is either Indiana class (BB-1 / 3) or Maine class (BB-10 / 12) or Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106072. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
	312k	Theodore Roosevelt and Champion Gun's Crew of Missouri (BB-11), 1908.		USNI photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
	68k	Captain Robert M. Doyle, Commanding Officer of the Missouri (BB-11) during the cruise of the "Great White Fleet" & from 1 May 1910 to 1 June 1911.		Digital ID: ggbain 15820, Source: Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
	2.43k	FIRST LEG OF THE PACIFIC FLEET VOYAGE COMPLETED BATTLE SHIP MISSOURI (BB-11)		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 12 January 1908, Third Part, Image 25, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	112k	Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 29 January 1907 departure from Trinidad until their arrival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 January 1908. It emphasizes the offshore course taken to avoid strong westerly currents off the northeastern coast of South America.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106221. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
	1.39k	U.S. Atlantic Fleet Battleships at Anchor. Painting by G. Dall'aros, 1908, depicting three battleships of the "Great White Fleet" in a Brazilian anchorage, January 1908. One of the battleships has a collier alongside. The Brazilian cruiser Almirante Tamandare is in the left foreground.		Courtesy of Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf, 1977. USN photo # NH 85503-KN courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
	2.12k	"Great White Fleet" Painting by John Charles Roach, 1984, depicting U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming at sea during their 1907-1909 World cruise.		USN photo # NH 95513-KN courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph via the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
	129k	Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the movements of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 8 February 1908 passage of the western part of the Straits of Magellan until their arrival at Callao, Peru, on 20 February 1908.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106227b. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis.
	185k	MAGDELENA BAY, WHERE THE FLEET ASSEMBLES FOR TARGET PRACTICE. INTENSE RIVALRY OF CREWS IN MAKING NEW RECORDS WITH THE BIG GUNS Seven inch gun drill aboard the Connecticut (BB-18) in Magdalena Bay, Mexico on 12 March 1908.		PDF Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo & text by The San Francisco Call.(San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 March 1908, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	507k	The fleet at San Diego, Calif., 5, May 1908. What looks like two Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships to the left; a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship in the center with what might be three other Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships in the immediate distance; two Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleships are on the right corner, behind them are the two Kearsarge class (BB-5 / 6) battleships and a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) or Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleship in the right corner of the photo.		Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33626,by W. D. Lambert; submitted by Tom Kermen.
	3.71k	United States fleet, San Francisco Bay.		Photo pan 6a33217 courtesy of loc.gov via Detroit Photographic Company.
	573k	Atlantic Fleet entering Golden Gate 6th May 1908.		Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33669, from the Panoramic View Co., Chas. Z. Bailey, Mgr., Los Angeles, Cal. submitted by Tom Kermen.
	192k	The "Great White Fleet" lies in San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. Nearest ship is an Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleship. Ahead of it are what appears to be two Maine class (BB-10 / 12) battleships.		Photo by Louis Bostwick, courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart.
	3.57k	In March of Sailors and Visit of Ships San Francisco Sees Hope of Larger Pacific Fleet This photograph shows one section of memorable army and navy parade as it appeared to the thousands of eager spectators on the mammoth grandstand on Van Ness avenue and to the other thousands; equally enthusiastic who filled the sidewalks and all but overflowed the curb. In the center of the picture is shown the marker of the battleship Missouri (BB-11). This crowd is a mere fraction of the multitude which viewed the big army and navy pageant and cheered Admiral Evans.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 08 May 1908, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	468k	Missouri (BB-11) in a California port, 1908. The photo is from a collection called "California Reception to the Fleet 1908.		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	161k	Stern view of the Missouri (BB-11) at Mare Island in May 1908 with Milwaukee (C-21) aft of her.		USN photo courtsey of Darryl L. Baker.
	155k	Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" on 17 May 1908 by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in Yorktown (PG-1), which is steaming toward the left in the right center of the image. Three destroyers are in the line nearest to the camera (from left to center), with either Hopkins (DD-6) or Hull (DD-7) in the center and Lawrence (DD-8) next astern. Eleven battleships are present, in the rows on the opposite side of Yorktown's course, and seven Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the most distant row.		Photo # NH 105310, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	104k	Post card welcoming the "Great White Fleet" to Australia, circa August-September 1908.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106181-KN. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
	81k	World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" 1907-09, Missouri (BB-11) in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in late August 1908.		Photo printed on a stereographic card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, and submitted by Warren McLean.
	901k	THE ATLANTIC FLEET OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY From Official Bulletin of Bureau of Navigation showing the Vessels off the Port of Callao practicing the Gridiron maneuver. This is considered by Naval authorities to be the most dangerous evolution in steam tactics and its improper execution caused the loss of HMS Victoria with 798 men in 1893. Picture faithfully represents the entire Fleet in official formation and vessels can be identified by numbers corresponding to table appended: First Divison 1. Connecticut (BB-18), Flagship, 2. Kansas (BB-21), 3. Vermont (BB-20), 4. Louisiana (BB-19), Second Division 5. Georgia (BB-15), Flagship, 6. New Jersey (BB-16), 7. Rhode Island (BB-17), 8. Virginia (BB-13), 18 Torpedo Flotilla Whipple (DD-15), Truxtun (DD-14), Lawrence (DD-8), Stewart (DD-13), Hopkins (DD-6) & Hull (DD-7) Third Division 9. Minnesota (BB-22), Flagship, 10. Ohio (BB-12), 11. Missouri (BB-11), 12. Maine (BB-10) 17. Yankton {Special Dispatch Tender} Fourth Division 13. Alabama (BB-8), Flagship 14. Illinois (BB-7), 15. Kearsarge (BB-5), 16. Kentucky (BB-6) 19. Auxiliaries Glacier, [refrigerating ship], Panther,[repair ship], Culgoa, [storeship] & Arethusa,[torpedo flotilla tender].		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 24 September 1908, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	100k	Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card features pictures of the Fleet's sixteen battleships, plus images of three Japanese ladies, plus flags and symbols of the United States and Japan.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106114-KN. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
	114k	Ship's officers pose on the quarterdeck with officers from the Japanese Armored Cruiser Nisshin, at Yokohama, Japan, 24 October 1908. Missouri (BB-11) was visiting Japan during the "Great White Fleet's" cruise around the World.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 82511.
	242k	Rowland, maternal grandfather of the contributor's photo, stands on the right on the foredeck of the battleship Missouri (BB-11) in 1908.		Photo courtesy of Don Cochrane.
	114k	Battleships of the Second Squadron, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, saluting during their visit to Amoy, China, circa 30 October - 5 November 1908. The U.S. Ships are anchored in line of Divisions, with the Third Division closest to the camera. Louisiana (BB-19), flagship of the Second Squadron and Third Division, is partially visible at the far right. Astern of her in the same line are Virginia (BB-13) (right center) and Missouri (BB-11) (left center). The Fourth Division is anchored just beyond the Third Division's line. Wisconsin (BB-9), Fourth Division flagship, is toward the right [between Virginia and Louisiana]. Astern of her (in no particular order) are Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). The four grey ships, in the most distant line, all appear to be Chinese cruisers.		Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # NH 106148. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
	71k	One of the Fleet's Sailors checking his funds, perhaps preparing to pay for a camel ride. Photographed at Ephesus in January 1909, when ships of the Fleet's Third Division, Louisiana (BB-19), Missouri (BB-11), Ohio (BB-12) & Virginia (BB-13) visited Turkey.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106136. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
	80k	Missouri (BB-11) with only one cage mast, circa post February 1909.		Photo from U.S. Warships of World War One, by P.H. Silverstone & submitted by Robert Hurst.
	992k	Missouri (BB-11) in the Hudson River for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 25 September - 9 October 1909.		Photo det 4a16082 courtesy of loc.gov via Detroit Photographic Company.
	805k	Panoramic view of battleships in the Hudson River for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 25 September - 9 October 1909.		Photo det pan 6a16597 courtesy of loc.gov via Detroit Photographic Company.
	63k	Signalmen posing with a lighted semaphore device on board the battleship, circa 1909.		Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN / Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 101537.
	67k	Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN. Poses with a steering wheel on Missouri (BB-11), circa 1909.		Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN / Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 101540.
	72k	Sailors and Marines of the ship's Rifle Team, posing with a trophy and Krag-Jorgensen rifles, circa 1909. Note Gun Pointer, First Class, and former-Naval Apprentice marks worn by the men kneeling in the center.		Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold, USN / Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 101539.
1910's
	NR	SOME BRILLIANT PLAYS IN FOOTBALL GAME FOR BATTLESHIP CHAMPIONSHIP YESTERDAY "Red" Magruda' Leads the Nebraska (BB-14) Eleven To Well Earned Victory over Missouri (BB-11).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 02 January 1910, Image 10, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	461k	Missouri (BB-11) leading group, NYNY., 3 October 1911.		National Archives Identifier: 45513315 Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-006. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	55k	Off New York City, 3 October 1911, during the naval review. Note: The original negative identifies this ship as Minnesota (BB-22), which it clearly is not.		Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 19-N-61-7-18.
	1.10k	Sailors from the battleships mob mixed in New York harbor for review by President Taft and Secretary of the Navy Meyer in a boat race. The crew from the Georgia (BB-15) is leading, the Virginia (BB-13) second and the Missouri (BB-11) third. A launch from the North Dakota (BB-29) is in the foreground.		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo by The Mathews Journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House] 1903-1937, 09 November 1911, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	United States Marines Going Aboard the Battleships in New York Extra consignments of marines from the Philadelphia and Brooklyn Navy Yards, happy at the outlook of a possibility of seeing active service, going aboard a navy tug to be taken aboard the waiting battleships Mississippi (BB-23), Missouri (BB-11), Minnesota (BB-22) and Ohio (BB-12), in the middle of the Hudson River, 25 May. As soon as loaded with extra provisions and munitions of war, the vessels were ordered under full steam to proceed to Hampton Roads, where Rear-Admiral Osterhaus will take command of them and other warships of the Atlantic fleet, and under confidential orders proceed to Key West, Florida, to await further orders, depending entirely upon developments in the negro revolt in Cuba.		Image and text provided by Indiana State Library. Photo from The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram. (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 28 May 1912, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Various Views of the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson
012173m	4.51k	Mobilization of Atlantic Fleet at New York, 12 - 15 October 1912.		Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
012173	1.36k	U.S. Battleship Fleet during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson. The nearest ship half visible on the right is the New Hampshire (BB-25) based on the distinctive half-cased stacks. The two sister ships behind her are not clear enough to specifically ID. The fourth ship is one of the Mississippi class, but again, not clear enough to ID.		Photo i.d. via Richard M. Jensen. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
012173d	1.38k	Small boats join during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson.		Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
	NR	SCENE OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY WHEN FLEET AND SHORE WERE ILLUMINATED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF FLAMING ELECTRIC BULBS NEW YORK, Oct. 16—Pen cannot describe and even photography is inadequate in depicting the splendor of the scene at night during the visit of the fleet to this city. Thousands and thousands of electric lights were hung along Riverside drive, which parallels the Hudson river for miles, and all of the vessels in the fleet were outlined by lines of gleaming lamps. In the accompanying picture the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument appears in the foreground with the curved line of Riverside drive at the left. Several battleships are shown in the river, with the lights on the New Jersey shore in the distance.		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Photo by The Democratic Banner.(Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 18 October 1912, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	891k	Missouri (BB-11) at New York Navy Yard.		National Archives Identifier: 45512853 Local Identifier: 165-WW-335A-072 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	162k	Commander Charles Francis Preston was the commanding officer of the battleship Missouri (BB-11) in 1914 from March to September.		Photo courtesy of the USNA Alumni Association via Bill Gonyo.
	805k	Navy yard at night, showing the Missouri (BB-11) and the Idaho (BB-24) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.		Photo courtesy of ebay.
Mid- Late 19 Teens / Early 20's
	9.43k	Circa mid April 1915 panoramic photograph (looking west) of the Norfolk Navy Yard from the South Norfolk side of the river. Identified in the photograph are (left to right) two captured German raiders, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich, then, the super structure of a battleship {I believe Maine class (BB 10 / 12)}, two naval supply ships {I believe they are Proteus-class colliers}, and one more naval supply ship, {Neptune (AC-8) clearly marked} with two additional battleships {Delaware class (BB 28 / 29)} docked near it. On the far right side is Saint Helena Training Station in the Berkley section of Norfolk, Virginia.		Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.)
	250k	OUTLINED AGAINST A CURTAIN OF DARKNESS A fleet of destroyers and torpedo-boats has now arrived at New York to join the heavy ships of the line. Altogether, about 50 vessels will be assembled when the ceremonies began next Monday. It is promised that the strained international relations will have no effect on the parade.		Photo by International News Service. Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo & text by Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.] 1914-1942, 13 May 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	539k	"Ships of the Atlantic Fleet playing their searchlights at night along the Hudson River."		USN photo by Underwood & Underwood, text courtesy of N.Y. Times 16 May 1915, Page 1, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
	311k	FIRST BATTLESHIP TO PASS THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL. The Missouri (BB-11) as Flagship is leading a squadron, consisting also of Ohio (BB-12) and Wisconsin (BB-9), which is carrying the cadets of the Naval Academy at Annapolis to the Panama-Pacific Exposition. This picture was made while the Missouri was in the west chamber between Cucaracha Slide and Pedro Miguel Locks, the most dangerous section of canal because of slides.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo by The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 08 August 1915, FOURTH SECTION PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Image 35. Inserts text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR. & Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by East Oregonian E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.) 1888-current, 28 July 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1, & New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 24 July 1915, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	127	16 July 1915, in the Panama canal, Miraflores Locks.		USNI/USN photo.
	969k	Missouri (BB-11) passing between Gold Hill and Contractor's Hill, Looking south, 16 July 1915. Note the ladies on the stern of the ship.		Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.
	987k	Missouri (BB-11) passing Cucaracha Slide. Looking North, 16 July 1915.		Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.
	614k	Two Missouri's (BB-11) in the Panama Canal on 16 July 1915. One reflects on the other.		Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.
	534k	Missouri (BB-11) passing a point just north of Gold Hill, looking north, 16 July 1915.		Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.
	1.10k	In the Panama Canal, approaching the Chagres River railroad crossing, 16 July 1915. View looks north, with Ohio (BB-12) and Wisconsin (BB-9) in the background.		Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.
	4.19k	United States Battleship Missouri (BB-11), Followed by the Battleships Ohio (BB-12) and Wisconsin (BB-9), Passing Through the Panama Canal Bound for San Francisco, Marking the First Time in History When American Warships Have Passed from the Atlantic-to the Pacific Coasts Without First Rounding the Continent of South America.		Photo by American Press Assn.. Text courtesy of the N.Y. Times, 1 August 1915, Page 3, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
	387k	WESTWARD HO! The battleship Missouri (BB-11) in the Panama Canal. Your Uncle Sam built both of them.		Photo courtesy International News Service. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 1 August 1915, Image 51 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	375k	MIDSHIPMEN FROM ANNAPOLIS LAND ON PIER AT SAN DIEGO AFTER VOYAGE THROUGH THE CANAL The battleships Ohio (BB-12) and Missouri (BB-11) recently took these budding naval officers by way of Panama to Pacific coast, where they will visit Expositions. They were addressed by ex-President Roosevelt when at San Diego. The middies, being a rare sight in the West, have attracted much attention.		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.] 1914-1942, 17 August 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	986k	Missouri (BB-11), at left, and Ohio (BB-12) in the lower chambers of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 31 August, 1915. View looks north, with Wisconsin (BB-9) in the distance. There is an obvious error in the caption. The photo is looking south toward the Pacific.		Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.Text i.d. courtesy of Ron Armstrong & Vicente Pascua.
	510k	Missouri (BB-11) operating as a training ship, circa 1917. The next ship astern is probably Maine (BB-10).		Text courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 45915. US National Archives photo # 80G-1035067 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
	585k	Upon the entry of the United Stated into World War I, Missouri (BB-11) recommissioned 23 April 1917, joined the Atlantic Fleet at Yorktown, Va., and operated as a training ship in the Chesapeake Bay area. On 26 August 1917 Rear Adm. Hugh Rodman broke his flag in Missouri as Commander, Division 2, Atlantic Fleet, and the warship continued to train thousands of recruits in engineering and gunnery. In this photo, a 2 star flag is flying from her rear mast (most likely Adm. Rodman).		Text I.d. courtesy of DANFS. Insert image courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. National Archives Identifier: 45512775 Local Identifier: 165-WW-335A-37. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	691k	A Virginia class (BB-13/17) battleship trails the Missouri (BB-11).		National Archives Identifier: 45512777 Local Identifier: 165-WW-335A-38. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	131k	General arrangement plans of the ship's Bridge Deck and Bridges, Upper Deck, Main Deck and Berth Deck, circa 1918. Some of her Main Deck 6"/50 caliber broadside guns have been removed, though the locations of the remaining guns are not consistent with those seen in the contemporary photograph 19-N-13078. The original drawing is plan number 64-7-11 in the National Archives' Record Group 19.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 76645.
	102k	View of the ship's forecastle, seen from her foremast top, showing 12-inch shells on deck being prepared for target practice, circa 1918. The battleship's forward 12"/40 gun turret is also seen.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 63332.
	101k	Commander James Joseph Raby was the commanding officer of the battleship Missouri (BB-11) in 1918 to 1919.		USN photo courtesy of James Carr via Bill Gonyo.
	105k	View of the ship's forefoot, showing the paravane skeg attached below her ram bow. Taken in drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 27 October 1918.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 60234.
	103k	In drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 27 October 1918, showing the paravane skeg attached to her forefoot.		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 45918
	NR	The Ohio (BB-12) is at the lower bottom. The Missouri (BB-11) is probably in the upper right.		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.] 1914-1942, 12 December 1918, Final, Image 22 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
014156	1.18k	RETURN OF THE VICTORY FLEET TO NEW YORK CITY. The Mississippi (BB-41), New Mexico (BB-40) & Missouri (BB-11) (turning) with other battleships trailing on 23 December 1918.		Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45513380 Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-38. Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
011138	1.98k	RETURNING FLEET ACCLAIMED BY AMERICA IN HUDSON RIVER REVEIW.... The Missouri (BB-11) in the foreground. December 1918.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45513358. Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-27 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
011115	3.31k	VANGUARD OF U.S. FLEET ARRIVES AT NEW YORK FOR NAVAL REVEIW.... The Missouri (BB-11) & Maine (BB-10) are in the background. December 1918.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood. National Archives Identifier: 45513431. Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-62 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.50k	The American Battleship Missouri (BB-11) arriving in Hoboken with 2,250 homecoming troops on board. Including the 106th Machine Gun Company with the 27th Division when it went through the Hindenburg Line. Red Cross women at left nearest the river's bank are waiting for ship to dock so as to distribute delicacies to the men; a regimental band playing "Hail, Hail, The Gangs All Here; and shows the men getting their first eyeful, at rail of the ship, of the New York and the skyline of the city with the Metropolitan tower in bold relief against the eastern sky.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 23 March 1919, Page 3, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Insert image provided by: National Archives Identifier: 26433611 Local Identifier: 165-WW-138A-119 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	3.46k	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, circa 1919. Very congested basin and the lack of a clearer view makes identifying vessels a challenge. In the distance, beyond Kearsarge's (BB-5) mainmast, is the Alabama (BB-8). Also, the BB hidden behind Kentucky (BB-6) is likely the Maine (BB-10), based on the two circular control tops on her masts, but I can't see enough other details to confirm it. At the left side of the photo, on the near side of the basin, Ohio (BB-12) is next to the pier with St Louis (C-20) outboard of her. To the right we have Kearsarge closer to the camera with Illinois (BB-7) beyond. Immediately aft of these two is Wisconsin (BB-9). Behind Wisconsin are Connecticut (BB-18) on the right and Louisiana (BB-19) as the next ship to the left.		Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Richard Jensen. Photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
	69k	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; Michigan (BB-27); and Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): Maine (BB-10); Kentucky (BB-6); Kearsarge (BB-5); Indiana (BB-1); Massachusetts (BB-2); Iowa (BB-4); Wisconsin (BB-9); and Illinois (BB-7).		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 42525.
011117a	NR	Gets Medal of Honor At While House 17 Years After Saving Battleship For the first time in history, the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor, was awarded at the White House to Robert E. Cox, a chief gunner in the navy. The ceremony took place seventeen years to the day from the time Cox, whose home is in Belmont, Pa., saved the battleship Missouri (BB-11) from destruction. After an explosion in a turret had ignited powder in an adjoining handing room, Cox flooded the after magazine at the risk of his life. Thirty men were killed in the accident. Cox, a warrant officer, was debarred from receiving the medal of honor by the law providing for it's award only to enlisted men. In February special legislation was enacted permitting an exception to be made in Cox's case. President Harding  presented the medal personally.		Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo by The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 23 April 1921, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	How Uncle Sam's great fighting ships are being scrapped. This photograph shows holes burned through the thirteen-inch puns of the battleship Missouri (BB-11), making the weapons impossible for further use.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star.[volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 22 April 1922, Image 13, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Turning Uncle Sam's Sea Fighters into Plowshares. Scene at Philadelphia where Henry A. Hitner sons are scrapping the one-time prides of the United States Navy - a task made necessary by the Limitation of Armament Treaty. The battleships are: left to right - Missouri (BB-11), Maine (BB-10), Wisconsin (BB-9) and Kentucky (BB-6).		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.] 1866-1924, 29 July 1922, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	DISMANTLING THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI (BB-11). The crane is lifting a portion of one of the conning towers the old naval craft, at the Henry A. Hitner Sons & company plant in Kensington. A workman is using an acetylene torch on the side of the boat.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.] 1914-1942, 13 October 1922, Night Extra, Image 40, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	851k	Paying their last tribute to the Missouri (BB-11). Schoolgirls of the Saybrook School, Overbrook, gathered on the deck of the old battleship, new being scrapped at Bridesburg, on the Delaware.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo by Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia [Pa.] 1914-1942, 24 November 1922, Night Extra, Image 40, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
011104d	NR	The Postman Rang Twice The postman stopped twice at the modest home of Mrs. Sadie Leslie Monssen in Brooklyn, N. Y. First he left a letter which said the Government will name a destroyer in honor of her late husband, Lt. Mons Monssen, who died in 1930. Lt. Monssen won the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1904 for saving the battleship Missouri (BB-11) when fire bit toward her powder magazine. The postman called again and left another letter. This one said the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. will foreclose on her home. Mrs. Monssen is shown looking at a photograph of her late husband.		Copyright, A. P Wirephoto. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo by Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 10 June 1938, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	371k	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 December 1991.		USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
	950k	Silver Service from Missouri (BB-11) at the Salute to the Virginia class nuclear attack submarine Missouri (SSN-780) on the Missouri Gala, 30 July, 2010.		Photo courtesy of Edward S. Gray, Secretary, Missouri (SSN-780) Commissioning Committee.
	787k	All the Missouri's appear here as SAR Charles Lily presents this special painting at the Salute to the Missouri Gala, 30 July, 2010.		Photo courtesy of Edward S. Gray, Secretary, Missouri (SSN-780) Commissioning Committee.

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Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Cowles, William Sheffield, USN (USNA 1867)	01.12.1903 - 20.11.1905
02	CAPT. Pendleton, Edwin Conway, USN (USNA 1867)	20.11.1905 - 29.12.1906
03	CAPT. Merriam, Greenlief Augustus, USN (USNA 1870)	29.12.1906 - 01.06.1907
04	CDR. Doyle, Robert Morris, USN (USNA 1875)	01.06.1907 - 10.10.1909 & 5/10 - 6/11
05	CAPT. Benson, William Shepherd, USN (USNA 1877) :ADM	10.10.1909 - 23.12.1909
06	CAPT. Rush, William Rees, USN (USNA 1877)	23.12.1909 - 11.04.1910
07	CDR. Plunkett, Charles Peshall, USN (USNA 1884) :RADM	11.04.1910 - 01.05.1910
	In Reserve	01.05.1910 - 24.12.1910
08	CDR. Morgan, Casey Bruce, (O-in-Ch) USN (USNA 1888) :RADM	24.12.1910 - 09.03.1911
09	CAPT. Chapin, Frederick Lincoln, USN (USNA 1883)	09.03.1911 - 09.06.1912
	Decommissioned	09.06.1912 - 26.05.1913
10	CDR. Sypher, Jay Hale, USN (USNA 1891)	26.05.1913 - 04.08.1913
11	CAPT. Bassett Jr., Frederic Brewster, USN (USNA 1888) :RADM	04.08.1913 - 16.03.1914
12	CDR. Preston, Charles Francis, USN (USNA 1891)	16.03.1914 - 30.09.1914
13	LT. Wolleson, Edwin Armin, USN (USNA 1906)	30.09.1914 - 02.12.1914 also BB-7
	Decommissioned	02.12.1914 - 07.01.1915
14	LT. McCracken, John James, USN (USNA 1904)	07.01.1915 - 03.04.1915
	In Ordinary	03.04.1915 - 10.04.1915
15	LCDR. Courtney, Charles Edward, USN (USNA 1899) :RADM	10.04.1915 - 16.04.1915
16	LT. Morrison, Charles Henry, USN (USNA 1909)	16.04.1915 - 08.05.1915
17	CDR. Preston, Charles Francis, USN (USNA 1891)	08.05.1915 18.10.1915
	Decommissioned	18.10.1915 - 10.12.1915
18	LT. Henderson, Robert, (O-in-Ch) USN (USNA 1902)	10.12.1915 - 02.01.1916
19	LT. Morrison, Charles Henry, USN (USNA 1909)	02.01.1916 - 02.05.1916
20	CDR. Hough, Henry Hughes, USN (USNA 1891) :RADM	02.05.1916 - 08.09.1916
21	LT. Jacobs, Walter Frederick, USN (USNA 1906)	08.09.1916 - 02.10.1916
	Decommissioned	02.10.1916 - 23.04.1917
22	CDR. Dowling, Otto Carl, USN (USNA 1902)	23.04.1917 - 15.07.1918
23	CDR. Raby, James Joseph, USN (USNA 1895) :RADM	15.07.1918 - 05.01.1919
24	CAPT. Murfin, Orin Gould, USN (USNA 1897) :ADM	05.01.1919 - 08.09.1919

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Additional Missouri Images
5 General Views Of Missouri From The Library Of Congress Server.

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USS MISSOURI BB-11 History
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