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West Virginia(Armored Cruiser No. 5),
Maryland
(Armored Cruiser No. 8), and Charleston
(Cruiser No. 22) under construction Newport News
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, circa
1904-1905. |
Michael Mohl |
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From right to left - Charleston
(Cruiser No. 22), West Virginia (Armored
Cruiser No. 5) and Maryland
(Armored Cruiser No. 8), under construction at
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA,
circa 1904-1905. Note that Charleston's guns
have not yet been installed and the coaling barge along side. |
Michael Mohl |
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A postcard showing West Virginia
moored in San Diego Harbor, date unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Starboard broadside image of the USS West Virginia (Armored
Cruiser No. 5) at anchor ca. 1905 at an unknown location.
Library of Congress, LC-D4-21845
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Mike Green |
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Photo Caption:
"A FLOCK OF UNCLE SAM'S PEACE DOVES AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD
The work of preparing the warships for their 13,000-mile voyage
into the Pacific, and of keeping of all other vessels in the
highest state of efficiency, is being prosecuted with all
possible dispatch at all of the United States Naval Stations."
In the photo - Battleship INDIANA
(upper left), Armored Cruiser PENNSYLVANIA
(middle left), Armored Cruiser COLORADO
(top center), Battleship ALABAMA
(Center), Armored Cruiser MARYLAND
(left), and Armored Cruiser WEST VIRGINIA (foreground).
Library of Congress Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-66021
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Tom Kermen |
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Moored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 20 October 1906, just prior
to sailing to join the Asiatic Squadron. Note that while the
National Ensign hangs at the stern, there is no Jack on the
Jackstaff.
NARA Archives photo #6880355
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Daniel Hacker |
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Illustration of the United States cruiser West Virginia appeared after page 30 in the 1906 edition of Brassey's Naval Annual. William Frederick Mitchell (1845-1914). This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
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Robert Hurst |
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3.1m |
News article about a "the Big Four" cruiser squadron
visit from the 17 September 1907 edition of the Hawaiian Gazette. |
Michael Mohl |
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Stereoview of USS West Virginia dated 19
December 1907. |
Tommy R. Trampp |
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USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser No. 5)
date and place unknown. This photo from a collection called
"California's Reception to the Fleet 1908". |
Darryl Baker |
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At anchor, circa 1908. She is flying a Rear
Admiral's flag from her mainmast peak, and carries her name in
large letters above her pilothouse.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 43749.
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Naval Historical Center |
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USS
Stewart (Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 13) underway in
Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii Territory, circa 1908. Large ships in the
background are USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser No. 5),
at left, and USS Maryland (Armored
Cruiser No. 8). Note the "Carbon Velox" marking,
identifying the type of Kodak photographic paper used.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farneholt, USN (Medical Corps),
1932.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 60326.
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Naval Historical Center |
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The USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser No. 5) arrives
at Mare Island in May 1908. The USS
Ohio (BB 12) is in the foreground to the right.
U.S. Navy Photograph
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Darryl Baker |
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USS West Virginia shown prior to installation
of cage mast at Mare Island in 1910. Actual date and placed
unknown. |
Darryl L. Baker |
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USS West Virginia shown at Mare Island on 22
October 1910 after installation of caged masts. |
Darryl L. Baker |
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The USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser No. 5)
dry-docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard circa 1914.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo
#1998.120.001
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Mike Green |
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Pitching her forefoot out of the water while
steaming through heavy seas, circa 1916. Note the water streaming
from her hull gun casemates and top of her side armor.
Photographed by Wilkinson. Collection of Chief Warrant Officer
J.B. Dofflemeyer, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 83128.
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Naval Historical Center |
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In a harbor, probably on the Pacific Coast, circa
1916. This ship was renamed Huntington in November of that year.
The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92173.
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Naval Historical Center |
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Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1916, Acapulco, Mexico.
This is an interesting item as the ship had been renamed Huntington
on 11 November 1916 |
Gary Molitor |
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Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1916, Acapulco, Mexico.
This is an interesting item as the ship had been renamed Huntington
on 11 November 1916 |
Gary Molitor |
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Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1916, Acapulco, Mexico.
This is an interesting item as the ship had been renamed Huntington
on 11 November 1916 |
Gary Molitor |
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USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser No. 5)
anchored at Pensacola, FL in 1917, putting aloft a rather
under-inflated Kite balloon. Note the long stabilizing tail on the
balloon. |
Robert Hurst |
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Seaplane on catapult of USS Huntington during summer of
1917 in vicinity of Pensacola, FL
Photo courtesy of: State Archives of Florida
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CTRC Donald J. "Wag" Wagner, USN (Ret.) |
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Martin Thomas seaplane on fire on the ship's catapult, 7 June
1917. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington,
D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103800.
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Robert Hurst |
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A free balloon operating from the armored cruiser
USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser No. 5) on 23 June 1917
off Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida. The ship is
engaging in early experiments with launching and retrieving
balloons aboard ship.
US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation
Museum, Photo #1988.120.001.001
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Mike Green |
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Seen here on 25 June 1917, good overhead showing the
experimental catapult she tested. |
USN |
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Catapulting a Curtiss "F" type flying boat while underway, 25
June 1917.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 44221-A.
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Naval Historical Center |
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Caption "An American Armored Cruiser in service to
convoy transports. There are several cruisers of the is type among
our earlier war vessels. Some of them have been fitted up as
mother ships to seaplanes, with a runway and a catapult for
sending the planes off into the air. When a seaplane comes back
from a flight, it is lifted aboard by a derrick. Cruisers like
this have been active in convoying transports to Europe, as
quickness in maneuvering makes them especially adapted to fighting
submarines." |
Colin P. Varga - PAHRC |
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Underway at sea while escorting a troopship convoy
in 1918. She is painted in pattern camouflage. Donation of John
Shaw, via Captain Jules James, USN, 1939.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 44910.
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Naval Historical Center |
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Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1918, while the
ship was painted in pattern camouflage.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 41797.
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Robert Hurst |
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Underway at sea, 1918. Probably photographed from USS
Mercury (ID # 3012). Note her pattern camouflage, large
wave breaking over her bow and coal smoke issuing from her
funnels. Courtesy of James Russell, 1980.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103792.
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Robert Hurst |
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Underway at sea, 1918. Probably photographed from USS
Mercury (ID # 3012). Note her pattern camouflage. Courtesy
of James Russell, 1980.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103793.
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Robert Hurst |
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Steaming with a troopship convoy, 1918. Though identified on
the original print as USS
Frederick (Armored Cruiser No. 8), the camouflage
pattern worn by this ship marks her as Huntington. Collection of
George K. Beach.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103848.
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Robert Hurst |
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In a harbor in 1918. Note her pattern camouflage, and that of
the two freighters in the right and left distance. Collection of
Arthur J. Rozett.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 103797.
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Robert Hurst |
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Port View, 1919. Showing cage masts installed 1911
and catapult removed. |
Larry Bonn |
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The USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser No. 5)
is seen in a 1919 photo, loaded with troops being returned home to
the United States. |
USN |
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"Bucking the big ones": steaming through heavy seas
while transporting troops home from France, 1919. Courtesy of
Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 46895.
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Naval Historical Center |
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The Spray Line: Troops (with blanket rolls) on the ship's after
deck, en route from Europe to the United States, 11 March 1919.
Photographed by S & H (probably Sponagle & Haynie). The
original image was printed on postal card (AZO) stock. Its
reverse side bears the following hand written note: O.E. Coventy
came home on this boat. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 104124.
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Robert Hurst |
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Raised bow view, port side of the S-2
(SS 106) at her dock trials at the Navy Yard,
Portsmouth New Hampshire, June 4th, 1921. The S-10
(SS 115) is pictured inboard. Further inboard is the
armored cruiser Huntington (CA 5). She had been
decommissioned on 1 Sept. 1920.
US Navy photo # 19-N-7607, from the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
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Daniel Dunham |
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The cruisers, ex-USS
St. Louis (CA 18) and ex-USS Huntington
(CA 5), on 8 August 1930, after long and honorable
careers, go on the auction block. The ships are moored in the
back channel at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and are waiting to be
transferred to the highest bidder, with bids having been
received by the Navy on the previous day.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection,
ID No. P563125B.
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Mike Green |
