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USS WEST VIRGINIA/HUNTINGTON (Armored Cruiser No. 5/CA 5)


   

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: Nan - William - George

(Courtesy of John Spivey)


CLASS - PENNSYLVANIA
Displacement 13,680 Tons, Dimensions, 503' 11" (oa) x 69' 7" x 26' 6" (Max)
Armament 4 x 8"/40, 14 x 6"/50 18 x 3"/50, 12 x 3pdr, 2 x 1pdr, 2 x 18" tt.
Armor, 6" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 4" Deck, 9" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 23,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 22 Knots, Crew 830.
Operational and Building Data
Launched 18 April 1903 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA
Commissioned 23 FEB 1905
Renamed Huntington 11 NOV 1916
Reclassified CA 5 in 1920
Decommissioned 1 SEP 1920
Stricken 12 MAR 1930
Fate: Sold for scrap 30 AUG 1930
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Mexican Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal w/ESCORT Clasp
Update provided by J. Eric Drummer

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Size Image Description Contributed
By And/Or Copyright
Frederick
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5.75m 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
Frederick
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4.25m 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
West Virginia
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254k A postcard showing West Virginia moored in San Diego Harbor, date unknown. Tommy Trampp
West Virginia
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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

Mike Green
Pittsburgh
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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

Tom Kermen
West Virginia
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585k

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

Daniel Hacker
West Virginia
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585k 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. 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

Huntington
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Huntington
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Stereoview of USS West Virginia dated 19 December 1907. Tommy R. Trampp
Huntington
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233k 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
Huntington 72k 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.

Naval Historical Center
Frederick
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63k 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.

Naval Historical Center
Huntington
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198k

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

Darryl Baker
Huntington 78k USS West Virginia shown prior to installation of cage mast at Mare Island in 1910. Actual date and placed unknown. Darryl L. Baker
Huntington 152k USS West Virginia shown at Mare Island on 22 October 1910 after installation of caged masts. Darryl L. Baker
Huntington
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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

Mike Green
Huntington
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59k 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.

Naval Historical Center
Huntington
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61k 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.

Naval Historical Center
Huntington
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643k Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1916, Acapulco, Mexico. This is an interesting item as the ship had been renamed Huntington on 11 November 1916 Gary Molitor
Huntington
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166k Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1916, Acapulco, Mexico. This is an interesting item as the ship had been renamed Huntington on 11 November 1916 Gary Molitor
Huntington
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92k Thanksgiving Dinner Menu 1916, Acapulco, Mexico. This is an interesting item as the ship had been renamed Huntington on 11 November 1916 Gary Molitor
Huntington
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78k 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
Huntington
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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

CTRC Donald J. "Wag" Wagner, USN (Ret.)
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington
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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

Mike Green
Huntington 221k Seen here on 25 June 1917, good overhead showing the experimental catapult she tested. USN
Huntington
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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.

Naval Historical Center
Huntington 187k 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
Huntington
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46k 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.

Naval Historical Center
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington 125k Port View, 1919. Showing cage masts installed 1911 and catapult removed. Larry Bonn
Huntington 28k The USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser No. 5) is seen in a 1919 photo, loaded with troops being returned home to the United States. USN
Huntington
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63k "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.

Naval Historical Center
Huntington
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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.

Robert Hurst
Huntington
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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)

Daniel Dunham
Raleigh
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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.

Mike Green

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Arnold, Conway Hillyer, CAPT 1867   02/23/1905 - 03/28/1907
Milton, John Brown, CAPT 1870 RADM 03/28/1907 - 12/22/1907
McCracken, Alex, CAPT 1870   12/23/1907
Orchard, John Madison, CAPT 1877   07/06/1909
Halstead, Alexander Seaman, CAPT 1883 RADM 08/04/1911 - 1912
Williams, Hilary, LCDR 1897   07/18/1912 - 11/26/1913
Evans, Waldo, CDR 1891   11/26/1913 - 04/25/1914
McKean, Josiah Slutts, CAPT 1894 RADM 04/25/1914 - 01/06/1915
Boyd Jr., David French, LCDR 1897   01/06/1915 - 06/05/1915
Campbell, Edward Hale, LT 1893 VADM 06/05/1915 - 07/14/1915
Atkins, Arthur Kennedy, LT 1905   07/14/1915 - 11/05/1915
Loomis, Sam Colby, LT 1903   11/05/1915 - 04/10/1916
Bradshaw, George Brown, CDR 1889   04/10/1916 - 06/02/1916
Greetham, William Donaldson, LT USN   06/02/1916 - 07/22/1916
Sargent, Leonard Rundlett, LCDR 1897   07/22/1916 - 08/06/1917
Kellogg, Edward Stanley, CAPT 1892   08/06/1917 - 10/28/1918
McCauley Jr., Edward, CAPT 1896   10/28/1918 - 07/10/1920
James, Jules, CDR 1906   07/10/1920 - 09/01/1920

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS WEST VIRGINIA/HUNTINGTON (Armored Cruiser No. 5/CA 5) History
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