Vessels from various times and places, mostly U.S. Navy.
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U.S.S. San Francisco (C-5, later CM-2), in commission 1890 to 1921. San Francisco was a protected cruiser, meaning only critical compartments and gun sponsons were armored.
Protected cruiser; Spanish American War; Great War; World War I; Vera Cruz
U.S.S. Puritan in dry dock at Portsmouth, Virginia, ca. 1908-09. Note the not-so-subtle jab at William Howard Taft’s weight…
Monitor; dry dock; humor
U.S.S. Delaware, ca. 1910-15.
Battleship; dreadnaught; turret; rangefinder
Souvenir pennant for U.S.S. New York (BB-34), ca. 1914.
Battleship; dreadnaught
U.S. troop convoy, 1918-19. Note the dazzle camouflage on the transport vessels.
Convoy; razzle-dazzle; dazzle camouflage; Great War; World War I