User contributions
17 August 2015
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File:CV-1 May1921 NorfolkNS NAN12-70.jpg
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The USS Langley (CV-1) under conversion from a collier to an aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Virginia, USA) in May 1921. (current)
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File:Collier 3. Starboard bow, 10-16-1913 - NARA - 512992.jpg
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Jupiter. Collier 3. Starboard bow (current)
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File:USS Langley 43-1193M.jpg
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USS Langley with aircraft on deck (current)
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Ship:PASB018 Iowa 1944
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Ship:PASB018 Iowa 1944
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Ship:PASB017 Montana 1945
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added historical photos
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Ship:PASB017 Montana 1945
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File:USS Montana (BB-67) Stern.jpg
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Photograph of the stern section of a model of a Montana class battleship. Aircraft launch and recovery equipment can be seen on the back of the ship. Model photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 26 November 1941. It represents the ship with details so... (current)
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File:USS Iowa (BB-61) Oerlikon 20mm AA gun mount.jpg
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Bow 20mm Oerlikon mounts performing anti-aircraft practice on USS Iowa (BB 61) in May 1943. Official US Navy Photo from the collection of the National Archives. (80-G-K-16469) (current)
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File:Montana-Klasse Modell.jpg
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Montana-Class Model (current)
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File:USS Montana line drawing.jpg
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line drawing of Montana class battleship (current)
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Ship:PASB018 Iowa 1944
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added historical images
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File:USS Illinois BB-65.jpg
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USS Illinois under construction, about 12% complete. US Navy photo (current)
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File:USS New Jersey.jpg
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Bombarding enemy targets near Tuyho, on South Vietnam's central coast, during her last line period, late in March 1969.
Removed caption read: Photo # NH 90639 USS New Jersey bombarding, off Vietnam, 1969 (current)
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File:USS Missouri (BB-63) arrives in Pearl Harbor.jpg
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People gather on the beach to see the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) enter the channel into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on June 22, 1998. Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton signed the Donation Agreement on May 4th, allowing Missouri to be used as a museum... (current)
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File:USS New Jersey BB-62 salvo Jan 1953.jpeg
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The U.S. Navy battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) fires a nine gun salvo of 40.6 cm into a target Kaesong, Korea on 1 January 1953. (current)
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File:Iowa class aircraft carrier.jpeg
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"Aircraft Carrier, Converted from BB 61-66 Class"
Preliminary design plan prepared for the General Board as part of an exploration of carrier conversions of warship hulls then under construction. This plan, dated June 1942, represents the conversion o... (current)
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File:USS New Jersey engine room controls.jpeg
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A crewman operates the ship's throttle in the main engine room aboard the USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62). Behind him is the engine oil inspection station. The NEW JERSEY, after recently completing renovation and modernization, is undergoing sea trials prior to... (current)
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File:Uss iowa bb-61 pr.jpeg
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USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of her nine 16″/50 and six 5″/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico (21°N 65°W). Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil. (current)
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16 August 2015
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Ship:PASB012 North Carolina 1945
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File:USS Washington (BB-56) in Puget Sound, 10 September 1945.jpeg
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USS Washington (BB-56) running post-overhaul trials in Puget Sound, Washington, on 10 September 1945. (current)
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File:USS Washington (BB-56) damaged after her 1 Feb. 1944 collision with USS Indiana (BB-58).jpeg
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USS Washington (BB-56) underway with a collapsed bow, after colliding with USS Indiana (BB-58) during the Marshalls Operation, 1 February 1944. (current)
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File:King George VI inspects the crew of USS Washington (BB-56), June 1942.jpeg
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King George VI inspects the crew of USS Washington (BB-56), 7 June 1942. Note Vought OS2U floatplane on the ship's starboard catapult. (current)
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File:USS Washington (BB-56) launching ceremony, 1 June 1940.jpeg
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The beginning of the launching ceremony for the first battleship built in the U.S. in almost twenty years, crowds gather around the Washington (BB-56) at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard on 1 June 1940. She is the 1st battleship built and launched by t... (current)
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File:North carolina fireworks.jpeg
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Fireworks illuminate the skies over battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55) capping week long celebrations surrounding the commissioning the newest Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN-777) on 3 May 2009. (Text from www.navsour... (current)
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File:Torpedo damage on USS North Carolina (BB-55), .October 1942.jpeg
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Portside damage from Japanese submarine I-15 torpedo (21-inch/oxygen propelled). Photo taken 11 Oct. 1942 at Pearl Harbor where permanent repairs were done. (current)
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File:USS North Carolina Fit out NARA 1941-04-17.jpeg
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Caption: BB-55 Brooklyn Navy Yard NY, tied up at pier. date:1941-04-17 (current)
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File:USS Washington (BB-56) turret installation.jpeg
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"Finally, a tremendous turret, machined from start in the Turret Shop and carried to the ship by barge, is swung into place." (current)
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File:No.2 machinery space of USS North Carolina (BB-55) during construction.jpeg
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Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY - View of no.2 machinery space looking starboard, showing no.4 boiler immediately after landing in ship. (current)
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File:USS Washington (BB-56) tower foremast view.jpeg
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Detail shot of the tower foremast taken 18 August 1942 at New York Navy Yard just prior to her transfer to the Pacific. Of notable interest is the location of the surface search radar SG unit on the forward face of the tower. (current)
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File:16in Gun Turret.jpeg
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"The 16-inch gun mounts, known as turrets, occupied five levels of the ship. Three turrets were constructed on the North Carolina, two on the bow and one behind the superstructure, each with three big cannons. More than 150 men were required to keep ea... (current)
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File:North Carolina class scheme XVI.jpeg
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"Scheme XVI, the design actually chosen. Note the single funnel and the mixed secondary battery of single and twin 5in/38 mounts." Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p.... (current)
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15 August 2015
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File:North Carolina class scheme VII.jpeg
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"Scheme VII, a slow battleship: 640 feet, 22 knots, twelve 14in/50 guns, protected against 14-inch fire between 21,400 and 30,000 yards." Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Pre... (current)
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File:North Carolina class scheme F.jpeg
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"Scheme F, the hybrid battleship-carrier with three large catapults forward, 1935. Reportedly, it was favored by President Roosevelt." Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.... (current)
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File:North Carolina class scheme A.jpeg
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"Scheme A, the 32,500-ton fast battleship that began the North Carolina design series." Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 246. ISBN 0870217151. OCLC 12214729. (current)
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File:USS North Carolina fires over bow.jpeg
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"Number 1 turret of the North Carolina (BB55) fires all three guns at near extreme elevation and directly over the bow. Total weight of such a three-gun salvo—about 8,100 pounds." (current)
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File:USS North Carolina overhead.jpeg
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USS North Carolina. "17 April 1942 overhead basically as completed. Changes from original completion specs include; 20mm gun additions on the main and 01 deck levels, and the replacement of the bridge 12 foot range finder with a fifth quadruple 1.1"/75... (current)
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Tank:A94 T37
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TODO
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TODO
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Ship:PASB008 Colorado 1945
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added historical images
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File:Uss west virginia bb.jpeg
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USS West Virginia (BB-48)
Photo #: 80-G-1027204
In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1934.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Cropped from original image other West Virginia photos (current)
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File:Uss maryland bb.jpeg
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Removed caption read: Photo # 19-N-86952 USS Maryland off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, August 1945
Source:https://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb46.htm (current)
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File:Colorado illustration.png
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Illustration of the Colorado class design in 1917 (current)
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File:USS Maryland bow view 1944.jpeg
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Bow view of USS Maryland (BB-46) under way in March 1944. US Navy photo according to NavSource.org, therefore PD-USGov (current)
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13 August 2015
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Ship:PASB034 New Mexico 1941
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Ship:PASB034 New Mexico 1941
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File:New Mexico class battleships.jpeg
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Battleships Idaho, New Mexico and Mississippi at Pearl Harbor, December 1943. (current)
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File:Foredeck of New Mexico class battleship 30 July 1944.jpeg
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The foredeck of a United States Navy New Mexico-class battleship on 30 July 1944, showing her two forward triple gun turrets. (current)
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Ship:PASB006 New York 1934
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