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View of the superstructure of USS Tennessee (BB-43) at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington on April 25, 1945.
Note: personnel are conducting inclining experiments. This is to determine her stability, lightship weight and the coordinates of her center of gravity.
1143-43, 1143-44
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Fire on USS WYOMING (BB-32)
During a battle practice on April 25, 1915, an oil tank caught fire on the fantail of WYOMING.
“The blaze was quickly put out by the crew. Every man on a battleship has a certain duty in case of a fire. The wonderful system and the precision with which each man does his task mean that a fire has small chance aboard an U. S. battleship.”
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USS New York (BB-34) at the New York Navy Yard on April 25, 1914.
Note: the wooden rectangler structure on the bow is used to align the 14 inch main battery guns.
NARA: 85704137
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View of French Battleship Richelieu in the harbor of Toulon, France.
Date: April 1946
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Battleship Texas in early morning light.
Date: April 25, 2009
Posted on Flickr by BFS Man: link
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USS SARATOGA (CV-3) operating off Panama during Fleet Problem XV.
Date: April 21, 1934
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 93557
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USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania.
Date: April 24, 1931
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 60688
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French Battleship Richelieu waiting for the President of the Republic Vincent Auriol for his trip to Dakar, in the harbor of Toulon, France.
Date: April 1947
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Preliminary design plan for a Small Battleship (C-5)
This plan was completed on April 23, 1919, and provided:
Main Battery: four 16-inch/50-caliber guns in two twin mount turrets
Secondary battery: twelve 6-inch guns
Torpedo Tubes: two submerged
AA battery: two 3-inch guns
Main Armor Belt: 12 inches
Machinery: turbo-electric drive
Top speed: 26 knots
Waterline Length: 650 feet
Beam: 95 feet
Normal Displacement: 33,400 tons
Draft: 30 feet
"The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair requested on March 8, 1919 that his staff develop a set of comparative studies for ships of this type, apparently reflecting his desire to anticipate a possible early need for retrenchment from the large capital ship designs under development at the time. The C series Small Battleship designs, initiated on March 17, incorporated the four 16-inch gun armament and 12 inch side armor specified as an initial baseline for the type but had a further increased speed of 26 knots. The concept was not pursued. The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-153
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USS AMPHITRITE (BM-2) off Rockaway, Long Island, New York.
Date: April 23, 1919
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-650318
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Rough Draft of a Preliminary Design for a Fast Battleship
Completed on April 23, 1918, this plan provided:
Main battery: twelve 16-inch guns
Secondary battery: sixteen 6 inch guns
AA battery: yes, unknown amount
Toredo tubes: 2 submerged
Main Armor Belt: 12 inch
Machinery: turbo-electric drive
Top speed: 30 1/4 knots
Waterline length: 900 feet
Beam: 106 feet
Normal displacement: 55,000 tons
Draft: 32 feet 6 inches
"A rough draft for a preliminary design plan intended to provide for a new fast battleship ship type. One of a series of preliminary designs prepared in response to Chief Constructor David Taylor's direction to his design staff on 9 April 1918 to examine combining the principal features of the battleship and battle cruiser classes ... to get as much speed as practicable in a vessel carrying a maximum battery and as much protection as possible. This drawing was made by Navy civilian naval architect James L. Bates and its final version is seen in Photo # S-584-134. No ships were built to this design. The original document was ink on linen (black on white). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-130
Artwork by Wolff Shipyard: link
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A view of USS MISSOURI (BB-63) at the reserve fleet at Bremerton, Washington.
This photograph was taken during the filming of the motion picture “MacArthur.”
Date: April 1976
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: USN 1168177
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Preliminary design plan for a Small Battleship (D-11)
This plan was completed on April 23, 1919 and provided:
Main Battery: four 16-inch guns
Secondary Battery: twelve 6-inch guns
AA Battery: two 3-inch guns
Torpedo Tubes: 2 submerged
Main Armor Belt: 12 inches
Machinery: electric drive machinery
Top speed: 29 knots
Waterline length: 710 feet
Beam: 96 feet 9 inches
Normal Displacement: 37,000 tons
Draft: 30.4 feet
"The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair requested on March 8, 1919 that his staff develop a set of comparative studies for ships of this type, apparently reflecting his desire to anticipate a possible need, as early as the 1920 shipbuilding program, for retrenchment from the large capital ship designs under development at the time. The D series Small Battleship designs, initiated on March 17, incorporated the four 16-inch gun armament and 12 inch side armor specified as an initial baseline for the type but had a much higher speed of 29 knots. The concept was not pursued. The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."
Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-154
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USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) being fitting out at Newport News, Virginia.
Date: April 23, 1915
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 93528
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French Battleship Jean Bart at Toulon, France to be scrapped.
Date: April 5, 1970
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ADHD urge to listen to dance-pop to activate the zoomies.
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