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Showing posts with label USS New Jersey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS New Jersey. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2021

Recent Reads: Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power by William F. Trimble

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  Admiral John S. McCain in the early 1940s ( Naval History and Heritage Command ) Reviewed by Dr. Ira Hanna HRNM Docent Several books have...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

USS New Jersey (BB-16) in World War I

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The picture here shows the Virginia -class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-16) in 1918. She is painted in one of the wartime camouflage ...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

USS Wisconsin Veteran's Photos, 1953-55, Part 1

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We recently received copies of photographs taken by a veteran of the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). He served on the ship from 1953 to ...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Photographing Local Ships in the Korean War

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During the early 1950s, there was a saying around Atlantic Fleet headquarters that the Korean War was "Pacific Fleet's problem, no...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Pitchers and Catchers Report to the Fantail! Baseball During the Great White Fleet

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This is a picture of sailors calling their home run shots on the fantail of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-12) in 1908 during the ...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

1913 Live Fire Exercises in the Chesapeake Bay: Chicken Farmers Not Pleased...Again

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Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming from Hampton Roads towards the "Southern Drill Grounds" in the Chesapeake Bay, 1913 ...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

USS New Jersey in Vera Cruz Expedition-Evacuating American Civilians, 1914

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A museum visitor showed us these images of American civilians on board the Hampton Roads-based battleship USS New Jersey (BB-16) during the...