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Photo # NH 105804:  USS Rhode Island in a storm, circa 1908

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USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17, later BB-17), 1906-1923 -- Distant Views of the Ship, and Views taken from Her


This page features distant views of USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17, later BB-17), and photographs taken from on board her.

For other photographs concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17, later BB-17), 1906-1923.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 105806

    Jamestown Exposition Naval Review, June 1907


    Ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and visiting foreign warships, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the time of the Jamestown Exposition Naval Review.
    Most of the ship's present are identified in Photo # NH 105806 (complete caption).

    Donation of Commander E.W. Moale, USN(Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 136KB; 2000 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41636

    USS Rhode Island
    (Battleship # 17)

    Steaming through a typhoon in the South China Sea, 1908, during the "Great White Fleet"'s World Cruise.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105804

    USS Rhode Island
    (Battleship # 17)

    In a storm, probably during the World cruiser of the "Great White Fleet", circa 1908.
    Photographed by Brown & Shaffer.

    Donation of Mrs. Lou McRae Hendricks, in memory of Joseph A. Hendricks, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 84KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42520-A

    Ships laid up in reserve at Mare Island, California


    Photographed in 1920 or 1921, with the Naval Training Camp in the foreground.
    These ship are (from left to right):
    USS Rhode Island (BB-17) -- probably;
    USS Brooklyn (CA-3);
    USS Vermont (BB-22);
    USS Nebraska (BB-14) -- probably; and
    USS Georgia (BB-15) -- probably.
    This image is cropped from Photo # NH 42520.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 900 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42520

    Naval Training Camp, Mare Island, California


    Photographed in 1920 or 1921, with ships laid up in reserve along the waterfront in the middle distance.
    These ship are (from left to right):
    USS Rhode Island (BB-17) -- probably;
    USS Brooklyn (CA-3);
    USS Vermont (BB-22);
    USS Nebraska (BB-14) -- probably; and
    USS Georgia (BB-15) -- probably.
    For a cropped version of this image, emphasizing the ships, see: Photo # NH 42520-A.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 900 x 640 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45052

    Pacific Fleet Battleships


    Tied up at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in the Spring of 1920.
    Ships are (from left-center foreground to right-center distance):
    USS Georgia (Battleship # 15);
    USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17);
    USS Vermont (Battleship # 20) and
    USS Nebraska (Battleship # 14).

    Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1932.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     


    USS Rhode Island is visible in the background of the following photograph of another ship:

    Photo #: NH 101503

    USS Louisiana
    (Battleship # 19)

    At anchor during the last half of 1909, after she had been fitted with "cage" masts.
    USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17) is in the left distance, beyond Louisiana's forward gun turret.
    Photographed by Brown & Shaffer.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     


    The following photographs were taken from, or probably taken from, USS Rhode Island:

    Photo #: NH 101064

    Atlantic Fleet Battleships


    Steaming down Chesapeake Bay after visiting Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1913.
    Photographed by Sargent, probably from on board USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17). Next ship ahead is USS New Jersey (Battleship # 16), with USS Georgia (Battleship # 15) ahead of her. Six "Dreadnought" type battleships are leading the column.

    From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 900 x 400 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101065

    Navy/Curtiss "C" Type Flying Boat


    Crossing the bow of USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17), off Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1913.
    Photographed by Sargent.
    Note the typical Chesapeake Bay schooner in the left distance.

    From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101066

    Navy/Curtiss "Hydroplanes"


    Maneuvering over Atlantic Fleet battleships off Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1913.
    The plane at left is an "A" type, while that at right is a "C" type. The ship seen is a Delaware class battleship.
    Photographed by Sargent, probably from on board USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17).

    From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 430 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101077

    Atlantic Fleet Gunnery Practice, circa 1913


    Shells from USS Virginia (Battleship # 13) straddle a target raft, seen from USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17).
    Photographed by Sargent.

    From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101078

    U.S. Navy Towing Target # 23


    After being hit by gunfire from USS Virginia (Battleship # 13) during Atlantic Fleet gunnery practice, circa 1913.
    Photographed by Sargent, probably from USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17).

    From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     


    For other photographs concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17, later BB-17), 1906-1923.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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