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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
Washington (BB-47), construction cancelled 1922
Washington, a 32,600-ton Colorado
class battleship, was under construction at Camden, New Jersey,
when the Washington naval limitations treaty was signed in February
1922. Launched in September 1921, the battleship was nearly 76
percent completed when construction ceased on 8 February 1922.
Since the treaty prohibited her completion, Washington
was subsequently used for tests of weapons effects and warship
protection. Her hulk was sunk as a gunnery target in November
1924.
This page features the only views we have concerning the cancelled
battleship Washington (BB-47).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 105177
Washington (BB-47)
Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard,
Camden, New Jersey, 1 September 1921.
Photographed by the Aero Service Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
USS Colorado (BB-45) is fitting out in the wet basin at
the end of the covered shipways building. The two 535-foot passenger
liners fitting out in the upper left are S.S. Southern Cross
(later USS Wharton, AP-7) and S.S. Hoosier State.
Washington's construction ceased in February 1922, under
the terms of the Naval Limitations Treaty, and she was sunk as
a target in 1924.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image size: 132KB; 900 x
730 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106248
Washington (BB-47)
Fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard,
Camden, New Jersey, circa late 1921 or early 1922.
This photograph was released by the International news photo
service, of New York City, with text dated 17 February 1922 concerning
the possible cancellation of the ship's construction under the
terms of the recently-concluded Washington Naval Limitations
Treaty.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 61244
Incomplete Battleship Washington (BB-47)
Photographed from the South Yard of the New York Shipbuilding
Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, on 5 April 1922. Her construction
had been suspended some two months previously, under the terms
of the Washington naval limitations treaty.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page made 24 August 2000
New image added 11 January 2009