Photo #: NH 104503
U.S. Navy Armored Cruiser
Underway near the Pacific Coast, circa mid-1909.
This ship is probably USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser #
8).
Probably photographed from on board USS West Virginia
(Armored Cruiser # 5).
Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt,
USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia
at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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