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Photo #: NH 104506

USS West Virginia
(Armored Cruiser # 5)

Ship's baseball team, probably photographed at Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, circa September-October 1909.
West Virginia, flagship of the Pacific Fleet, was then leading seven other armored cruisers on a voyage to the western Pacific.

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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Image posted 5 January 2007