Photo #: NH 104508
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5)
Coaling ship, probably at Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, circa September-October
1909, during the first leg of a cruise to the western Pacific.
The stern of another armored cruiser is at right.
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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