Photo #: NH 104534
Pacific Fleet Armored Cruisers
LThree armored cruiserslaying off Coronado, California, 15 March
1911, during a landing force exercise.
The steam launch in the foreground is from USS California
(Armored Cruiser # 6). The ship at right is USS West Virginia
(Armored Cruiser # 5), which has been fitted with a "basket"
foremast. The other two cruisers still have their original military
foremasts. That at left is either USS Pennsylvania (Armored
Cruiser # 4) or USS Colorado (Armored Cruiser # 7).
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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