Photo #: NH 105911
USS Delaware (Battleship # 28)
Coaling from a Navy collier before World War I.
The collier is either Orion or Jason, or possibly
Neptune (Fuel Ships Nos. 11, 12, and 8 respectively).
Note that each coaling boom extended over the battleship is paired
with a boom extended over the opposite side.
Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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