RARE PHOTOGRAPH USS VERMONT BB-20 BATTLESHIP c. 1915 $1

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Check out my other items !Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! FANTASTIC ESTATE FIND, ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BATTLESHIP VERMONT, BB-20. PHOTO IS STILL ON ITS ORIGINAL THICK HEAVY MATT, MEASURES 8 X 10 INCHES. IMAGE AREA IS APPROX. 5X7 INCHES. VERY FIND CONDITION. ONLY $1 TO OPEN AND NO RESERVE. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK...PETERPAPERMAN... The United States Navy Full-screen images are linked from the images in the text below. Statistics: Displacement: 16,000 tons Length: 456'4" Beam: 76'10" Draft: 24'6" Speed: 18 knots Complement: 880 Armament: Four 12" guns; eight 8" guns; twelve 7" guns; twenty 3" guns; twelve 3-pounders; four 1-pounders; 6 .30-cal. machine guns Class: Connecticut Text from The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships published by the Naval Historical Center The second Vermont (Battleship No. 20) was laid down on 21 May 1904 at Quincy, Mass., by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 31 August 1905; sponsored by Miss Jennie Bell, the daughter of Governor Charles J. Bell of Vermont; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 4 March 1907, Capt. William P. Potter in command. After her "shaking down" cruise off the eastern seaboard between Boston and Hampton Roads, Va., Vermont participated in maneuvers with the 1st Division of the Atlantic Fleet and, later, with the 1st and 2d Squadrons. Making a final trial trip between Hampton Roads and Provincetown, Mass., between 30 August and 5 September, Vermont arrived at the Boston Navy Yard on 7 September and underwent repairs until late in November 1907. Departing Boston on 30 November, she coaled at Bradford, R.I.; received "mine outfits and stores" at Newport, R.I.; and picked up ammunition at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.; and arrived at Hampton Roads on 8 December 1907. T, she made final preparations for the globe-girdling cruise of the United States Atlantic Fleet. Nicknamed the "Great White Fleet" because of the white and spar color of their paint schemes, the 16 pre-dreadnought battleships sailed from Hampton Roads on 16 December 1907, standing out to sea under the gaze of President Theodore Roosevelt who had dispatched the ships around the globe as a dramatic gesture toward Japan, a growing power on the world stage. Vermont sailed as a unit of the 1st Division, under the overall command of Rear Admiral Robley D. "Fighting Bob" Evans, who was concurrently the Commander in Chief of the Fleet. Over the ensuing months, the battleship visited ports in Chile, Peru, Mexico, California, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, China, and in the Mediterranean, before she returned to Hampton Roads, again passing in review before President Roosevelt, on Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1909. During the voyage, Vermont 's commanding officer, Capt. Potter, was advanced to flag rank and took command of the division; his place was taken by Capt. (later Admiral) Frank Friday Fletcher. Following her return to the United States, Vermont underwent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard from 9 March to 23 June 1909 and then rejoined the fleet off Provincetown. She subsequently spent the 4th of July at Boston as part of the 1st Division of the Fleet before spending nearly a month, from 7 July to 4 August, in exercises with the Atlantic Fleet. Subsequently coaling at Hampton Roads, the battleship conducted target practice off the Virginia capes in the operating area known as the Southern Drill Grounds. For the remainder of 1909, Vermont continued maneuvers and exercises, broken by visits to Stamford, Conn., for Columbus Day festivities and to New York City for the observances of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration from 22 September to 9 October 1909. She spent the Christmas holidays at New York City, anchored in the North River. The battleship then moved south for the winter, reaching Guantanamo Bay on 12 January 1910. For the next two months, she exercised in those Caribbean climes, returning to Hampton Roads and the Virginia cap... read more

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