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Photo # NH 94013:  Men of USS Tennessee's First Division pose under her forward ten-inch guns, circa 1907-1908.

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10), 1906-1916 --
On Board and Close-up Views, taken circa 1906-1911


This page features all the views we have taken on board USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10), or showing her only partially, or related to her activities, during her first six years of service.

For more views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10), 1906-1916. Renamed Memphis in 1916.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 94013

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Men of the ship's First Division pose under her forward 10"/40 guns, circa 1907-1908.
    Note the forecastle winch housing in the foreground.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94019

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Members of the ship's First Division "holystoning" the forecastle deck, at Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa 1906-1907 or 1910.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94015

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Ship's baseball team, champions of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, circa 1908-1910.
    Note championship banners.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94002

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Coaling ship at Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1909-1910.
    Three other armored cruisers are visible in the offshore distance.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 118KB; 520 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94006

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Some of the ship's firemen, apparently after coaling ship, circa 1909-1910.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91381

    Admiral Uriel Sebree, USN
    ,
    Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (seated, center)

    With members of his staff, on board USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10), circa early 1910.
    Those present are (seated, left to right):
    Captain William S. Benson, USN,
    Rear Admiral Sebree,
    Medical Inspector James D. Gatewood, USN
    (Standing, left to right):
    Major George C. Thorpe, USMC (probable identification),
    Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Knox, USN,
    Lieutenant Commander Frank H. Clark, Jr., USN,
    Pay Inspector Ziba W. Reynolds, USN,
    Lieutenant Ralston S. Holmes, USN,
    Lieutenant Frank D. McMillan, USN (probable identification),
    Lieutenant Commander Leonard R. Sargeant, USN.
    Note 10"/40 guns and dog.

    Donated by the Pearl Harbor Naval Station Library, 1968.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94018

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Ship's football team forms two scrimmage lines ashore, during her visit to Rio de Janeiro, 1910.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94003

    Pacific Fleet Target Practice
    , circa 1909-1910

    Shells splash around a battle towing target, during gunnery exercises off the West Coast. Probably photographed from USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10).

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101074

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Heavy seas washing over her bow, while the ship was en route to Montevideo, Uruguay, circa May 1910.

    From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John Condon, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94011

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Bradley A. Fiske (right center), and Lieutenant Commander Douglas E. Dismukes (right), with members of King Neptune's party during Equator crossing ceremonies in 1910.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94014

    USS Tennessee
    (Armored Cruiser # 10)

    Ship's band posed on the quarterdeck, while she was visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1910.
    Note her after 10"/40 gun turret in the right background.

    Collection of Harry Gilfillan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92731

    Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Benjamin Dutton, Jr., USN


    Wearing foul weather gear while on watch on board USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10), circa 2 January 1911.

    Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), Retired.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 535 x 765 pixels

     


    For more views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10), 1906-1916. Renamed Memphis in 1916.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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