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Photo # NH 54427:  Minelayer Baltimore in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 Dec. 1916

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USS Baltimore (CM-1), 1890-1942 --
As a Minelayer, 1913-1942


This page features all the views we have related to USS Baltimore (CM-1) from the time of her conversion to a minelayer until she was disposed of.

For more images of and related to USS Baltimore, see:

  • USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1), 1890-1942.


    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 54427

    USS Baltimore
    (Minelayer, originally Cruiser # 3)

    In Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 December 1916.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 98572

    USS Baltimore
    (Minelayer)

    At anchor, circa 1918-1919.
    Possibly photographed from USS Mercury (ID # 3012)..

    Courtesy of James Russell, 1980.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56330

    USS Baltimore (CM-1)


    Mine handling operations on board the ship, 1920.
    Note what appears to be a mine elevator at left.

    Donation of Commander Christopher Noble, USN (Retired), February 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56331

    USS Baltimore (CM-1)


    Crewmen pose with a mine on board the ship, 1920.
    Note what appears to be a mine elevator at left.

    Donation of Commander Christopher Noble, USN (Retired), February 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52421

    Hulk of ex-USS Baltimore (CM-1)


    Moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa late 1941.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     


    The following views show the minelayer Baltimore in the distance, or show personnel associated with her:

    Photo #: 111-SC-43563

    Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918


    U.S. Navy minelayers proceeding to sea in two columns, in Area Number 2 of the North Sea, September 1918.
    Ships in the column at left are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore.
    Ships in column at right are (from front to rear): Canonicus (out of picture, to right), Canandaigua, Aroostook and Saranac.
    Note disruptive "dazzle" camouflage worn by these ships.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 460 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 2805

    Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918


    U.S. Navy minelayers steaming in column in the North Sea, September 1918. At left, British destroyers are covering the formation's flank with a smoke screen.
    Ships in the minelayer column are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52819

    Mine Squadron One, U.S. Atlantic Fleet


    Senior officers of the squadron, photographed on board ship in the North Sea area, September 1918.
    Those present are identified in Photo # NH 52819 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 430 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52995

    Mine Squadron One, U.S. Atlantic Fleet


    Senior officers of the squadron, photographed on board ship in the North Sea area, September 1918.
    Those present are identified in Photo # NH 52995 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 79747

    USS R-5 (SS-82)


    Underway in Pearl Harbor, circa 1923-1930.
    USS Baltimore (CM-1) is moored in the background, with USS Sanderling (AM-37) tied up alongside. Both of these ships were then out of commission.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     

    In addition to the views presented above, the following photographs of Pearl Harbor in 1941 show the old minelayer Baltimore rather distantly:

  • Photo # 80-G-451125: Aerial view of the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, 13 October 1941. The hulk of USS Baltimore is in left distance;
  • Photo # NH 84004: The sunken USS Arizona (BB-39) after the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, taken on 10 December 1941. The hulk of USS Baltimore is visible in the center distance;
  • Photo # NH 63918: Wreck of USS Arizona (BB-39) on 10 December 1941. The hulk of USS Baltimore is visible in the left distance;
  • Photo # 80-G-32761: Stern of the sunken USS Arizona, with USS Widgeon (ASR-1) alongside, circa 8 December 1941. The hulk of USS Baltimore is partially visible in the right distance.


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Baltimore (CM-1). The following list features this image:

    The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-1017213
    USS Baltimore (CM-1) in Dry Dock # 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii Territory, 23 July 1924.
    Port broadside aerial view, showing all of Baltimore but her bow beyond her foremast. USS Hancock (AP-3) is in the immediate background.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • For more views of and related to USS Baltimore, see:

  • USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1), 1890-1942.


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


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    Page made 19 December 2002
    New image added 24 March 2007