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Photo # NH 102747:  USS Bennington underway in heavy seas, circa 1903-1905.

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) --
Activities and Miscellaneous Views


This page features images of USS Bennington's activities, and miscellaneous views related to her.

For other views related to this ship and her activities, see:

  • USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4), 1891-1910; and
  • Boiler Explosion on USS Bennington, 21 July 1905.


    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 102747

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    Underway in heavy seas, circa 1903-1905.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102745

    U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu, Hawaii


    Sailors marching in formation along the station waterfront, circa 1904.
    USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) is at left.

    Collection of Martin Fenne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102743

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    At the U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1904.
    The bow of USS Solace (1898-1930) is visible at the extreme left.

    Collection of Martin Fenne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102744

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4), in the foreground,
    and
    USS Solace (1898-1930)

    At the U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1904.
    Probably photographed from on board USS New York (Armored Cruiser # 2).

    Collection of Martin Fenne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85693

    U.S. Pacific Squadron


    Ships of the squadron in the moonlight, during a Latin American cruise, circa 1903-1904.
    USS New York (Armored Cruiser # 2) is in the left center. The other two ships, listed in no particular order, are USS Concord (Gunboat # 3) and USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4).

    Donation of William L. Graham, 1977.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102741

    U.S. Revenue Cutters and Warships


    In a harbor, probably in Alaskan waters, circa 1904.
    USS New York (Armored Cruiser # 2) is in the right center. USRC Bear is at left, with (in no particular order), USS Concord (Gunboat # 3) and USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) second and third from left.

    Collection of Martin Fenne.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56382

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    Ship's officers and crew posed on deck and in her foremast rigging, at San Diego, California, 3 March 1905.

    Courtesy of the Historical Collection, Union Title Insurance Company, San Diego, Califonia.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56379

    USS Bennington
    (Gunboat # 4)

    Fitting out at the Delaware River Iron Works shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania, circa 1890.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     


    The following photographs show either USS Bennington or her sister ship, USS Concord (Gunboat # 3):

    Photo #: NH 70558

    Mare Island Navy Yard, California


    Gunboat underway off the Yard waterfront, during the 1890s. She is either USS Concord (Gunboat # 3) or USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4). The receiving ship Independence is in the left background.

    Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76115

    Mare Island Navy Yard, California


    USS Philadelphia (Cruiser # 4), at right, and a gunboat off the Yard waterfront, during the mid-1890s. The latter is either USS Concord (Gunboat # 3) or USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4).

    Photo from the William H. Topley Collection, courtesy of Charles M. Loring, Napa, CA, 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     


    Note: The following photographs, originally identified as showing USS Bennington, actually are of her sister, USS Concord (Gunboat # 3). The two ships can be readily distinguished by the details of their bow decorations.

  • Photo # 19-N-11225: USS Concord in harbor, circa 1891.
  • Photo # NH 82133: USS Concord in San Francisco Bay, California, circa the 1890s.


    For other views related to this ship and her activities, see:

  • USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4), 1891-1910; and
  • Boiler Explosion on USS Bennington, 21 July 1905.


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


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