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Photo # NH 1132:  Watching the Battle of Santiago from the deck of USS Iowa, 3 July 1898

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USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), 1897-1923 -- Actions and Activities, 1897-1919


This page features views of and on board USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), depicting her actions and activities while she was in service as a battleship.

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), 1897-1923. Later renamed Coast Battleship # 4.


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

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    Photo #: NH 1132

    Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898


    Watching the battle from the deck of USS Iowa (Battleship # 4).
    Note the volume of dense gun smoke around the ship in left center.

    Copied from the Journal of Naval Cadet Cyrus R. Miller.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 79957

    Robert Penn, Fireman Second Class, USN


    "An explosion was averted by their quickness."
    Halftone reproduction of an artwork by Bacon, depicting Robert Penn's heroism in a fireroom accident on board USS Iowa (Battleship # 4) on 20 July 1898, during the Spanish-American War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in that incident.

    Copied from Deeds of Valor, Volume II, page 405, published in 1907 by the Perrien-Keydel Co., Detroit, Michigan.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 156KB; 475 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46633

    U.S. Pacific Station warships


    In Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, circa 1900. The ships are, from left to right: USS Marblehead (Cruiser # 11), USS Philadelphia (Cruiser # 4) and USS Iowa (Battleship # 4).

    The original photograph was found in old Bureau of Navigation files in June 1941.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85736

    U.S. Naval Academy practice cruise, 1911


    Battleships Iowa (Battleship # 4) -- front left center -- Indiana (Battleship # 1) and Massachusetts (Battleship # 2) at Kiel, Germany, during the Academy practice cruise, Summer 1911.
    Ships of the German fleet are in the background.

    Collection of Lieutenant Ralph F. Nourse, donated by Lieutenant Commander J.R. Bradley, 1961.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     

    Related Images:

    (1). Photo # NH 78627-KN, a painting by Carlton T. Chapman entitled "Before the War", shows the U.S. North Atlantic Squadron at Hampton Roads, Virginia, shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898. USS Iowa is seen very distantly, and partially, on the right side of the image.
    (2). Photo # NH 79956 is a view of Fireman Robert Penn, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism on board USS Iowa in July 1898.

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), 1897-1923. Later renamed Coast Battleship # 4.


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


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