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Photo # NH 52236:  Sponsor and party at launching of USS Kansas, 12 August 1905

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USS Kansas (Battleship # 21, later BB-21), 1907-1924
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This page features additional images related to USS Kansas (Battleship # 21, later BB-21).

For more views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Kansas (Battleship # 21, later BB-21), 1907-1924.


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

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    Photo #: NH 82774

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Crewmen scrubbing hammocks on the forecastle, during the cruise around the World, 1908.
    Note 12"/45 guns and man inside the winch cover (in center).

    Courtesy of Captain Ralph C. McCoy, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52239

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Print after a sketch by T. Dart Walker, entitled "Christmas Eve in the United States Navy". Its original caption reads:
    "Giving the famous Highland toast and song for sweethearts and wives. Wherever Uncle Sam's fighting ships are stationed throughout the world, it is the custom of the officers to rise, as here depicted, at the conclusion of the Christmas Eve festivities in honor of the absent home folks. This sketch was made by the noted marine artist, T. Dart Walker, while crossing the Arabian Sea on board the battleship 'Kansas'."

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 133KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 68264

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Charles J. Badger, on her bridge in May 1910.
    Note 9-foot rangefinder to the left of Capt. Badger and searchlight platforms on the foremast behind him.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Cohen Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90683

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Grimy bandsmen on board the battleship during coaling, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1912.

    Courtesy of John Burroughs, 1980.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104958

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Troops on board the ship for transportation home. View looks toward the stern from alongside the after twelve-inch gun turret, while Kansas was at Brest, France, in 1919.
    The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104959

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Troops' band concert on the quarterdeck, during their voyage home to the United States, 1919.
    The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52236

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Ship's Sponsor, Miss Anna Hoch, with her parents and Maid of Honor at the launching ceremonies, 12 August 1905. Kansas was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. at Camden, New Jersey.
    Those present are (from left to right): Miss Ora Allen, Maid of Honor; Mrs. E.W. Hoch, mother of the Sponsor; Miss Anna Hoch; and The Honorable E.W. Hoch, Governor of Kansas and father of the Sponsor.

    Courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     


    For more views concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Kansas (Battleship # 21, later BB-21), 1907-1924.


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


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    Page made 8 May 2001
    New images added and page divided 16 December 2007