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Photo # NH 85712:  USS Maryland leaving San Diego Harbor, California, circa 1915.

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8, later CA-8), 1905-1930. Renamed Frederick in 1916 --
Views taken in 1910 and Later


This page features all the views we have showing USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8, later CA-8, renamed Frederick in 1916) in 1910 and later, when the ship was fitted with a basket foremast and a military mainmast.

For other pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8, later CA-8), 1905-1930. Renamed Frederick in November 1916 -- Selected Views.


    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 63761

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    Dressed with flags for a holiday, after being refitted with a "cage" foremast, 1910.

    Courtesy of Lloyd Harmon.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50364

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    In dry dock, with crewmen scraping barnacles off her hull in preparation for painting, circa 1911.
    Photographed by Rolla McDaniel.

    Courtesy of Lloyd Harmon.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 480 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50363

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    In dry dock with her bottom cleaned and freshly painted, circa 1911.

    Courtesy of Lloyd Harmon.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63760

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    At anchor, circa 1914.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85712

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    Leaving San Diego Harbor, California, circa 1915.
    This photograph was printed on "AZO" postal card stock, bearing the mark of the Penny Arcade, 741 Fifth Street, San Diego, and the emblem of the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915. See Photo # NH 85712-A for a view of the reverse of the original card.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Sumner E.W. Kittelle, USN, who commanded Maryland in 1915. Donated by Admiral Charles J. Moore, USN, 1967.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103846

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    At anchor, circa 1915, possibly in San Diego Harbor, California.
    This photograph was printed on "AZO" postal card stock.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Sumner E.W. Kittelle, USN, who commanded Maryland in 1915. Donated by Admiral Charles J. Moore, USN, 1967.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85713

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    At anchor, circa 1915, possibly in San Diego Harbor, California.
    This photograph was printed on "AZO" postal card stock.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Sumner E.W. Kittelle, USN, who commanded Maryland in 1915. Donated by Admiral Charles J. Moore, USN, 1967.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103847

    USS Maryland
    (Armored Cruiser # 8)

    At anchor, circa 1915, possibly in San Diego Harbor, California.
    This photograph was printed on "AZO" postal card stock.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Sumner E.W. Kittelle, USN, who commanded Maryland in 1915. Donated by Admiral Charles J. Moore, USN, 1967.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 46KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91730

    USS Frederick
    (Armored Cruiser # 8, ex-Maryland)

    Painted in Dazzle camouflage, circa 1918 or early 1919.

    Donation of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106681

    USS Frederick
    (Armored Cruiser # 8, ex-Maryland)

    Painted in pattern camouflage, circa 1918 or early 1919.
    The original print carried the following hand-written inscription:
    "This is the picture I promised to send, Louise. Sorry the colors don't show. Of course the black shows up."
    "The other picture, I think you have in a smaller size." (see Photo # NH 106682 for this "other picture".)
    "By the way, we who have had enough service in, have to wear a little V shaped gold braid chevron -- to distinguish from those in training camps etc."

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2009.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 900 x 635 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104158

    USS Frederick
    (CA-8, ex-Maryland)

    At Antwerp (Anvers), Belgium, circa mid-1920.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     


    The ship seen in the following image is either USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) or her sister, USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5):

    Photo #: NH 101603

    U.S. Navy armored cruiser


    In dry dock during the early "Teens".
    This ship is either USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5) or USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8).

    Courtesy of H.E. "Ed" Coffer, 1986.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Frederick (Armored Cruiser # 8). The following list features this image:

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


  • Photo #: 80-G-1025923
    USS Frederick (Armored Cruiser # 8) at anchor in harbor, circa 1917-1920.
    Port quarter (very tight on the stern) surface view. Smoke is rising from the ship's after smokestack, her ensign is flying from her stern staff and boat booms are rigged out. A lighter is off Frederick's starboard quarter, with its boom swung out for handling cargo.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval History and Heritage Command.

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


  • Photo Identification Note (December 2009): When received, the original print for Photo # NH 103848 was labeled as representing USS Frederick (Armored Cruiser # 8). Based on camouflage pattern analysis, it was thought that the ship seen was actually USS Huntington (Armored Cruiser # 5).
    However, this is now in doubt. Further evaluation of photographs of both ships indicates that both Huntington and Frederick may have had very similar starboard side camouflage patterns in 1918. The two ships may have differed in the configuration of their mainmasts, with Frederick having an additional platform carried low on that mast. All this is still somewhat uncertain, but it does indicate that ship identifications of Photo #s NH 103848, NH 41797 and NH 44910 may really show Frederick, and not Huntington.


    For other pictures concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8, later CA-8), 1905-1930. Renamed Frederick in November 1916 -- Selected Views.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    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 September 2006
    New image added 21 December 2009