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BB-28 USS DELAWARE

Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - Kilo

Delaware Class Battleship: Displacement 20,000 Tons, Dimensions, 518' 9" (oa) x 85' 3" x 28' 10" (Max). Armament 10 x 12"/45 14 x 5"/50, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 25,000 SHP; vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 933.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, 11 November 1907. Launched 6 February 1909. Commissioned 4 April 1910. Decommissioned & Stricken 10 November 1923.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard during 1924.
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BB-16 New Jersey NR BONAPARTE IS DELUGED BY ADVICE ON WARSHIP
Tips on Place of Building and Names for Rival of Dreadnought Coming Freely
.... Today Senator Allee and Representative Burton of Delaware called upon Mr Bonaparte and urged that the ship be named in honor of their State. The national legislators from Delaware cited to the Secretary the fact that their State is the only one of the older States of the Union that has not been given the distinction of a battleship.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 29 March 1906, Last Edition, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
This Will be the Most Powerful Battleship Afloat
More Destructive and Terrible than the new Floating Giant, the English "DREADNOUGHT" — Old "Constitution to be Saved. 		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from Amador Ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 04 May 1906, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR GREATEST FIGHTING SHIP EVER PLANNED - UNCLE SAM'S NEW "CONSTITUTION"Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 16 September 1906, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
TexasNRNEW BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28) AND THE OLD BATTLESHIP TEXAS COMPARED
SEAFIGHTER POWERFUL ENOUGH TO OVERCOME FIVE LIKE THE TEXAS 		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 23 February 1907, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware
012808e		 NR ERROR IN BELT Of U.S. SHIPS, ASSERTS HILL
Tells Senate Naval Committee of Construction of Battleships
Says Vessels Rarely Ever Attain Service Speed Calculated For Them 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 29 February 1908, Last Edition, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 DelawareNRBATTLESHIPS ARE ALWAYS CHEAPER THAN WAR
1908, THE DELAWARE (BB-28), LARGEST BATTLESHIP, 1898, THE IOWA (BB-4) LARGEST BATTLESHIP		Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Appeal. (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1889-19??, 21 March 1908, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware 816k AMERICAN DREADNOUGHTS TO RIVAL BRITISH PROTOTYPE
A race is in progress for the completion of the first of the 20,000 ton Dreadnoughts of the American Navy, the battleships Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29). The Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company is building the Delaware, and the Fore River company of Quincy Mass., has the contract for the other vessel. These ships will be far more powerful than any others in the navy and will rival their monster prototype, which is the boast of the British navy.		Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo from Daily Arizona Silver Belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 01 May 1908, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR New Battleships of the Dreadnought Type;
Does the Peace of the World Depend Upon Them?
The Delaware (BB-28) is shown under construction at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA.
The North Dakota (BB-29) is shown as she will appear when completed.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 24 October 1908, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware
012809s		 NR Latest Photo of Sponsor For Battleship Delaware (BB-28)
The above is the latest photograph of Miss Anne Pennewill Cahall, of Bridgvillle, who has been designated by Governor Lea as sponsor for the battleship Delaware to be launched at Newport News, on 6 February. Miss Cahall is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Cahall and a niece of Governor-elect Simeon 8. Pennewill and Judge James Pennewill. She is one of the most popular of Sussex county's many popular daughters. 		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo by Evening Journal.  [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 04 January 1909, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware
012809f		 NR STATE’S NAVAL NAMESAKE, FIRST OF AMERICAN DREADNAUGHTS, IS LAUNCHED AT NEWPORT NEWS TODAY
Brilliant Assemblage Bids Luck to the Delaware (BB-28), Giant Sea Fighter, as She Glides From the Ways—Delawareans Entertained at Notable Banquet Following the Launching		 Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo by Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 06 February 1909, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
DelawareNRGREAT WARSHIP TAKES MAIDEN DIP IN OCEAN
The picture shows the new battleship Delaware (BB-28) compared to the Claus Spreckels building.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 07 February 1909, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
BB-28 Delaware NR First American DREADNOUGHT, the Delaware (BB-28) Launched Yesterday, and photo of Sponsor
Miss Anne P. Cahall of Bridgeville informed Governor Lea that she will accept the appointment as sponsor for the battleship Delaware which is to be launched at Newport News about 1 February.
Governor Lea asked Miss Cahall to christen the new Americana dreadnought as a courtesy to his successor Governor elect Simeon S. Pennewill, who will become chief executive of the State before the battleship is launched.
Miss Cahall is a niece of the governor elect and of Judge James Pennewill of this city. Her father Dr. Lawrence M. Cahall is a prominent physician at Bridgeville.
With the announcement of the early launching of the battleship bearing the State's name, the Womens Christian Temperance Union of Delaware has renewed its fight to have the giant 20,000 ton vessel christened with water. 		Images and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC, University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE, & University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 01 January 1909, Last Edition, Image 14, Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 04 January 1909, Image 1, & Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 07 February 1909, Image 2 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware 1.37k BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28) LAUNCHED AMIDST SCENES OF SPLENDOR.
Thousands shout their enthusiasm. 		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 07 February 1909, Image 3 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
DelawareNRBATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28) MOVING FROM WAYS, SPONSOR AND HER AIDS.Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 10 February 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
BB-28 Delaware NR World's Biggest Naval Splash!
First photograph of the launching of the Delaware (BB-28) at Newport News VA.
When on February 6 the hull of the American battleship Delaware slid rasping down the ways at Newport News, Va., and pushed stern foremost into the briny, the world's greatest naval splash resulted. The Delaware is the very largest battleship ever launched. When Great Britain launched her DREADNOUGHT less than two years ago, the last word in magnitude of battleships was thought to have been uttered. The "DREADNOUGHT fever" then seized the other powers. Germany, France, Japan and the United States all accepted it as a challenge.
With the least ado over the matter, the United States has now come forward with a vessel that will be 2100 tons heavier than the DREADNOUGHT, and nearly that much heavier than any other warship building or projected abroad. Tho Delaware will have 20,000 tons displacement when completed. This great splash may be only the beginning; after all. Such naval enthusiasts as Richmond Pearson Hobson predicton—nay, demand — battleship's of 30,000 tons! 		Image provided by: Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. & University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 16 February 1909, Image 3, Image 18 & The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 22 September 1907, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR New American Warship, World's Biggest, Launched Saturday
The 20,000-ton battleship Delaware (BB-28), launched at Newport News, Va on Saturday, has a displacement of 2100 tons greater than the British Dreadnaught and 750 tons greater than Britain's newest monster, the Vanguard. It is the greatest battleship in the world and makes the United States position as a world power still greater.		Image and text provided by Indiana State Library.
Photo from The Lake County Times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 08 February 1909, EVENING EDITION, Image 1 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 DelawareNRTHE BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28) FIRST AMERICAN DREADNOUGHT. Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library
Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 20 March 1909, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 22 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR Uncle Sam's First Two Dreadnoughts Which Soon Will Be Placed in Commission in East
UNCLE SAM'S first two Dreadnoughts, the battleships North Dakota (BB-29) and Delaware (BB-28), are practically completed and soon will be in commission. The Delaware is now having her powerful guns installed at Newport News and the North Dakota is getting: ready for her trial at Quincy, Mass. These two leviathans differ from the other battleships of our navy in many respects aside from their tremendous size. The most striking difference is noted in the long, rakish hulls, the absence of the high superstructures so predominant in the older ships and the five immense turrets which protect the ten twelve-inch rifles that each of the ships will carry.
It is estimated that either the Delaware or the North Dakota with their high speed will be more than a match for any other three ships now in the navy. The North Dakota is to have her speed trials November 2, and if she comes up to expectations she will be a vessel to be feared by anything that floats the seas. These great fighting machines each cost $10,000,000. 		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from Los Angeles Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 15 October 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR THE DELAWARE (BB-28), THE FIRST AMERICAN DREADNOUGHT.
Which exceeded the contract speed of 21 knots on the standardization runs yesterday over the Rockland (Me.) course making 21.98 knots and breaking the speed record for American battleships. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 October 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR THE BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28) ON HER TRIAL TRIP
DELAWARE AT HOME!
Enters Virginia Capes with Brooms at Masthead.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by Paul Thompson from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 October 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 DelawareNRTwelve-mile range over which our new dreadnought could scatter death and destruction.Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 31 October 1909, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware
012809r		 NR Battleship Delaware (BB-28) Making World's Record.
The above view shows the battleship Delaware on the standardisation run over a measured course off Rockland. Maine, on 23 October. It was on this trip that the Delaware attained a speed of 21.98 knots an hour, the fastest of any battleship in the world. The contract speed was 21 knots an hour. The Delaware attained this remarkable burst of speed without making much fuss in the water, as the photograph shows. The above photograph was taken by the Walter L. Huff Company, of Woodbury. N. J., official photographers of the United States Navy.		 Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo by Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 01 November 1909, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR How Those Queer New Masts Look Close Up. Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 30 November 1909, Image 3 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR GIANT BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28), MOST POWERFUL OF ALL MODERN FIGHTING CRAFT AFLOAT, READY TO JOIN NAVY
Comparison Shows That Latest Product of Newport News Plant is Finer Ship Than Her Sister, the Fore River-Built North Dakota (BB-29).
HAS GREATER STEAMING RADIUS; BURNS LESS COAL		 Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from Daily Press. (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 12 December 1909, Image 22, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-29 North Dakota 79k Installing a 12"/45 gun in a battleship gun turret. This is probably Turret # 3 of either Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29). The view may have been taken while the ship was under construction, circa 1909-1910. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. A handwritten inscription penciled on its reverse ("Franklin") has no obvious bearing on the subject of the photo. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 105785, Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
BB-28 Delaware562kThe Delaware (BB-28) probably fitting out at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA, sometime after launching 6 February 1909 and before commissioning 4 April 1910.
Note the lack of a commissioning flag at her bow.		 Photo # LC-B2-923-12 courtesy of memory.loc.gov. via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C & commons.wikimedia.org.
BB-28 Delaware589kFive page PDF Delaware (BB-28) General Plans & Inboard Profile. National Archives Identifier: 75841411
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
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BB-28 Delaware
012805		 802k Delaware (BB-28) crew circa 1910. Photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
Admiral duPontNRPainting of Admiral duPont For Battleship Delaware (BB-28)
OIL PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DUPONT. 		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 11 February 1910, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
BB-18 LOC 613k Oregon (BB-3) Versus Delaware (BB-28).
What Would Happen if Old and Modern Met?		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 17 April 1910, Sunday Edition, Feature Section, Image 13, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR Delaware (BB-28) First American Warship to Use Fuel Oil
Battleship Delaware taking on 204 tons of fuel oil from a barge at Norfolk, Va. on 27 May. The Delaware is the first battleship in the United States navy to use oil for fuel purposes.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 17 June 1910, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
DelawareNR Delaware's (BB-28) Captain to Receive Silver Service
CAPTAIN CHARLES A. GOVE.		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 17 September 1910, Image 1 & 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-17 Rhode IslandNRBATTLESHIPS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET COMING UP THE RIVER.
THE RHODE ISLAND (BB-17) UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
THE DREADNOUGHT DELAWARE (BB-28) BIGGEST SHIP IN OUR NAVY
THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18) BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo & text by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 September 1910, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
DelawareNRSILVER SERVICE, PORTRAITS AND FLAGS PRESENTED TO BATTLESHIP DELAWARE (BB-28)
Governor Pennewill Formally Gives the $10,000 Set of Silverware — Congressman Heald Presents Flags, and Admiral Harrington Lauds Delaware's Naval Heroes—Mrs. Charles R. Miller, Mrs. John M. Wilson, Mrs. Cornelius W. Taylor and Alexis I. duPont Assist in the Presentation 		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 05 October 1910, Images 1, 6 & 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
DelawareNRScene As Governor Pennewill Presented Silver Service
CRUSH ON THE BATTLESHIP
Delaware (BB-28) Crowded from Early in Morning; Thousands Await Their Turn
SCARCELY ELBOW ROOM ON THE DREADNAUGHT 		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 06 October 1910, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-29 North Dakota 1.60k Delaware (BB-28) in DD # 4 Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1910.
The Mast Funnel arrangement (mast, funnel, mast, funnel) is unique to the Delaware class and the three stripes on the aft funnel marks her as BB-28 prior to WWI.		 Photo i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
Photo courtesy of shorpy.com
Admiral duPontNRSailors on the Delaware (BB-28) Having Some Fun With Blue Hen's Chicks
The above picture was presented to Josiah Marvel by Captain Gove, of the Battleship Delaware, showing the interest that the men take in the game cocks presented to the crew by the people of Delaware.		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Evening Journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 18 November 1910, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
BB-28 Delaware 1.07k SCOUTING SHIPS TO TRY TO LOCATE THE ENEMY'S BATTLESHIPS APPROACHING CUBA FROM ENGLANDImage and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from The Evening Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 30 December 1910, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Holland 830k Holland (SS-01) high and dry at Norfolk Navy Yard, circa late 1910 through June 1913.
She was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 21 November 1910, at Norfolk, VA; Final Disposition, sold, 18 June, 1913, to Henry A. Hitner & Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
The battleship in the background is the Virginia class Georgia (BB-15).(Based on her mainmast's square top). The battleship on the right is the Delaware (BB-28). 		Photo from the private collection of Ric Hedman.
Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein, Ric Hedman & Chris Hoehn.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba62kPanoramic image (made from two individual views), showing U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships and auxiliaries in Guantanamo Bay, circa the early or middle 1910s.
Ships present include (in left half of image): four Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleships, one South Carolina class (BB-26 / 27) battleship, one Delaware class (BB-28 / 29) battleship, two unidentified auxiliaries and a collier; (in right half of image): all six Connecticut class (BB-18 / 22 & 25) battleships, both Mississippi class (BB-23 / 24) battleships, two unidentified auxiliaries, hospital ship Solace (AH-2) and a gunboat. 		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 104537. Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired). Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
BB-29 North Dakota 1.86k North Dakota (BB-29) at anchor in harbor, 1911. The Delaware (BB-28) is astern of her. National Archives Identifier: 45513421
Local Identifier: 165-WW-337D-058-001.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware
012846		 660k Hoisting the remains of Chilean Ambassador Don Anibal Cruz aboard Delaware (BB-28), at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 31 January 1911, to be returned to Chile. Photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
John Hood177kCaptain John Hood was the Commanding Officer of the battleship Delaware (BB-28) in 1911-1912. Under his command the Delaware won the battle efficiency pennant during this period.Photo #15824v courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
BB-28 Delaware NR EIGHT MEN KILLED ON BATTLESHIP WHILE AT SEA
Wireless From the Delaware (BB-28) Tells of Fatal Scalding of Crew Members.
DUE TO EXPLOSION.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation & Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 17 January 1911, Final Edition, Image 1 & New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 18 January 1911, Image 1 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR The Battleship Delaware (BB-28) and Her Great Cruise Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA.
Photo from The Caldwell Watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 03 February 1911, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-15 Georgia NR Coast Awaits Warships - Pacific Fleet Assured
Four of the big battleships that probably will be seen in the Pacific before the close of the year.
Georgia (BB-15), Louisiana (BB-19), Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29) will probably comprise one squadron of the battleship fleet which the navy department will order to the Pacific coast during the coming summer or fall. 		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 09 April 1911, Image 17, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR Greatest Sea Fighter In the World
The above photograph shows the Delaware (BB-28), the greatest sea fighter afloat, leaving New York harbor, on her journey across the ocean to take part in the naval pageant at King George's coronation.
After visiting Wilmington, Del., from 3 to 9 October 1910, to receive a gift of a silver service from the state, Delaware sailed from Hampton Roads 1 November with the First Division, Atlantic Fleet, to visit Weymouth, England, and Cherbourg, France, and after battle practice at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returned to Norfolk 18 January 1911. She departed 31 January to carry the remains of Chilean Minister Cruz to Valparaiso, sailing by way of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Punta Arenas, Chile. Returning to New York 5 May, she sailed 4 June for Portsmouth, England, where from 19 to 28 June she took part in the fleet review accompanying the coronation of King George V. 		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX & DANFS.
Photo from El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 07 June 1911, Image 10, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR Famous Battleship Delaware (BB-28), Which Will Represent the United States at Coronation and Scenes Aboard Her
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Photo by Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 20 June 1911, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware NR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE CORONATION
....Captain Charles A. Gove, Commanding the Delaware (BB-28).		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 23 June 1911, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Delaware
012811f		 483k Stairs aboard the Delaware (BB-28), 26 December 1911 National Archives Identifier:6880370
Agency-Assigned Identifier F1042 N4
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov.
BB-28 Delaware517kSignalman semaphores near the Delaware's (BB-28) bell and searchlight, 25 December 1911.National Archives Identifier: 6880367
Agency-Assigned Identifier: F1042 N1
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
TRAINING NR TRAINING THE MODERN DREADNOUGHT TO FIGHT
[A]LONE in His Study, the Naval Officer Wages Battles in His Mind with Foreign Sea Monsters, to Help Solve Such Problems as Gunnery and Military Masts Present		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 31 December 1911, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-29 North Dakota 202k 1st Div American Fleet in Portland Harbor: Identifiable ships include the two Delaware class (BB-28 / 29) battleships, Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29), with a Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship to the left. Digital ID ggbain # 15953. LC-B2-2903-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
BB-28 Delaware490kIn 1912, Captain Hugh Rodman assumed command of Delaware (BB-28).Digital ID ggbain # 15953. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
Various Views of the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson
Review
012173m		4.51k Mobilization of Atlantic Fleet at New York, 12 - 15 October 1912. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
Review
012173		1.36k U.S. Battleship Fleet during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson.
The nearest ship half visible on the right is the New Hampshire (BB-25) based on the distinctive half-cased stacks. The two sister ships behind her are not clear enough to specifically ID. The fourth ship is one of the Mississippi class, but again, not clear enough to ID.		 Photo i.d. via Richard M. Jensen.
Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
Review
012173d		1.38k Small boats join during the 1912 Naval Review on the Hudson. Photo courtesy of David Fisher.
BB-28 Delaware708k Delaware (BB-28) and Presidential Yacht Mayflower on 14 October 1912. The ships are part of a Naval Review in the Hudson River in New York City.Source: Library of Congress, Photo No. LC-B2-2331-14, courtesy of Mike Green.
BB-28
012831		1.46k Delaware (BB-28) possibly during the Naval Review off New York City on 14 October 1912.Photo from the Bain News Service, Library of Congress Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-10847.
Photo courtesy of loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware620kMembers of crew about to enjoy a swim, 1912.Photographer: Enrique Muller, Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45510044
Local Identifier: 165-WW-321C-34
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Blazes Away 1.18k United States Navy "Blazes Away" $1,000,000 Annually in Target Practice.
American Gunners Are Tested Twice Each Year Under Conditions Reproducing Those of Battle.
Photos from the Minnesota (BB-22) & Delaware (BB-28).
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 28 April 1912, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware 1.05k THE BIG FLEET READY FOR TODAY'S REVIEW-THE SHIPS, FROM LEFT TO BIGHT, ARE:
NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), DELAWARE (BB-28), MICHIGAN (BB-27), SOUTH CAROLINA (BB-26), LOUISIANA (BB-19), KANSAS (BB-21), VERMONT (BB-20) AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (BB-25). 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 14 October 1912, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware615kBrooklyn Navy Yard, Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Grading, etc., Looking North, Yard Labor, 14 December 1912. National Archives Identifier: 6038350
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-33 Arkansas
013312p		 NR PRESIDENT TAFT ON BOARD THE ARKANSAS (BB-33), SUPER-DREADNAUGHT THAT WILL TAKE HIM AND HIS PARTY TO THE PANAMA CANAL
President Taft will sail from Key West 21 December for a final visit to the Panama Canal. He will go on the super-dreadnaught Arkansas, which will be accompanied by the Delaware (BB-28). Extra beds have been ordered for the Arkansas to accommodate the presidential party, and a special bathtub for the president has been installed. The trip will last about ten days.		 Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo by The Bridgeport Evening Farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 14 December 1912, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware319k Delaware (BB-28) with what probably are Utah (BB-31) & Arkansas (BB-33) in 1913.Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein & Ronald J. Nash.
Library of Congress Reference number # LC-H261-3207, courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large.
BB-28 Delaware256k Delaware (BB-28) at Villefranche, France, circa 1913.Photographed by J. Giletta, Nice. Donation of John M. Alexy, 1977. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph # NH 88519 courtesy of the Library of Congress, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-28 Delaware688kN.Y.N.Y., 1 February 1913.
This is the Delaware (BB-28). Note that the bridgework has yet to be built up. North Dakota (BB-29) retained the older style anchoring system until after the bridgework was modified. The ship in this photo has had all of the older anchoring system removed, including the heavy deck-level rings.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
National Archives Identifier: 6038365
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware181kThe smoke from a broadside of 12" guns hides two other battleships as Delaware (BB-28) fires while executing a turn to starboard, 1913. Library of Congress Reference number LC-H261-3192, courtesy of Tracy White @ Researcher @ Large.
BB-28 Delaware
012813$		 NR American Sailors Bunkoed in Rome Out of $12,000 Cash
One thousand bluejackets of the American battleships Utah (BB-31), Delaware (BB-28), Ohio (BB-12) and Vermont (BB-20) today found themselves poorer by $12,000. The money was turned over to a musician named Camorazzo, who formerly belonged to the band on the Utah, who guaranteed to get them a special train for an excursion to Rome and an audience with the pope. When the men obtained shore leave here to take advantage of the excursion which they had paid for they could not find the former bandsman or their $12,000 cash. 		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 11 November 1913, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-30 Florida581k Water Front at Pier D and Mainland, Looking North
From Left to right: Delaware (BB-28) and Florida (BB-30) intersect, 20 December 1913. 		National Archives Identifier: 6038110
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware NR ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS EVER TAKEN AT SEA.
A PICTURE OF A UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP SNAPPED FROM THE DECK OF A CONSORT IN THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM OFF HAMPTON ROADS
Photo by Buck from Underwood & Underwood from N. Moser via Tommy Trampp.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 06 January 1914, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. & Photo by G.V. Buck from Underwood & Underwood.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 18 January 1914, Page 4, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware
012858		722k Delaware's (BB-28) bow is foamed over, most likely in a photo sequence shot with the above photo. Photo from the Harris & Ewing photograph collection, courtesy of loc.gov..
Reproduction Number LC-DIG-hec-03597.
BB-28 Delaware 267k Coaling ship.Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
Atlantic Fleet265kA smoky Delaware (BB-28) with a broadside view of her guns, circa 1914.
In 1914 and again in 1916 Delaware cruised off Veracruz to protect American lives and property during the political disturbances in Mexico.		Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
Photo from "Popular Mechanics" Magazine, January 1914 via Robert Hurst.
Atlantic Fleet
012980a		 NRUNCLE SAM'S BATTLESHIP FLEET AT SEA
An unusual photograph of our first line of defence steaming full speed ahead with their guns trained to port on an imaginary fleet. This picture was taken looking aft from the North Dakota (BB-29), of our battle fleet. The ship following is Delaware (BB-28). 		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
PDF courtesy of New-York Tribune (New York [N.Y.]), 16 September 1917, 1866-1924 via loc.gov
FYI, this photo originally appeared here Atlantic Fleet taken from North Dakota (BB-29), 1914.
Photographer: Enrique Muller Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45512574
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-51.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Veracruz Incident
U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships1.15k U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming toward Mexican waters in 1914. Photograph copyrighted in 1914 by E. Muller, Jr., and Pach.
OUR POWERFUL NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET
This is to considered be the most powerful battle fleet in the world. Recently it returned from the Mediterranean and left Hampton Roads for the south. During the last battle practice each of the vessels made a record for herself while the flagship Wyoming (BB-32) broke the world's record at target practice. The photograph shows the nine ships in the order in which they usually sail. The Wyoming is in the lead at the right, and is followed by the Florida (BB-30), Utah (BB-31), Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), South Carolina (BB-26), Rhode Island (BB-17), Georgia (BB-15),and New Jersey (BB-16).
The following battleships that were dispatched to Mexican waters included the:
Ohio (BB-12), Virginia (BB-13), Nebraska (BB-14), Connecticut (BB-18), Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22), Mississippi (BB-23), Idaho (BB-24), New Hampshire (BB-25), Michigan (BB-27), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34) & Texas (BB-35).
In insets are (left to right):
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo,
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher,
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger. 		Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 60322.
Insert PDF image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA.
Photo by The Madison Journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 07 February 1914, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-12 Ohio507kVERACRUZ TAKEN AFTER BOMBARDMENT
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE STURDY FIGHTERS OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET STEAMING OUT OF HAMPTON ROADS FOR MEXICAN WATERS
LEFT TO RIGHT: THE OHIO (BB-12), THE VERMONT (BB-20), THE CONNECTICUT (BB-18), THE NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29), THE DELAWARE (BB-28), THE FLORIDA (BB-30), THE UTAH (BB-31), AND THE ARKANSAS (BB-33).		Image and text provided by University of Oregon, Knight Library; Eugene,OR.
Photo from Medford Mail Tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, 22 April 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-30 Florida
012928v		2.29k Either the Delaware (BB-28), or North Dakota (BB-29) with other elements of the US Navy off Veracruz. Photo courtesy of huntington.org. courtesy of Daniel Hacker.
BB-28 Delaware276kWar is on the horizon as members of the crew scan from the Delaware (BB-28), August 1914.Photographer: Enrique Muller, Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45510612
Local Identifier: 165-WW-323G-11
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware449kStern gun scene aboard the Delaware (BB-28), 1914.Photographer: Enrique Muller, Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45510044
Local Identifier: 165-WW-321C-34
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware791kBroadside Delaware (BB-28).National Archives Identifier: 45512492
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-13
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware987k Delaware (BB-28) in acton. Firing her main battery at full speed.Photographer: Enrique Muller, Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45512490
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-12
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-12 Ohio1.33kFive Serious Charges of Inefficiency of Our Navy
The United States Ship Delaware (BB-28), the most formidable type of Dreadnought and pride of the American Navy. This type, as well as those now building, according to Mr. Isham, is so far out classed by ships of foreign nations that they are obsolete, and from a strategical standpoint "no better than floating fortresses," in which speed and armament have been sacrificed for armor plate. 		Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA.
Photo from Richmond Times-Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 15 November 1914, Image 51, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-33 Arkansas 579k Delaware's (BB-28) band & audience, 1914. Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen.
Photograph PR-3-Box 88-3, by Enrique Muller Jr.,courtesy of the Library of Congress & National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
Mid 19 Teens
BB-28 DelawareNR MORE AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS ORDERED TO Veracruz ; MEXICO CITY, RIOTS FEARED
On account, of dangeroua conditions in Mexico, President Wilson and Secretary Daniels decided to send more battleships to Veracruz. It is not the present intention to send the entire Atlantic battleship fleet....		Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 12 March 1915, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Norfolk Navy Yard9.43kCirca mid April 1915 panoramic photograph (looking west) of the Norfolk Navy Yard from the South Norfolk side of the river. Identified in the photograph are (left to right) two captured German raiders, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich, then, the super structure of a battleship {I believe Maine class (BB 10 / 12)}, two naval supply ships {I believe they are Proteus-class colliers}, and one more naval supply ship, {Neptune (AC-8) clearly marked} with two additional battleships {Delaware class (BB 28 / 29)} docked near it. On the far right side is Saint Helena Training Station in the Berkley section of Norfolk, Virginia.Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.)
Norfolk Navy Yard1.81kNorfolk, VA. Navy Yard. View of the yard in wartime showing several battleships.
First ship on the right (partial view) is a battleship of either the Virginia (BB-13 / 17) or the Connecticut (BB-18 / 22 & 25) class.
Wearing 4 stripes on her center smokestack, the New Hampshire (BB-25) lies broadside; beyond her with 3 stripes on her left stack, is the Georgia (BB-15), (stern facing right); the Louisiana (BB-19) wearing 2 stripes on her 1st stack is behind her. Docked is the Delaware (BB-28), bow on.		Partial photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein.
Photo by Brown & Dawson.
National Archives Identifier: 45511816
Local Identifier: 165-WW-330D-1
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware
012815h		 NR ATLANTIC FLEET IN THE HUDSON
The picture shows, reading from left to right, the battleships Delaware (BB-28), North Dakota (BB-29), Michigan (BB-27), South Carolina (BB-26), Kansas (BB-21), Florida (BB-30) and Utah (BB-31).		 Image and text provided by Rutgers University Libraries.
Photo from Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 11 May 1915, HOME EDITION, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming539k"Ships of the Atlantic Fleet playing their searchlights at night along the Hudson River."USN photo by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 16 May 1915, Page 1.
BB-29 North Dakota1.22kADMIRAL FLETCHER AND FLEET CAPTAINS
Admiral Fletcher, commander of the Atlantic fleet conferring with other officers on the flagship Wyoming (BB-32). Standing with his back turned, is Capt. Albert Gleaves of the Utah (BB-31); seated, left to right, are Capt. W. L. Rogers of the Delaware (BB-28), Admiral Fletcher and Captain Huse, chief of staff.		 Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA.
Photo from The Madison Journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 03 July 1915, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware413kRifle practice on Delaware (BB-28), 19 September 1915.Photographer: Enrique Muller, Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45510815
Local Identifier: 165-WW-325A-005
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware NR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR NAVY.
Government Records Show Only Nineteen First Class Fighting' Ships Available, All in the Atlantic.
The dreadnought Delaware (BB-28), one Uncle Sam's biggest fighters, showing her mettle in the trough of a storm.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 February 1916, Image 32 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-29 North Dakota996kGERMAN RAIDING CRUISERS ENTER BERTHS UNTIL END OF WAR
The picture shows the Prinz Eitel resting in the back channel at League Island, interned under the guns of some of the heaviest units of the U.S. Fleet. The Kronprinz Wilhelm is now tied alongside of her, following her belated arrival from Norfolk.
The Delaware (BB-28) or North Dakota (BB-29) is moored alongside of her.		 Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo by Enrique Muller Jr, from The Evening Public Ledger, (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 3 October 1916, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware788kShip's after three 12"/45 twin gun turrets, circa 1913.
Note: For what it is worth, it is not unknown for newspapers to submit photos taken sometime after they were first printed. It is also possible that the text in the photo caption is wrong.
Photographed by Enrique Muller. Note the sub-caliber spotting rifles mounted on the barrel of each heavy gun, gun sight practice gear fitted across the top front of each turret, and whaleboat swung out on davits.
Though it is important for every gun crew to practice firing their guns with actual live ammo, the one ton shells of the main battery are a bit too expensive to use for all gunnery practice the gunnery divisions need. These small caliber guns were strapped to each gun barrel and fired at the targets to judge the proficiency the pointer and trainers without the expenditure of actual shells and powder. The ammunition handlers would run timed dry loading practice. 		Photo by E. Mueller Jr., contributed by Roy C. Thomas.
Partial text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
PDF image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 22 July 1917, Section 4 Pictorial Magazine, Image 35, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Over There
1917 - 1919
BB-28 Delaware566k Delaware (BB-28) at Norfolk Navy Yard, 2 January 1917. Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen.
National Archives Identifier: 52557391
Local Identifier: 181-V-1308
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Atlantic Fleet58k"Armor piercing shells weighing half a ton or more apiece being loaded on an American Dreadnought that is preparing to sail for European waters."Photo by Central News Photo Service .
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, Page 363 from The War of the Nations (New York), 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-33 Arkansas5.80kArkansas (BB-33) with seven other Battleships of the Atlantic Fleet at Hampton Roads, 1917.
The ship in the foreground (first from the right) is the Arkansas. The photo shows a total of 8 battleships sailing in 2 columns. The cage masts of a battleship is showing above the Arkansas' forward turrets and the ship on the far left is actually 2 ships (3 masts) [the right hand of these 2 appears to be bow on to the camera sailing on a different bearing thus only one mast is showing].
Given the probable date of the photo, the flag on the foremast of Arkansas is probably that of R. Adm. Winslow, which would suggest that the right hand column is probably Battleship Division 1. The New York (BB-34) does appear in the photo as the second ship in the right hand column (second closest in the photo). Note the 2 forward casemate guns (verses 1 on 12" gunned BB's) and the 2 gun main turrets.
Assuming the the right hand column is division 1, the next 2 ships in that column would be Utah (BB-31) and the Florida (BB-30) (both funnels are between the masts) and the last ship in line (the bow on ship) may be Delaware (BB-28). 		Photographer Harris & Ewing courtesy of loc.gov.
Reproduction Number LC-DIG-hec-08104.
Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
BB-28 & 30111kView from the Delaware (BB-28) of the Florida (BB-30) about to engage in firing practice in the Southern drill grounds, possibly at Hampton Roads Virginia prior to their sailing as part of the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine to England, November 1917.
Note arrangement of masts and funnels. On a Florida (BB-30 / 31) they are Mast, Funnel, Funnel & Mast and on a Delaware (BB-28 / 29) they would be Mast, Funnel, Mast & Funnel. The ship in the foreground could be a Delaware with the photographer standing on the starboard 02 deck between the foremast and the wet 5"/51 which is presumably is trained out board. The gun barrels in the left foreground would belong to the No. 1 & No. 2 Turrets trained to starboard.		Photo courtesy of Larry Yungk.
Photo I.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
BB-28 Delaware
012822i		 558k Splash of shells from the Delaware (BB-28) during target practice, late teens. Photographer: Enrique Muller Jr.
National Archives Identifier: 45513974
Local Identifier: 165-WW-339B-6.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-32/33405kFrom the deck of the Delaware (BB-28): Showing Florida (BB-30) & Arkansas (BB-33) leaving the fleet, 30 November 1917.Photo by Enrique Muller Jr. for the Committee of Public Information.
National Archives Identifier: 45512495
Local Identifier: 165-WW-334A-14
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Sixth Battle Squadron229k"Superdreadnoughts of the United States Navy"
This is an original 1917 sepia rotogravure by Bernard Poole showing America's super dreadnoughts during World War I.
Battleships of the Sixth Battle Squadron included the:
Delaware (BB-28),
Florida (BB-30),
Utah (BB-31),
Wyoming (BB-32),
Arkansas (BB-33),
New York (BB-34),
Texas (BB-35) &
Arizona (BB-39) at one time or another.		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
BB-34499kPhoto of the arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917. The U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) New York (BB-34), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28). This image was painted on Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble. USN photo # Lot-5410-15, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
BB-34, 32, 30 & 28.95k"Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917." Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) New York (BB-34), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28).Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 58841-KN.
BB-28 Delaware199k This rare oil painting by American artist Burnell Poole, "The 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth", is one of less than two dozen paintings owned by the Navy that depicts U.S. naval operations in World War One (WWI). After years of being considered a total loss by Navy Art Gallery curators it has been restored to near perfect condition. The entire process took several months, but the result is the total recovery of a painting that is sure to establish Burnell Poole's name among the best marine painters of the early 20th century.
The composition of the ships of the 6th Battle Squadron during their operational history, appearing in the painting in no particular order were: Delaware (BB-28), Florida (BB-30),Wyoming (BB-32), Arkansas (BB-33), New York (BB-34), & Texas (BB-35).		 Photo and partial text courtesy of Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., File photo # N-0000X-001.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 09 June 1918, Image 36, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-32 Wyoming
013224p		 NR FIVE FIGHTING FLOATING FORTRESSES.
A painting by Burnell Poole of the Sixth Battle Squadron of Britian's Grand Fleet, the American battleship division cooperating with the British Navy during the World War, which is to be presented to the British Admiriality at an early date by AdmiralHugh Rodman and the officers & men of his squadron.
The ships in line are: New York (BB-34), Texas (BB-35), Wyoming (BB-32), Florida (BB-30) and Delaware (BB-28).		 Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo by The Omaha Morning Bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 03 February 1924, CITY EDITION, ALCOGRAVURE SECTION, Image 42, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-34 New York 684k Royal Navy (British) during the First World War. Royal Navy and U.S. Fleets at Rosyth, Scotland, 1917. HMS Lion, HMS Inflexible, HMS Indomitable, and the light battle cruiser squadrons with the U.S. Sixth Division behind. USN photo # Lot 9609-39 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
BB-28 Delaware
012844		 407k Delaware (BB-28) Plotting room, circa 1918. Note many speaking tubes. Photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
Inspection810kJune 1918 photo - Inspection on board one of the battleships. The men are required to lay out their hammocks and bedding.
Stern view of a Delaware (BB-28 / 29) or Florida (BB-30 / 31) class battleship.		Photo by Kadel & Herbert.
National Archives Identifier: 45510907
Local Identifier: 165-WW-325B-8
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware95kCrewmen exercising on the quarterdeck, while she was stationed in British waters with the Sixth Battle Squadron, 1918.Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 89157.
BB-28 Delaware372k Delaware's (BB-28) crew getting ready for Saturday night during the day, while in Europe.US National Archives photo # 80G-11158 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
BB-28 Delaware122kMost dreadnought & pre-dreadnought battleships were armed with torpedo tubes as well as guns. This photo shows a side - loading torpedo tube aboard the Delaware (BB-28) circa 1918. Torpedoes were transported along the monorail above the tube and then lowered into it. Orders to the crew to fire were delivered through the speaking tube. It was generally conceded that torpedoes were an extremely effective weapon but that their underwater tubes were a hazard because they constituted weak points in systems of bulkheads protecting against underwater hits. For a time, therefore, U.S. designers and planners expected to move the tubes topside-where they presented a fire & explosion hazard. They were therefore, omitted from the ships reconstructed during the interwar period. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-34 New York382k21 November 1918 - U.S. battleships witness surrender of German High Seas fleet at Rosyth, Firth of Forth, Scotland, to U.S. and British fleets.
New York (BB-34), Arkansas (BB-33), Delaware (BB-28), Texas (BB-35), Florida (BB-30), and Wyoming (BB-32).		Text & USN photo courtesy of Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa via Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
Photo i.d. courtesy of Andy McIntosh.
BB-28 Delaware170k Delaware (BB-28), docked at the Boston Navy Yard for an overhaul, 5 December 1918. Photo courtesy of Robert Headlee.
Text courtesy of DANFS.
BB-28 Delaware927k Artist: H. Reuterdahl. Return of the Sixth Fleet Battle Squadron". Artwork shows the fleet arriving at New York City, New York.
Battleships of the Sixth Battle Squadron included the:
Delaware (BB-28),
Florida (BB-30),
Utah (BB-31),
Wyoming (BB-32),
Arkansas (BB-33),
New York (BB-34) &
Texas (BB-35) at one time or another. 		NHHC Photograph Collection: NR&L 13322 from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, courtesy of flickr.com.
1919 - Scrapping
BB-30 Florida1.30kThe arrangement of the search lights and the 3" gun platforms on the crane kingposts makes the photo no earlier than 1917. The lack of traverse makings on the turrets or a range clock on the mast means early 1919 at the latest. Photo courtesy of Alan Moore.
Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
New York Harbor1.78k"American dreadnoughts & super-dreadnoughts steaming into New York harbor 14 April 1919."
The Texas (BB-35) leads the procession with a airplane on her turret catapult. Note the escorting biplane.
The "escorting" aircraft is either a Curtiss HS-1 or HS-2 (note the single engine) can't tell which from the photo. The aircraft on a fly-off platform atop the No. 2 turret of the Texas is 1 of 6 Sopwith Camels purchased from Britain at the end of the war.
The platforms were a British concept designed to provide the fleet with an aircraft capable of reaching the high flying Zeppelins which the German Navy occasionally used as scouts. The Texas was the only US Battleship to be fitted with turret fly-off platforms while in Europe and was the test bed for this program in the US Navy. Not visible in this view is a stripped down (No fabric and no wings) Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter lashed atop the No. 3 Turret. The platforms were eventually mounted on all 14" gun BB's through the New Mexico (BB-40 / 42) class (with mixed reviews from their commanders) and carried either a Hanriot HD-1 or a Neiuport 28. Though equipped inflatable floats for water landings, this tended to do a lot of damage not the least of which was dowsing a hot engine in cold salt water. By 1920 a successful compressed air catapult was developed and were being mounted on the aft deck of all 4 turreted battleships and fly-off platforms were removed. The Texas and New York (BB-34), because of their 5 Turrets, lacked the deck space for the catapult and had to make do with a float plane (Vought VE-7) sitting on the aft deck which would be launched by lowering it over the side for a surface take-off.
If you look carefully at this photo you see the VE-7 on the deck and the A-frame hoist used for handling it.		Photo by Paul Thompson.
Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 31 December 1919, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Text i.d. courtesy of Chris Hoehn.
BB-29 North Dakota 2.08k Crew photo of a 3 or 4 syllable named battleship.
The superfiring turrets indicate BB-26 or later. The older style anchor arrangement on the right side of the photo indicates BB-29 or earlier. So either BB-26 class or BB-28 class. Most of the features are covered by the sailors, but the higher searchlight arrangements on the BB-26 class would show if they were present. So this is a BB-28 class, but the visible features (or lack there of) won't allow me to pin down which one. 		Photo i.d. via Richard L. Jensen.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Vance.
BB-28 Delaware
012814p		 407k Delaware (BB-28) foreground, New York Harbor 23 April 1919; during the fleet review. Other battleships are in the distance. Photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
Atlantic FleetNRVICTORY FLEET COMES BACK FROM CUBAN WATERS
One hundred and twelve vessels of the victory fleet have returned from target practice in Cuban waters. All of New York's harbor craft turned out to greet the sea fighters. The photograph shows in the foreground the Delaware (BB-28) following the fleet into the harbor.
The Texas (BB-35), New Mexico (BB-40), Oklahoma (BB-37) & Nevada (BB-36) are in front. 		Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Photo from The Aberdeen Weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 25 April 1919, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Photo courtesy of The Morgan City Daily Review. 18 June 1919 via Robert Hurst.
BB-28 Delaware190kStarboard bow view on 1 January 1920, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.National Archives photo # 19-N-28-29-4.
BB-28 DelawareNRJazz Kings of the Atlantic Fleet
These members of the band of the battleship Delaware (BB-28) have made a reputation as the "Jazz kings" of the Atlantic fleet.		Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Photo from The Southern Herald. (Liberty, Miss.) 1866-current, 24 September 1920, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware154k The crew of the Delaware (BB-28) crowd the deck as she passes through the Pedro Miguel Locks at the Panama Canal, 20 January 1921.USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
Atlantic Fleet188k Delaware (BB-28) in 1921. US National Archives photo # 80G-1035090 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
BB-28 Delaware109kThe Delaware (BB-28) in 1921, a line drawing by A.L. Raven. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-36
013021		650kFlorida (BB-30) steaming in line abreast with two other ships of Battleship Division FIVE, Atlantic Fleet, during an exercise in about 1921. The other ships are Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29). Photographed by A.E. Wells.USN photo courtesy of history.navy.mil
Atlantic and Pacific Fleets49k"Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay, 21st January 1921". Right section (of three) of a panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Among the ships present in this image are (from left to right): Sicard (DD-346), Hatfield (DD-231), North Dakota (BB-29), Delaware (BB-28), Brazos (AO-4), Prometheus (AR-3), Utah (BB-31), Oklahoma (BB-37), Bridge (AF-1), Nevada (BB-36), Schenck (DD-159), Arizona (BB-39), Black Hawk (AD-9), Dickerson (DD-157), Dahlgren (DD-187), Herbert (DD-160), Columbia (CA-16), Cleveland (PG-33), Tacoma (PG-32), Semmes (DD-189) and one other destroyer. 		Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, D.H. Criswell Collection. Photo # NH 86082-C, courtesy of Naval Historical Center.
BB-28 Delaware83kCAPT. Robert Whitehead McNeely was the commanding officer of the battleship Delaware (BB-28) from 31 December 1921 to 11 October 1923. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
Ostfriesland 1.14k U.S. Navy ships prepare to watch the Billy Mitchell bombing experiments, 20 July 1921.
The ship at the far left is Ohio (BB-12). Moving to the right, the next two are the Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29), but the photo is not clear enough to tell which is which. The next BB (closest to the camera) is the Utah (BB-31), and the ship at the far right side of the photo is the Florida (BB-30). 		Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen.
Image courtesy of National Archives, Washington, DC. via oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.
DelawareNRBattleship Delaware's (BB-28) Magnificent Silver Service Gift of People of the State.
Public Interest Aroused in the Disposition of the Splendid Trophy in the Event That the Big Ship is Scrapped; Fund for the Gift Raised by Popular Subscription in 1910.		Image and text provided by University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE.
Photo from Every Evening, Wilmington Daily Commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 31 December 1921, LAST EDITION, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-30 Florida663kRotogravure Photo entitled Mighty American Dreadnoughts Under Full Power Plowing through Turbulent Waters Off The Coast of Scotland
Florida (BB-30) with other vessels of the Naval Academy practice squadron running into rough weather while passing to the North of Scotland while en route from Copenhagen to Glasgow.
She is followed by Delaware (BB-28) and North Dakota (BB-29).		Photo courtesy of periodpaper.com
Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 54181 and text.
BB-28 Delaware 992k Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA., circa mid 1922.
From bottom up: Unknown tug boat, Floating Derrick # 35, Floating Workshop YR-16, Constitution, receiving ship Southery (IX-26), unknown Armored Cruiser, battleship of the Virginia class {either the Virginia (BB-13) or the New Jersey (BB-16)}, nest of destroyers, identifiable is the Lamson (DD-328) and what appears to be Kalk (DD-170); the battleship Delaware (BB-28) is at the top of the photo. 		Photo i.d. courtesy of David Wright.
Photo 08_06_016847 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-29 North Dakota
012901		 871k Delaware (BB-28) (left) and North Dakota (BB-29) in middle chambers Gatun Locks, 14 June 1922. Photographer: Underwood & Underwood.
National Archives Identifier: 100996504
Local Identifier: 185-G-962.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
BB-28 Delaware819kPanoramic photo of the U.S. fleet in Panama Bay (Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal) on 1 March 1923. 70 vessels are viewed; the Battle Fleet consists of all U.S. battleships from the Delaware (BB-28) through the Idaho (BB-42). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Copyright R.G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z."
BB-30 Florida121k Florida (BB-30) entering Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia in 1923. She is followed by two other U.S. Navy battleships.
The other two battleships might be the Delaware (BB-28) & North Dakota (BB-29). DANFS records that they made midshipmen cruises to Europe during that time before they were decommissioned later in the fall. 		Naval History and Heritage Command photograph # NH 54180.
BB-28 Delaware 596k The beginning of Delaware (BB-28) being scrapped. Florida (BB-30) is to the left.Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard Jensen.
Photo # 08_06_005026 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-28 Delaware 678k Delaware (BB-28) being dismantled at South Boston drydock.Photo # 08_06_005489 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-28 Delaware127kIn dry dock at the South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 30 January 1924. The ship has been stripped in preparation for scrapping. Note propellers, rudder, armor belt and heavy fouling on her underwater hull.Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 54675.
BB-28 Delaware427kIn dry dock at the South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 30 January 1924. Delaware (BB-28) being scrapped.Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
BB-28 Delaware405k Delaware (BB-28) dismantled in dry dock.Photos 08_06_004786 & 08_06_004830 courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
BB-28 Delaware 809k Delaware (BB-28) being dismantled at South Boston. Photo # 08_06_005487 from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-28 Delaware 326k In dry dock at the South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 30 January 1924.
Delaware's (BB-28) cage mast on her side.
At work on her gun deck.		Photo 08_06_004833, from the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection, courtesy of Kate Monea, Archivist, USS Constitution Museum.
BB-28 Delaware308k Delaware (BB-28) going to junk pile, passing Old Glory as it waves on the stern of Leviathan at South Boston.Photos courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via flickr.com.
BB-28 Delaware490kScrapping the 12-Inch guns of the Delaware (BB-28) at South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, April, 1924.USN photo courtesy of USNI & submitted by Pieter Bakels.
ScrappingNRScrapping of Ships Cost More Than Building Them
As part of the limitations of the armaments program, the battleship Delaware (BB-28) has been scrapped, a sacrifice on the altar of peace. Experts say scrapping of ships is actually increasing the cost of maintaining navy.		Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from New Britain Herald. (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 29 September 1924, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware98k Delaware (BB-28), January 1925, in Philadelphia being scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.USNI / USN.
Avodah HaRahNRMidshipmen stand before Tecumseh, god of the campus of the Naval Academy. Annapolis is celebrating its centennial and the statue, a replica of the figurehead on the battleship Delaware (BB-28), stands as a symbol of Navy tradition. Pennies are tossed to it by middies going to exams, and football teams worship its spirit for a victory over West Point. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 16 September 1945, Image 83, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-28 Delaware
012856t		 NR THE MIDDIE WAY
Annapolis, Victim of custom, Tecumseh, the old figurehead from the battleship Delaware (BB-28), gets another dose of warpaint from midshipmen at the Naval Academy. He is painted every time Navy engages Army in athletic competition, which will happen five times tomorrow during June Week. Applying the colors are, left to right, Bert Melnick, 23, of 1300 North Adam street, Arlington; Richard Rodney, 19, of Rock Hill, S. C., and Hugh Bestick, 21, of Laurinburg, N. C. 		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star.[volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 25 May 1956, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
(NISMF)926kA guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil, Defense Visual Information Center.
BB-28 Delaware
012820b		137kTwo photo PDF of Delaware's (BB-28) bell which resides at the state capitol building in Dover.Photo courtesy of Bryan Fisher.
Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Gove, Charles Augustus, USN (USNA 1876)04.04.1910 - 01.12.1911
02CAPT. Hood, John, USN (USNA 1879) :RADM)01.12.1911 - 24.10.1912
03CAPT. Rodman, Hugh, USN (USNA 1880) :ADM24.10.1912 - 22.12.1913
04CAPT. Rodgers, William Ledyard, USN (USNA 1878) :ADM22.12.1913 - 00.00.1914
05CDR. Preston, Charles Francis, USN (USNA 1891)00.00.1914 - 15.06.1915
06CAPT. Gill, William Andrew, USN (USNA 1879)15.06.1915 - 27.05.1916
07CAPT. Scales, Archibald Henderson, USN (USNA 1887) :RADM27.05.1916 - 30.07.1917
08CDR. Abbott, John Strong, USN (USNA 1903)30.07.1917 - 14.12.1918
09CDR. Preston, Charles Francis, USN (USNA 1891)14.12.1918 - 21.07.1919
10CAPT. Belknap, Reginald Rowan, USN (USNA 1891) :RADM21.07.1919 - 31.12.1921
11CAPT. McNeely, Robert Whitehead, USN (USNA 1894) 31.12.1921 - 11.09.1923
12CDR. Coman, Vaughan Kimball, USN (USNA 1905) 11.09.1923 - 10.11.1923
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