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RIVADAVIA (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Wystan said:
    Built for the Argentine navy. Named for the first president of Argentina. Built at the Fore River Shipbuilding Yards at Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched August 26, 1911. For awhile the Rivadavia was the largest battleship in the world: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04E5DE163CE633A...
  • technogeo said:
    I don't think the ship is under construction in this photo. It is completely outfitted with guns, lattice mast, jackstaff, lifeboats, etc. all of which normally would have been added after the launching of the hull, i.e. with the ship afloat. The ship appears to be in a drydock for repairs or modifications. The riveted stern plates in the other photo show signs of repeated impact and/or corrosion.
  • technogeo said:
    If that's the Williamsburg Bridge on the left (in the distant haze between the ship and the crane), this photo may have been taken at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
  • Wystan said:
    @technogeo, that would make sense, as Bain's photo above is from the 1913 Bain photostream, not 1911. 1911 Bain/LOC photo shows the Rivadavia after launch, but before completion: Two Bain/LOC photos of the Rivadavia getting a touchup at the shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, where it was built. Both photos dated Dec. 2, 1912:
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_Rivadavia

Argentine Dreadnought, Quincy, 12/2/12 (LOC)

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  • cotinis said:
    See comments on adjacent photo, and/or Wikipedia article on these ships.
  • sweltering toad said:
    thnax for the info! :) -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)
  • perfgeek said:
    At the same time though, the lettering on the bow, admittedly very obscured doesn't look like the tops of the word "Moreno" to my admittedly bad eyes. Looks perhaps like a "YA" in the middle?
  • Willy Ceppi said:
    It clearly says Rivadavia. First president of Argentina, and future name of the battleship.
  • Elias Georgantas said:
    The Rivadavia features here as well

Col. W.N. Haskell (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Richard Norton said:
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_N._Haskell
  • Art Siegel said:
    Interesting that there is no English Wikipedia article on him. In 1920, he was the Allied Commissioner for Armenian Relief: "HASKELL TO DIRECT RELIEF IN RUSSIA; Former Allied Commissioner in Armenia Will Leave Here on His Mission at Once. CHECKS ON RELIEF FOOD Kitchens Will Insure That Only Those It Is Intended For Will Get It. RIGA, Aug. 21.--Colonel William N. Haskell, who directed relief in Armenia, has been appointed to supervise the famine relief work of the American Relief Administration in Russia. It is announced that he will leave the United States for Russia immediately." NYT, August 22, 1921. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9804E6DF143EEE... His grave at West Point: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52603165