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RIVADAVIA (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    Argentine battleship, built in Quincy, Massachusetts, launched in 1911. Shown here in two Bain/LOC photos, moored at Quincy for additional touches, on Dec. 2, 1912: Two Bain/LOC photos show the Rividavia being refurbished in dry dock at Charlestown, Mass., in 1913:

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

RIVADAVIA (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Wystan said:
    Built for the Argentine navy. Named for Bernardino Rivadavia the first (and later, exiled) president of Argentina. Built in the USA, 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... Commissioned by the Argentine Navy in 1914, it lasted 42 years. Sold for scrap in 1956: www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/argentina/pages/r...
  • technogeo said:
    I don't think the ship is under construction in this photo. It is completely outfitted with guns, lattice mast, lifeboats, etc. all of which would normally have been added after the launching of the hull, i.e. with the ship afloat. The ship appears to be in a drydock (Brooklyn Navy Yard?) for repairs or modifications. The riveted stern plates show signs of repeated impact and/or corrosion.
  • Wystan said:
    @technogeo -- your deductions appear to be sound, and they square better with the position of the undated photo being here in Bain's 1913 photostream, not in the 1911 group.
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks to both of you for your great research. I'd like the discussion to continue, but wanted to point out another image of the ship in our collection. It's a panoramic photo taken in 1914. The title is: La tripulacion del Aroragado [sic] "Rivadavia" a' su llegada al arsenal de Charlestown, Mass., U.S.A., 24ch Agosto de 1914. The warehouse buildings on the left of the panorama look the same as those in this Bain photo.
  • hector M.ARG said:
    Exelente foto del Rivadavia. En la foto aparentemente se le esta realizando mantenimiento, porque creo que en essa epoca Argentina no contaba con los diques secos (Dry Docks) para estos buques. Hector, Buenos Aires