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From the tall buildings behind, this must be the July 1928 visit. Moored at P&O wharf, Bennelong Point, where the Opera House is now. Read All About It - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16478526 Captain Geronimo Costa Palma - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16479223

The SLNSW have an image supposedly showing the PRESIDENTE SARMIENTO with the Harbour Bridge in the background, ie later than 1932 - strange !? - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au//item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=220390

beachcomber australia Think you're right, we had a hunch that might be the case. That is strange, SLNSW must have the vessel wrong as PRESIDENTE SARMIENTO did not visit Sydney after 1928.

Sarmiento Trip 1902 Zarpó el 20 de Febrero de 1901 y regresó el 13 de Febrero de 1902. Bahía Blanca - San Antonio - San José - Madryn - Cabo Raso - Tillí - Santa Cruz -Gallegos - Punta Arenas - Cabo Pilar (salida al Pacífico) - Papeeté (Tahití) - Apia (Samoa) - Suva (Fidji) - Auckland - Wellington - Melbourne - Sidney - Brisbane -Thursday-Island - Timor - Macassar - Singapore - Pointe de Galle - Bombay - Aden -Massaua - Suez - Ismailía - Port Said - Alejandría - De este último se dirigió a Gibraltar para trasbordar los Aspirantes al vapor italiano "SIRIO" y dirigirse luego a Spezia para embarcar material de guerra. El personal destacado llegó a Buenos Aires el 8 de Enero y la Fragata el 13 de Febrero de 1902. Navegó 33.803 millas.

hector M.ARG Thank you for those details hector M.ARG. We hope you enjoyed our photostream.

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...

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.

@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.

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.

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_Moreno

I think this might be at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Dry Dock 4, which looks like this today:


Phot by flickr user HLIT www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/

Art Siegel Good call, artolog. Here is a 1918 photo of the USS New Mexico (BB-40) in Dry Dock 4 from a similar perspective as one of the ARA Moreno photos in the most recent LOC Bain postings. The photo is from the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation's (BNYDC) photostream: And here's one of the most recent posted LOC Bain photos of ARA Moreno:

captainslack, artolog and TVL1970: Its great to have the Brooklyn Navy Yard location of this ship confirmed and more information about it. Thank you for adding to our description!