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825 photos and 7 illustrations tagged battleship, from 18 members of Flickr Commons.

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• ship
• warship
• unitedstatesnavy
• usnavy
• usn
• libraryofcongress
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• latticemast
• cagemast
• cagemasts
• latticemasts
• navy
• predreadnoughtbattleship
• predreadnought
• ships
• pearlharbor
• shipyard
• sdasm
• military
• naval
• sailors
• brooklynnavyyard
• nynsy
• tennesseeclass

Members using this tag

• SDASM Archives 386 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 344 photos & illustrations
• Navy Medicine 35 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 18 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 6 photos & illustrations
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 6 photos & illustrations
• British Library 6 photos & illustrations
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 5 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 5 photos & illustrations
• Université de Caen Normandie 5 photos & illustrations
• George Eastman Museum 4 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Virginia 3 photos & illustrations

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COLORADO (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  See

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from Université de Caen Normandie

• signal mirror said:

  The device on the bridge to the left of the sailor holding the hand-flags is a mechanical semaphore.

COLORADO - going into commission (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45) "USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947. She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of battleships. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 22 March 1921, and commissioned on 30 August 1923." The Evening Star. September 01, 1923, Page 12, top center chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1923-09-01/ed-... included a picture of officers on the Colorado when she was commissioned. See also www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-...

• swanq said:

  Notice all the news photographers with boaters at left.