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Possibly at the Naval Review 14 October 1912 in New York, where a couple of other photos of US warships in the Bain collection were taken--see the adjacent photo of the Delaware and the Mayflower, for instance. There is a Naval Historical Center page on the Mayflower: USS Mayflower (1898-1931, later PY-1, the Presidential Yacht at that time) The ship has a long and fascinating history--see the Wikipedia article.

Looks nearly (but not quite) identical to a photo published in a 1917 book called Flags of the World; the caption there says the battleship is firing the presidential 21-gun salute.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Minnesota_(BB-22)

USS Florida (BB-30) was launched 12 May 1910 at the New York Navy Yard, Very similar photos of her dressed overall suggest Oct 3, 1911 (for a "Naval Review off New York") as one possible date. They can be seen at: www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss... www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/bb30.htm

since she does not have the ID number between her masts this must be the naval review if 1911, along with the other photos in this set she is saluting the president on Mayflower

Seems the "10/11" might refer to October 11. Perhaps this was just before the naval review in New York on 14 October 1912, where a couple of other photos of warships from the Bain collection were taken. Perhaps! (Another commenter on this series mentioned a similar review in October 1911.)

The original caption is 10/27/11. The warships were assembled for the great naval review on Thursday, November 2, 1911, s. The evening world., October 28, 1911, Final Edition, Image 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1911-10-28/ed-...

B-59: Thanks for pointing out the complete date. We will fix this next time we update.