ussbrooklynacr3

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This ship was an armored cruiser,a type intended to have the speed of a cruiser, with armor and firepower superior to a cruiser's, but inferior to that of a battleship.

the elegent and deadly flagship of commodore Schley'f famed "Flying Squadron" of the spanish American war, on her return to New york harbor on 20 aug 1898 for a victory parade. the epitome of the femme fatal of fighting ships, and the most beautiful steel warship to ever wave the american flag. a one of a kind floating work of art, that even while a dock seemed to be in motion. the spanish naval captains feared the brooklyn over themore powerful but sluggish battleships. and with only one of her two engines running, the spanish squadron at santiago wa unable to outrun this greyhound of the seas. 4 spainish cruisers attacked the brooklyn, and tried to flee her murderous rain of firepower to no avail. was a ship.

photography had such character to it then... I love this shot :)

The ship appears to be the armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (CA-3), judging by the three tall, thin funnels, and the barely visible name on the stern. The Brooklyn also had a main armament of 8x8" guns, so the 8" shells were probably being added to or removed from her magazines.

In the uncompressed archival TIFF version of this photo, "B_OOKL_N" (missing the R and Y) is readable on the stern.

League Island is aka Philadelphia Naval Shipyard en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_Island

no question about what ship it is, it's the one of a kind Uss Brooklyn (1896-1922). no other Us ship had such a shapely design, with the tumble down sides and conter protruding sponsoons. and those give away 100 foot of the deck stacks, no other ship even came close close i t he us navy to her artistic beuty, all the other where utilitarian at best, if not down right ugly. she was built along french designs, and was the epitome of effiency,speed, beauty and power on the open seas in her day. " they don't make em like that anymore".