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Warships

from OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons

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  • Picture Esk said:
    There might be mistake in the title of this image. The 2 funnelled warship in the background looks like the cruiser USS Chicago. But the 4 funnelled ship in the foreground is not USS Boston. She looks more like a Bainbridge Class Torpedo Boat Destroyer such as the USS Bainbridge, USS Decatur etc.
  • OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons said:
    Hi Picture Esk- Thanks for the information. We took this off the title on the glass lantern slide, which was the information used in the course curriculum. Could you send me some more information or other sources to check for more information on these ships? Thanks! Tiah
  • Picture Esk said:
    I am not a naval expert, but I do enjoy researching old images like these. To identify your ships I used the website www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/index.htm and I searched through the ships of the US Navy. You can also try Googling their names as USS Chicago. I have just tried it with USS Boston, and your ship is definitely not the 2 funnelled cruiser that was launched in 1884, and was still on duty in 1905. I hope that this helps. Cliff
  • OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons said:
    After a good catch by Picture Esk, we were able to determine that this photograph was mislabeled. After some careful research in the Naval Historical Center, it became pretty clear that the ship in the background of this photograph is the USS Boston. Unfortunately, we have not had any luck accurately describing the ship in the foreground, which is most certainly not the USS Chicago. So, way to go Picture Esk, and if anyone else has any information, please let us know.
  • bjarndyr said:
    I have to second Picture Esk, here. That can't be the USS Boston. The pattern of windows on the sides of the ship is completely wrong in the Naval Historical Center pictures you linked. In particular, the (what I assume are) large gun ports are missing entirely. It is also appears to be lacking the rounded projections for the wing turrets on the top deck.

U.S. Navy ship, Chicago in Brisbane, March 1941

from State Library of Queensland

U.S.S. Chicago

from George Eastman Museum

  • edjdonnell said:
    the third ship in the Us navies new steel navy, a cruiser,commisoned in 1885, she was hyprid of steel,steam and sail, and was in the original new navies squadron of evolution in 1889. was the "C" in the "ABCD" fleet. this photo is after here sailing mast had been replaced with battle mast sometime around the spanish american war of 1898.