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Early Photograph USN Sailors from Battleship USS Kearsarge BB-5 with Ladies 2.5
Early Photograph USN Sailors from Battleship USS Kearsarge BB-5 with Ladies 2.5
Early Photograph USN Sailors from Battleship USS Kearsarge BB-5 with Ladies 2.5
Early Photograph USN Sailors from Battleship USS Kearsarge BB-5 with Ladies 2.5

Early Photograph USN Sailors from Battleship USS Kearsarge BB-5 with Ladies 2.5"

$ 3.28

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Early photograph (RPPC - clipped) of USS Kearsarge BB-5 Battleship visiting with family or friends.
    One of the sailors is in a wheelbarrow.
    Dress whites, neckerchiefs, dixie cups.
    The Chief Petty Officer's coat jacket is unbuttoned.
    Image is 2 1/2" X 2" oval.
    Photo is from my collection of BB-5 original candid photo collection.
    USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was a United States Navy ship, named after the sloop-of-war Kearsarge. Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Virginia, on 30 June 1896. She was launched on 24 March 1898, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow (ne Maynard), the wife of Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, and commissioned on 20 February 1900. Quick facts: History, United States Between 1903 and 1907 Kearsarge served in the North Atlantic Fleet, and from 1907 to 1909 she sailed as part of the Great White Fleet. In 1909 she was decommissioned for modernization, which was finished in 1911. In 1915 she served in the Atlantic, and between 1916 and 1919 she served as a training ship. She was converted into a crane ship in 1920, renamed Crane Ship No. 1 in 1941, and sold for scrap in 1955. She was the only United States Navy battleship to not be named after a state. .