Old Navy

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Protected Cruiser USS Newark pictured in 1891.

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Norfolk Navy Yard pictured in 1905, the Collier USS Caesar is in the background, she was laid down as SS Kingtor at Ropner & Sons Shipyard, Stockton-on-Tees and acquired by the USN on April 21st 1898, she was struck from the Naval Register on June 11th 1922 at Mare Island Navy Yard.

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President Theodore Roosevelt's Yacht USS Mayflower pictured at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1904..In the left background is the Collier USS Leonidas (Ex SS Elizabeth Holland), built at S. P. Austen & Son Ltd Shipyard, Sunderland and acquired by the USN on April 16th 1898 and converted to a 2050 ton capacity Collier at Brooklyn Navy Yard. She was used as a Submarine Chaser Tender in WWI at Corfu in 1918, she was broken up in 1922.

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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Kearsarge pictured at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1904.

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Santa Cecilia Class Freighter SS Santa Clara later acquired by the USN in 1918 and renamed USAT Santa Clara pictured fitting out at William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co Shipyards at Philadelphia c1912.

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Lead Ship, Protected Cruiser USS New Orleans pictured at Brooklyn Navy Yard and on departure in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War...She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy at Armstrong, Mitchell & Company, Shipyards, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and launched on December 4th 1896, purchased by the USN whilst under construction on March 16th 1898; and commissioned March 18th 1898 at Gravesend, UK...She was sold for breaking up on February 30th 1930.

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Pensacola Navy Yard Floating Dry Dock pictured in 1903.

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Lead Ship, Monitor USS Puritan pictured under construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard on December 11th 1896.

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Ships pictured outfitting at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Shipyards in 1905...On the left is the Freighter San Jacinto and to her right is Connecticut Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Kansas and further right, Pennsylvania Class Armoured Cruiser USS West Virginia.

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Engine Assembly Shop pictured at Detroit Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyard at Detroit, Michigan in 1915.