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Air bedding day aboard Maine Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Ohio, pictured in the Hudson River in 1909.
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Machining a 14inch 45 calibre inner tube gun barrel at Bethlehem Steel Ordnance Works, Pennsylvania in 1918.
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Army & Navy Illustrated Magazine dated November 22nd 1902.
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A precision internal Star Micrometer pictured being used to check the rifling on an USN 14inch/45 calibre gun barrel at Bethlehem Steel Ordnance on September 25th 1918.
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K Class Submarine USS K-5 (SS-36) pictured at Hampton Roads on December 13th 1916...As the first U. S. Submarine to cruise European waters during the war, she operated out of the Azores searching for enemy U-Boats and surface raiders. K-5 continued this duty until April 18th 1918, when she headed home. K-5 operated in the Gulf of Mexico out of Key West and New Orleans, Louisiana. After cruising the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri, she sailed from New Orleans July 27th 1919, for operations between Key West, and Havana, Cuba. K-5 departed Key West for Philadelphia June 12th 1920, arriving June 17th for overhaul...Repairs completed, she sailed to Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 5th 1921 to continue coastal operations. For almost two years she ranged the eastern seaboard from Cape Cod to the Florida Keys, participating in numerous experiments and maneuvers to improve the operations and tactical abilities of the Submarine. Following diving trials off Cape Cod, K-5 arrived Hampton Roads September 7th 1922. She continued operations in the Chesapeake Bay, then decommissioned at Hampton Roads February 20th 1923. Taken in tow to Philadelphia November 13th 1924, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on December 18th 1930. She was sold for scrapping June 3rd 1931.
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O Class Submarine USS O-15 (SS-76) pictured at Philadelphia Navy Yard on June 28th 1919...O-15 was laid down on September 21st 1916 by California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California. The boat was launched on February 12th 1918, and commissioned on August 27th 1918 with Lieutenant C. K. Martin in command. Commissioning during the final months of World War I, O-15 saw brief war time service, on patrol along the Atlantic coast. After the war, she reported to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where machinists and electricians worked on her until September 20th 1919, when she was reduced to 'in commission, in reserve,' at Cape May, New Jersey. She departed Philadelphia in April 1920 and proceeded, via Jamaica, to Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, where she underwent overhaul and conducted experimental tests. Conducting training cruises, she operated in and around Cuba and the Virgin Islands early in 1922 and returned to Coco Solo in April.
O-15 reported to Philadelphia in November 1923 and decommissioned there June 11th 1924 after just five and a half years of service. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on May 9th 1930, she was scrapped, under terms of the London Naval Treaty on July 30th 1930.
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Plunger Class Submarine USS Pike (SS-6) pictured at Mare Island Navy Yard c1908...Two Paul Jones Class Destroyers are in the centre background, with Hospital Ship USS Relief to the right...She was laid down on December 10th 1900 at Union Iron Works Shipyard, San Francisco and launched on January 14th 1903, and commissioned on May 28th 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard...Pike operated out of Mare Island Navy Yard for over three years, operating principally in experimental and training roles. Following the earthquake and subsequent fire at San Francisco on April 18th 1906, members of Pike's crew took part in the relief efforts in the wake of the disaster...Decommissioned on November 28th 1906, Pike remained inactive until June 8th 1908, when she was recommissioned for local operations with the Pacific Torpedo Flotilla, off the Pacific coast. She remained attached to this unit into June 1912. Pike was renamed A-5 on November 17th 1911...A-5 arrived at Puget Sound Navy Yard on June 26th 1912, and was placed in reserve two days later. Following two and a half years of inactivity there, A-5 was loaded onto the collier Hector on February 15th 1915 (her sister-ship A-3 was loaded the next day). A-5 made the voyage to the Philippines as deck cargo. She arrived at Olongapo on March 26th. Launched on April 13th, she was recommissioned on April 17th and assigned to the Asiatic Fleet.
Shortly after the US entered World War I, A-5 sank while moored at Cavite Navy Yard on April 15th 1917; her sinking was attributed to a slow leak in a main ballast tank. She was raised on April 19th and, following reconditioning, returned to active service. Like her sister-ships, she patrolled the waters off the entrance to Manila Bay during the course of the war with the Central Powers.
A-5, was given the alphanumeric hull number SS-6 on July 17th 1920, was decommissioned on July 25th 1921. Earmarked as a target vessel, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on January 16th 1922.
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Maine Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Missouri pictured in 1918.
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Lead Ship, 2nd Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Texas pictured at Boston Navy Yard in 1903.
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Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Iowa pictured in 1918.
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