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After only about 4 years of active service the CLAA TUSCON gets mothballed at Mare Island. 1949. She would never see active service again: obsolete and studies showed these handsome little cruisers were simply too expensive to modernize for the jet and missile age........ :( DFO
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Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn pictured at Vladivostok in 1919.
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Lead Ship, Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Maine pictured at New York on October 3rd 1911....Maine was laid down in February 1899 at William Cramp & Sons Shipyards, Philadelphia. She was launched in July 1901 and commissioned into the fleet in December 1902. She was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch guns and could steam at a top speed of 18 knots.
Maine served in the Atlantic for the entirety of her career with the North Atlantic Fleet, which later became the Atlantic Fleet; during the early years of her service, she was the fleet flagship, until she was replaced in 1907. Later that year, she joined the cruise of the Great White Fleet, though her heavy coal consumption prevented her from continuing with the fleet past San Francisco. After returning to the U.S., she served as the 3rd Squadron flagship. During America's participation in World War I from April 1917 to November 1918, Maine was used as a Training Ship. She remained in active service until May 1920, when she was decommissioned. She was ultimately sold for scrap in January 1922 and broken up for scrap under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty signed that year.
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Maine Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Ohio pictured underway at New York City on July 3rd 1911.
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Cimarron Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler USS Sabine pictured on April 17th 1942, as she refuels Carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the approach phase of the Doolittle Mission to Japan.
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Three Vought SB2U Vindicator dive-bombers pictured in the hangar deck of Lead Ship, Escort Carrier USS Long Island, looking aft over the elevator pit, March 28th 1942.
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Ex Ship-of-the-line USS Vermont pictured in her role as a Stores and Receiving Ship at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1898...Vermont was one of nine 74-gun warships authorized by United States Congress on April 29th 1816. She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1818, finished about 1825, and kept on the stocks until finally launched on September 15th 1848 in the interest of both space and fire safety considerations. However, Vermont was not commissioned at this time. Instead the already aged ship-of-the-line remained in ordinary at Boston until the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861.From 1864 for the next 37 years, she served both as a Store and Receiving ship. She was condemned and struck from the Navy list on December 19th 1901 and was sold at New York on April 17th 1902.
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Pre-Dreadnought Battleship USS Texas pictured in 1895...The first American Battleship commissioned, she was built in reaction to the acquisition of modern armoured warships by several South American countries, and meant to incorporate the latest developments in naval tactics and design. This includes the mounting of her main armament en echelon to allow maximum end-on fire and a heavily-armoured citadel amidships to ensure defensive strength. However, due to the state of U.S. industry at the time, Texas's building time was lengthy, and by the time she was commissioned, she was already out of date. Nevertheless, she and the armored cruiser USS Maine were considered advancements in American naval design.
Texas developed a reputation as a jinxed or unlucky ship after several accidents early in her career; she consequently earned the nickname 'Old Hoodoo'. These mishaps included problems during construction, a grounding off Newport, Rhode Island, and flooding shortly afterwards while at dock in New York City. In the last, she settled to the bottom with her gun deck awash and several crew members drowned. She also received significant damage to her hull in drydock after being raised. Her reputation improved with her service in the Spanish–American War, when she blockaded the coast of Cuba and fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
After the war, Texas returned to peacetime duty, interrupted by several refits. She became the station ship in Charleston, South Carolina, by 1908 and was renamed San Marcos in 1911 to allow her name to be used by USS Texas (BB-35), a new Battleship. She became a target ship that same year and was sunk in shallow water in Chesapeake Bay. She was used as a gunnery target throughout World War II and was partially demolished in 1959 because her remains were considered a navigational hazard.
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Sloop of War USS Constellation pictured with Denver Class Protected Cruiser USS Tacoma and Protected Cruiser USS Minneapolis in the background at Brooklyn Navy Yard on December 1st 1904.
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DAZZLE camo anyone? ANNISTON in WW1, C9. :) She was renamed in 1918, originally was the MONTGOMERY. Her dazzle patterns seem to be different on each beam??

Way before the groovy 60s, too!! ;) DFO
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