Battleships: Florida Class

[Brian James]

Florida Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Utah pictured berthed at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, preparing for midshipman training cruises in 1925.

[designeraccd]

Here is the battleship FLORIDA under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Jan., '11........ DFO

[Brian James]

Florida Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Utah, pictured in her role as a Gunnery Training Ship (AG-16), receiving a lick of paint at Puget Sound Navy Yard in August 1941. She would be sunk at Pearl Harbor just a few months after this was taken.

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Florida pictured at Boston being stripped during her power plant conversion from coal to oil c1927.

[designeraccd]

A view of her from Nov., 1927 showing her recently added "blisters". Note the "squared away" MARINE aft ......... DFO

[Brian James]

Captain's inspection pictured aboard Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Florida, post her 19 month reconstruction refit at Charlestown Navy Yard on August 2nd 1924.......*Note, I think the pooch in the foreground has completed his inspection of the hub caps on show!

[Brian James]

Launch day pictured for Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Florida at Brooklyn Navy Yard on May 12th 1910.

[Brian James]

Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Florida..Hudson River, NYC in 1911.

[Brian James]

Yard crane Hercules pictured installing the No 3 12 inch turret weighing 114 tons aboard Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Florida, fitting out at Brooklyn Navy Yard on March 27th 1911.

[Brian James]

Florida Class Dreadnought Battleship USS Utah pictured in Dry Dock No 4 at Brooklyn Navy Yard on May 10th 1912.