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Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry leaving the stand after delivering the address presenting the Wisconsin Silver Service aboard the USS "Wisconsin".
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U.S.S Wisconsin

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Elevated view of the USS Wisconsin Silver Presentation ceremony, with the ship's guns in the foreground.
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Airplane vs. Battleship

Date: 1913
Description: This photograph from the album of aviation pioneer Jesse Brabazon is described by him as the "first simulated bombing in history, using an aeroplane versus...
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USS Shaw Exploding

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ...
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USS Nevada and USS Shaw

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: The USS Nevada in berth at Pearl Harbor with the USS Shaw burning in the background after its forward deck was hit with a Japanese bomb.
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USS Illinois in Dry Dock

Date: 1901
Description: The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Ne...
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Soldiers Departing for War

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Description: USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II.
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Fuel Transfer

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Description: View from the USS Wisconsin making contact with two destroyers at sea. The ships are transferring fuel.
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Launching of Submarine USS "Peto"

Date: 05 10 1942
Description: USS "Peto" (SS-265), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family. "...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin on the water. Another ship is in the background near the horizon.
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"Fort Hindman"

Date: 1862
Description: Union gunboat "Fort Hindman," a small side-wheel steamship.
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Steamship "Thomas Powell"

Date: 1863
Description: View from shoreline of the side-wheel steamship "Thomas Powell," probably in southern waters. Industrial buildings are in the background.
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: The USS Constellation, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the U.S. Navy, is seen at the United States Naval Training Station, established in ...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of sailors marching on the South Drill Field at the Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. In the background, a warship is in the Narragansett ...
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United States Merchant Marine Training Ship

Date: 1918
Description: A view of a sailor and an officer tying a reef knot on a United States Merchant Marine Training Ship. Other sailors observe and behind them, a flag waves...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin

Date: 10 23 1945
Description: Aerial view of U.S.S. Wisconsin (BB-64) in San Francisco Bay. Several boats can be seen in the water near the ship and San Francisco is visible in t...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: U.S.S. Wisconsin docked on the Hudson River at Norfolk, during decommissioning ceremonies.
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Robert Doyle on Tank Landing Ship

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Robert Doyle on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). He has binoculars in his hands.
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Robert Doyle in a Transfer-At-Sea-Chair

Date: 1944
Description: A smiling Robert Doyle is transferred between two ships using a manila highline in a transfer-at-sea chair, also called a boatswain's chair. He is wearing ...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...

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