And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
This picture must be from the early twenties. Before Billy Mitchell proved the vulnerability of capital ships to airplanes. There are no AA guns on deck. I wonder if any were fitted prior to Pearl Harbor?
1934 rebuild fitted eight 5-inch/25 AA with rudimentary directors, as well as a number of .50-cal MG's. Totally inadequate, of course. As an aside, the Brooklyn Bridge height above mean high tide dictated how high the battleship spotting tops could be. There are some radio antenna topmasts that had to be lowered to get under the bridge.
Might be shortly after initial commissioning in 1916. The lattice cage masts were replaced in her 1929 - 1931 modernization, but this photo shows her forward, below deck secondary guns. IIRC, the forward & aft 5" were removed during WW1 and not replaced because the gun positions were very wet. Mark in PA
This picture must be from the early twenties. Before Billy Mitchell proved the vulnerability of capital ships to airplanes. There are no AA guns on deck. I wonder if any were fitted prior to Pearl Harbor?
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1934 rebuild fitted eight 5-inch/25 AA with rudimentary directors, as well as a number of .50-cal MG's. Totally inadequate, of course.
DeleteAs an aside, the Brooklyn Bridge height above mean high tide dictated how high the battleship spotting tops could be. There are some radio antenna topmasts that had to be lowered to get under the bridge.
Might be shortly after initial commissioning in 1916. The lattice cage masts were replaced in her 1929 - 1931 modernization, but this photo shows her forward, below deck secondary guns. IIRC, the forward & aft 5" were removed during WW1 and not replaced because the gun positions were very wet.
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image appears to be reversed.
ReplyDeleteNope. Looking from the Manhattan Bridge toward the Brooklyn Bridge with lower Manhattan in the background.
DeleteCorrect in every way.
She looks to be steaming north but were there docks for her up the East River?
DeleteBrooklyn Navy Yard is up river
DeleteTHAT is some displacement...
ReplyDeleteRe: Reversed Image - That looked like the Empire State Building in the upper right. Maybe that is a different building.
ReplyDeleteDid she ever get to fire a round in anger/battle? Not counting Pearl, of course.
ReplyDeleteI see her everyday from my apartment.
ReplyDeleteno disrespect but i always thought it was more heavily armed.
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