Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0350Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a group of battleships in the water. Above the image "20" is printed, below the image "V23220 - U. S. Battleships (Connecticut in Lead), Steaming Out to Sea, Hampton Roads, Va." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydeny, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23229
U. S. BATTLESHIP HAMTON ROADS, VA.
Hamption Roads is a channel connecting Chesapeake Bay and the James River. Th harbors of Norfolk and Portsmouth are on teh south and Hampton on the North. The entrance is guarded by Fort Monroe and Fort Wood. it was at Hampton Roads that the famous naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac took place.
In 1907 a mobilization of the Atlantic fleet in the Pacific waters was planned to demonstrate America's naval power. The fleet left Hampton Roads on Dec. 16th to start on a 14,000 mile voyage around the world. There were sixteen vessels in the fleet, which was the most formidable fighting sea force ver gathered under the Stars and Stripes. They were divided into squadrons under the command of Rear Admiral Evans, each squadron having tow divisions of foru battleships each. Beginning with the one nearest to us inthis picture, are the Connecticut, the Louisiana, the Georgia, the New Jersey, the Rhode Island nd the Virginia. The second squadron is not in sight.
The Connecticut was the first great modern war vessel built at a government navy yard in competition with a private ship-building establishment. She was built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard while the Newport News Ship-building and Dry-cok Co. were building the Louisiana.
Copyright by The Keystone View CompanyCollection
Photograph Collection