USS Brooklyn (ACR-3 / CA-3)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

PC00213: Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi
PC00213

Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi

Name/Title

USS Brooklyn (ACR-3 / CA-3)

Entry/Object ID

PC00213

Description

Color photograph of port side view of the Brooklyn moored using port anchor, flying large Union Jack from bow staff and large US Colors at stern staff, boat boom rigged port side amidships, two small boats tied off, crew in blue uniforms on foredeck, launched 2 October 1895, carried remains of John Paul Jones to Annapolis 23 July 1905, reclassified CA-3 in 1920, struck from Navy List 9 March 1921, scrapped 20 December 1921.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Color

Subject Person or Organization

USS Brooklyn (ACR-3/CA-3)

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

SL & Co.

Studio

George P. Hall & Son

Date made

1895 - 1921

Place

Country

United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Notes

Date: copyright 1898; card printed in Germany. Photo taken presumably in British waters because of the UK courtesy flag.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, III-A-3 U.S. Navy -- Cruisers