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USS Minnesota (BB-22) at anchor in 1907. Photo # 4a31465 from Detroit Publishing Company via Robert Hurst Connecticut Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 456' 4" (oa) x 76' 10" x 26' 9" (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/45 8 x 8"/45, 12 x 7"/45, 20 x 3"/50, 4 21" tt. Armor, 9" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 HP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 881 Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, Newport News, VA., October 27 1903. Launched April 8 1905. Commissioned March 9 1907. Decommissioned December 1 1921 http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_12-45_mk5.htm http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_8-45_mk6.htm http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_7-45_mk2.htm http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/minnesota-ii.html

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Sunny morning in Denmark #sunny #morning #Copenhagen #Denmark #nyhavn #port #city #cityscape #district #sea #channel #bay embankment #Danish #ship #vessel #yacht #water #sail

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Transatlantique: Mid 20th Century Travel Posters via Boston Public Library

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Out of Blue I by Stevan Kordić

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Fat Albert and the Silent Drill Platoon

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French Battleship Richelieu in rough seas

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USS Missouri (BB-63) (at left) transferring personnel to USS Iowa (BB-61), while operating off Japan on 20 August 1945.

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