#proteus class

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USS TACOMA (C-18), USS PROTEUS (AC-9) coaling USS NEW JERSEY (BB-16) with French Conde on left at Veracruz, Mexico.

Photographed in 1914

Maritime Museum of San Diego: N-22726, N-22725

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USS LANGLEY (CV-1) under reconstruction from the collier, USS JUPITER (AC-3), at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. She was the first US Navy ship built with turbo electric transmission propulsion. This system used steam to power a turbine connected to an electrical generator, to power the propeller motors and everything else on the ship. This allowed for greater fuel efficiency and had greater redundancies.

Note: boat storage yard ashore, and USS GEORGE E. BADGER (DD-196) in background.

Date: late 1921

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 93538