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View of the U.S.S. Dreadnaught North Dakota
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| Title | View of the U.S.S. Dreadnaught North Dakota |
| Date of Original | between 1910 and 1923 |
| Creator | Muller, Enrique, Jr.
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | Starboard view of the U.S.S. North Dakota. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Military
Water
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Battleships
Postcards
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| Organization Name | North Dakota (Ship)
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet
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| Decade | 1910-1919
1920-1929
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| Item Number | 2002-P-15-2-P46a |
| Format of Original | Color postcards
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| Dimensions of Original | 14 x 9 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Valentine-Souvenir Co.
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| Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.)
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| Transcription | "U.S. Dreadnaught North Dakota, 217712 c. E. Muller, Jr."--Printed on front of postcard.
"217712--U.S. Dreadnaught North Dakota. Displacement, 23, 000 tons; speed, 21 kts; 30, 000 H.P. Length, 518 3/4 ft.; beam, 85 1/4 ft.; draught, 27 ft. Crew, 937 men. Carries ten 12 in. guns; fourteen 5 in. guns and four smaller guns. Two 21 in. torpedo tubes. Armor belt, 11 ins. amidships; 12--8 ins. on turrets. Completed, April, 1910. Cost, $3, 946, 000 without armament. The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York. Printed in U.S.A."--Printed on back of postcard.
[Illegible] I hope both Mr. Hughart and you are in good health. Now ain't this war something awful and if it don't let up soon I don't see what one is going to do. Work is awful my husband has done nothing in nearly 3 months and no sign of any"--Handwritten on back of postcard. |
| Notes | 217712 |
| Biography/History | The U.S.S. North Dakota (Battleship No. 29) was built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1907. She was christened by Mary L. Benton of Fargo, N.D., on Nov. 10, 1908, was commissioned April 11, 1910, and first sailed in that year with the Atlantic Fleet. A dreadnought, the North Dakota had displacement of 20,000 tons, was 518 feet, 9 inches in overall length, with a beam (width) of 85 feet, 3 inches and a mean draught of 26 feet, 11 inches. The North Dakota's armaments consisted of ten twelve-inch guns mounted in five turrets on the longitudinal centerline of the ship, allowing them to fire broadsides in either direction. The ship also had fourteen five-inch guns, four three-pounders, four one-pounder semi-automatics, two three-inch field guns, two .30 cal. machine guns, and two twenty-one-inch torpedo tubes. The North Dakota was decommissioned in 1923 and sold for scrap on March 16, 1931. |
| Bibliographic Reference | The battleship U.S.S. North Dakota. Bismarck, ND: State Historical Society of North Dakota, July 1998. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | U.S.S. North Dakota Album 2002-P-15
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (2002-P-15-2-P46a) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh2002P152P46a |
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