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View of the U.S.S. 'North Dakota' Dreadnought
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| Title | View of the U.S.S. 'North Dakota' Dreadnought |
| Date of Original | between 1910 and 1923 |
| 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
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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-P62a |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 7 x 5 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Photo Card Co.
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| Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.)
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| Transcription | "U.S.S. 'North Dakota' Dreadnought"--Printed on front of photograph.
"U.S.S. North Dakota, armored cruiser. Displacement: Length over all, 518 ft. 9 inches; Full-load displacement, 22, 060 tons; Breadth, 85 ft. 2 1/2 inches; Speed, 21.01 knots; Horse power, 31, 300. Crew: Officers, 95; Bluejackets, 787; Marines, 64. Guns: Ten 12 inch 45 calibre breech-loading; Fourteen 5 inch 51 calibre, breech-loading. Torpedo tubes: Two 21 inch submerged. Cost, hull and machinery, $4, 377, 000. In commissoin [sic], April 11, 1910; burns coal for fuel. Photo Card Co., 105 W. 47 St., N.Y."--Printed on back of card. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown. |
| 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-P62a) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh2002P152P62a |
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