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NH 61262 USS Utah

Photo #: NH 61262 USS Utah
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Title: USS Utah
Description: (Battleship # 31) View looking forward from atop # 4 12 gun turret, while coaling simultaneously from two colliers at the rate of 841 tons per hour, prior to World War I. The ship's band is stationed on top of # 3 12 gun turret. The two colliers are Cyclops (Fuel Ship # 4) on the left and either Orion (Fuel Ship # 11) or Jason (Fuel Ship # 12) on the right. Note the differences between the collier's coal handling arrangements: Cyclops's was of the Mead-Morrison type, while Orion's and Jason's were of the Lidgerwood type. Note Utah's searchlights and the boat cranes flanking her cage mainmast. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 61262
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