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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smallaxe, post: 1997733, member: 13430&quot;]I agree that there are several different ships. This photo</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/aa-9-jpg.247679/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>appears to be <a href="https://www.historycentral.com/navy/battle/Kearsarge.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historycentral.com/navy/battle/Kearsarge.html" rel="nofollow">BB-5, USS Kearsarge</a> (<a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-k/uss-kearsarge-bb-5-crane-ship-no-1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-k/uss-kearsarge-bb-5-crane-ship-no-1.html" rel="nofollow">also here</a>), or possibly the very similar <a href="https://www.historycentral.com/navy/battle/Kentucky.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historycentral.com/navy/battle/Kentucky.html" rel="nofollow">BB-6, USS Kentucky</a>. The Kearsarge appears to have spent more time around Cuba during that time period (1903), so it might be the more likely one.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two photos</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/aa-14-jpg.247683/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/aa-10-jpg.247680/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>appears to be <a href="https://www.historycentral.com/navy/battle/Indiana.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historycentral.com/navy/battle/Indiana.html" rel="nofollow">BB-1, USS Indiana</a>, or one of the other similar Indiana class battleships (BB-2 or BB-3).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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