French battleship Jauréguiberry
French battleship Jauréguiberry
USS Idaho (BB-24) underway on July 25, 1909. This was shortly "after the removal of her after bridge and installation of a cage mainmast. Her battery is unaltered, but the pair of 3-inch 50-caliber guns formerly mounted beneath the discarded bridge are now in the open, covered with canvas."
NARA: 45512503
HMS Barham, 1940. Likely in the Mediterranean
battleship
USS South Dakota (BB-57) docked in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa May 14 to June 3, 1942. Her crewmen are familiarizing themselves in preparation for her shakedown cruise.
Workers are wrapping up fitting her out.
Note: a Consolidated PBY Catalina is flying by in the left photo.
Photographed by George Strock of LIFE magazine. Identified by Peter DeForest.
LIFE Magazine Archives: 115767661, 115767662, 115767665, 115767666
USS Saratoga (CV-60) underway in the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean sea, on May 8, 1967.
Dick Leonhardt's Collection: 19670508FTB-869