Our Staunch Battleship “Alabama” With Her Indomitable Jack-Tars-Naval Parade Off Long Island
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Underwood & Underwood
American, 1880–1931
Our Staunch Battleship “Alabama” With Her Indomitable Jack-Tars-Naval Parade Off Long Island
ca. 1917
Letterpress print
Image: 7 x 6.7 cm
Overall: 8.2 x 14 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
Inscriptions verso (printed in black): No. 45-OUR STAUNCH BATTLESHIP "ALABAMA" WITH HER INDOMITABLE / JACK-TARS-NAVAL PARADE OFF LONG ISLAND /
Is not this a beautiful and imposing sight-/ the great white ship with her gallant crew lined / up on deck, turrets, bridge and masts? The / Alabama has a displacement of 11,352 tons; / length, 368 feet; beam, 72 feet 2 1/2 inches. / Horsepower, 11,207; speed, 17 to 18 knots. / She has four 13-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns; / she also has eight guns under four inches. / Complement, 34 officers and 662 mens. / [extended print] / Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
Is not this a beautiful and imposing sight-/ the great white ship with her gallant crew lined / up on deck, turrets, bridge and masts? The / Alabama has a displacement of 11,352 tons; / length, 368 feet; beam, 72 feet 2 1/2 inches. / Horsepower, 11,207; speed, 17 to 18 knots. / She has four 13-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns; / she also has eight guns under four inches. / Complement, 34 officers and 662 mens. / [extended print] / Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
