On trials, without 5" guns
Looking good soon after completion
In port, 1899
USS Kearsarge as built, 1900
In drydock, 1902
View of the bow turret. Note size of gunports, and recoil cylinders
Sailors view the passing Kearsarge
The Great White Fleet
In 1903, illuminated with them new-fangled electric lights
A great close up of the bow area
(Large photo- great for modelers)
Great close up of the bridge area
(large photo)
Close up of the stern area
(large photo)
The ship in 1904
With secondary guns run out for practice
Nice view of the vessel
View of the aft two-story turret
High and dry in drydock
Bow view of Kearsarge
After modifications, 1912
Undergoing crane tests in 1922
In drydock, 1925
Underway as AB-1 in the 1920s
Transiting the Panama Canal
Stern view showing increased beam
Regunning USS Idaho, late 1920s
As crane ship in 1936
AB-1 in late WWII
Her anchor was preserved in Boston in 1955
