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acr0444 54k Port quarter view while in drydock, location and date unknown. Pieter Bakels



acr0445 248k Moored, port side to, date and location unknown. Mike Hughes

145k USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) Photograph taken circa 1905-1908, and published on a color-tinted postal card by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, California. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 101229-KN. USNHC/Fred Weiss



acr0458 145k Cover of Army and Navy Register dated 8 April 1905. Ron Reeves

145k USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) Anchored at Oyster Bay, New York, during the Naval review there, 4 September 1906. Published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Company, 1906. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 85296. USNHC/Fred Weiss



acr0450 303k Photo Caption: "A FLOCK OF UNCLE SAM'S PEACE DOVES AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD



The work of preparing the warships for their 13,000-mile voyage into the Pacific, and of keeping of all other vessels in the highest state of efficiency, is being prosecuted with all possible dispatch at all of the United States Naval Stations." In the photo - Battleship INDIANA (upper left), armored cruiser PENNSYLVANIA (middle left), armored cruiser COLORADO (top center), battleship ALABAMA (Center), armored cruiser MARYLAND (left), and armored cruiser WEST VIRGINIA (foreground). Library of Congress Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-66021 Tom Kermen

183k USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, being fitted with a temporary wooden deck in preparation for Eugene Ely's airplane landing attempt. Ely landed his Curtiss pusher biplane on board the ship on 18 January, the first airplane landing on a warship. The landing deck, 120 feet long and 30 feet wide, was inclined slightly to help slow the plane as it landed, and had a thirty-degree ramp at its after end. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC/Darryl L. Baker

123k This an another view of the flight deck being installed aboard USS Pennsylvania at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1910. U.S. Navy Photo. Darryl L. Baker

151k USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in January 1911, after she had been fitted with a temporary wooden deck in preparation for Eugene Ely's airplane landing attempt. Ely landed his Curtiss pusher biplane on board the ship on 18 January, the first airplane landing on a warship. The landing deck, 120 feet long and 30 feet wide, was inclined slightly to help slow the plane as it landed, and had a thirty-degree ramp at its after end. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90066. USNHC/Darryl L. Baker

67k USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) In San Francisco Bay, California, in January 1911, after she had been fitted with a temporary wooden deck in preparation for Eugene Ely's airplane landing attempt. Ely landed his Curtiss pusher biplane on board the ship on 18 January , the first airplane landing on a warship. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 85460. USNHC

191k Starboard stern quarter with Eugene B. Ely landing plane on flight deck. 18 January 1911. Image # (80-G-428455) National Archives

85k First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911 - Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss pusher biplane on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 1385. USNHC

153k First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911 - Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane nears the landing platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), during the morning of 18 January 1911. The ship was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 82737. USNHC/Fred Weiss

130k First airplane landing on a warship, 18 January 1911 - Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane lands aboard USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), during the morning of 18 January 1911. The ship was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. The plane has now caught the first lines of the arresting gear, and sandbags at the ends of the lines are being pulled along the landing platform as the plane moves forward. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 77608. USNHC



acr0447 89k Aviator Eugene B. Ely poses with Captain Charles F. Pond, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), shortly after Ely had landed his airplane on board the ship, in San Francisco Bay, California, 18 January 1911. Ely's wife, Mabel, is standing beside him, second from the left. The woman at right is Catherine Cachot; a relative of Captain Pond's wife. Ely, whose landing was the first ever made on a warship, is wearing a leather helmet and goggles. Rubber inner tubes are wrapped around his shoulders to provide flotation in case he landed in the water. Photographed by R.J. Waters & Co. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 77580. Bill Gonyo

137k Aviator Eugene B. Ely Stands by his Curtiss pusher biplane, just before taking off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) to return to land, 18 January 1911. - Earlier in the day he landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane had alighted on a warship. Pennsylvania was then at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California. Note the light emergency floats under the plane's lower wings and Ely's flying attire, including rubber inner tubes worn around his shoulders as a life preserver. The hooks on the bottom of the plane's undercarriage were used to catch lines placed across the ship's landing platform in order to bring the aircraft to a stop. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 77588. USNHC/Fred Weiss

116k Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane Taking off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) to return to land, 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane had landed on a warship. The ship was then at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 77499. USNHC

80k Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane Flying off aircraft platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely had landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane alighted on a warship's deck. Pennsylvania was then anchored in San Francisco Bay, California. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 77565. USNHC



acr0448 65k Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane Taking off from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4) to return to land, 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely landed on the ship's deck, the first time an airplane had landed on a warship. The ship was then at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California. Tom Kermen



acr0434 91k A model of the USS Pennsylvania at the time of Eugene Ely's flight. The model is at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. Judson Phillips



acr0435 119k A model of the USS Pennsylvania at the time of Eugene Ely's flight. The model is at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. Judson Phillips

121k Curtiss "Hydroaeroplane" Being prepared for hoisting aboard USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No. 4), during experiments in San Diego Bay, California, on 17 February 1911. Glenn Curtiss is standing atop the aircraft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-1051558. National Archives

103k USS Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser No. 4) View on deck, looking aft at other armored cruisers of the South Atlantic Squadron, while they were underway at sea, circa 1917-1918. Note Pittsburgh's deep roll to port, and canvas covers over her afterdeck skylights. Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50065. USNHC



acr0454 135k Photo caption "Looking out 7" gun port, U.S.S. Pennsylvania." The gun is actually a 6"/50 Navy Bureau of Construction & Repair., ca. 1918 John Hendershot

90k USS Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser No. 4) At Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa 1917-1918. Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50062. USNHC/Fred Weiss

80k USS Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser No. 4) In a floating drydock at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa 1917-1918. Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Ellis M. Zacharias, USN, 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50051. USNHC

532k USS Pittsburgh, Moored in the San Marco Basin, Venice, Italy, in 1919. From the collection of Edward Barrall. Jennifer Peterson

164k USS Pittsburgh, Moored in the San Marco Basin, Venice, Italy, in 1919. From the collection of Edward Barrall. Jennifer Peterson

441k USS Pittsburgh, anchored in an unknown Mediterranean port during 1919. Note the 3-Star flag flying from the after mast. Pittsburgh was the flagship for the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean. From the collection of Edward Barrall. Jennifer Peterson

64k USS Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser No. 4) In a harbor in the Adriatic Sea area, circa 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50352. USNHC



acr0446 88k USS Pittsburgh (Armored Cruiser No. 4) at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 27 May 1919. Panoramic photograph, taken by Crosby, 11 Portland Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 105195 Robert Hurst



acr0457 620k At anchor in the port of Barcelona in the early 1920's. Photo #24385N Museu Marítim de Barcelona and the photo-blog FOTOdeMAR



acr0451 624k As Flagship for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, USS Pittsburgh visited Barcelona, Spain, in July 1920, when these photos were taken. Some newspapers reported she was a "battleship." Since she had borne the name Pennsylvania, the mistake is somewhat understandable From the collection of the late Antoni Blasi Col·lecció Antoni Blasi, via Camil Busquets



acr0452 540k As Flagship for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, USS Pittsburgh visited Barcelona, Spain, in July 1920, when these photos were taken. Some newspapers reported she was a "battleship." Since she had borne the name Pennsylvania, the mistake is somewhat understandable From the collection of the late Antoni Blasi Col·lecció Antoni Blasi, via Camil Busquets

89k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) Alongside a wharf, probably in a European port, circa 1920. Collection of Rear Admiral Paulus P. Powell, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 72265. USNHC



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We have a picture (attached) of a bell from Rochester Cathedral UK in the Medway Archive collection inscribed USS Pittsburgh In Memory Of 1920. The meaning of this was lost until an article in the Chatham News 20-12-1920 came to light which explains everything:



The Pittsburghs crew, in recognition of the hospitality they received whilst their ship was in Chatham Dockyard for two and a half months, paid for the re-casting of a Cathedral bell.



The following was published in The Chatham News 20-12-1920.



U.S.S. PITTSBURGH. Officers and Men Give a Bell to Rochester Cathedral.



The following letter sent this week to the Dean of Rochester, speaks for itself:



Dear Dr. Storrs, Before the ship sails from Chatham, I wish to express to you our appreciation of the honour you have done us, in coming on board to address my officers and men, and for the special service which you held for us in your Cathedral. We are grateful for these kindnesses, and I beg you to thank Mrs. Storrs, and the ladies of Rochester, for their entertainment of our men in the Guildhall, Rochester. I hand you herewith a cheque for £52 10s, from Admiral Huse, the Officers and Men of Pittsburgh, to cover the cost of re-casting a bell for the Cathedral chimes. I understand that it is agreeable to you to have the bell marked: U.S.S. Pittsburgh 1920. Please accept this as a token of our great appreciation of kindnesses received, and of our sincere desire that our two peoples may always happily associate and feel as kindly toward each other, as we do, to our hosts of the last two-and-a-half months. May the Pittsburgh bell sound from the tower of your ancient Cathedral a sweet tone, a note of goodwill from us to you.





Sincerely and respectfully yours, J. W. TODD, Capt. U.S. Navy, Comdg.





The bell is No 3 the Cathedral tower so still rings out today. Roger Smoothy

57k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) In a Mediterranean Port, circa 1923-1926. Panoramic photograph. Courtesy of Robert M. Ramsey, 1981. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95655. USNHC



acr0459 279k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) under tow in Belfast Harbor, Northern Ireland on 20 August 20 1925. The ship was flagship of Naval Forces in Europe at this time. Source: Imperial War Museum by Belfast Telegraph Collection, Photo No. Â© IWM (HU 111346) Mike Green

149k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) Members of the ship's landing force in a boat, off Shanghai, China, in 1927. Note steel helmets and M1910 infantry equipment worn by these men. Several picks are in evidence, but few spades. Sailor on the left of the group seated on the gunwale has a non-standard entrenching axe on his pack. There are also three litter bearers present (at left), and a number of men of Oriental appearance on the far side of the boat. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50794. USNHC/Fred Weiss

72k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) In the Wangpoo River, off Shanghai, China, circa 1927. Note the different elevations of the 8"/45 guns of her forward turret. Also note the missing forward stack, which was removed in 1926, making her unique within the class. Courtesy of Penland Dixon, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 95119. USNHC



acr0455 94k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) moored off the Shanghai Bund, China, circa 1927. Note that her after smokestack is being painted. This image is cropped from Photo # NH 105067. Donation of Mrs. Charles E. Winslow, 1993, from the collection of her late husband, former U.S. Marine Charles E. Winslow. U.S. Naval Historical Centre Photograph. Photo # NH 105067-C. Robert Hurst

83k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) Underway at sea, circa 1926-1931, as refitted for service as Asiatic Fleet flagship. Note the dense smoke from her boiler fires. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 720. USNHC

83k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) Underway, circa 1929. Courtesy of William P. Healey, 1979. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 92515. USNHC

98k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) View of the ship's forward 8"/45 gun turret and bridge, seen from her forecastle, 1930. The photograph appears to have been taken while the ship was off Shanghai, China. Note non-standard tampions closing the gun muzzles. Courtesy of W.G. Kelly, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 71964. USNHC

103k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) Anchored off Shanghai, China, circa 1930-1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 51997. USNHC/Fred Weiss

130k USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) The decommissioned ship being used in bomb tests, 8 October 1931. This photograph shows the explosion of the first 500-pound bomb in the test series. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-405490. National Archives/Fred Weiss