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Photo gallery from 1896... USS Brooklyn
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:32 pm
Mashable's Retronaut series
Commissioned in December 1896, the USS Brooklyn was the Navy’s third armored cruiser, after the New York and the famously ill-fated Maine.
Weighing in at more than 9,000 tons, Brooklyn boasted eight 8-inch guns, 12 5-inch guns, and four 6-pounder guns.
She was crewed by a complement of 561 enlisted men and officers, commanded by Captain Francis Augustus Cook.
After her first assignment carrying American dignitaries to Britain for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Brooklyn cruised through the West Indies.
During the Spanish-American War, Brooklyn fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, helping to destroy the Spanish Caribbean Squadron and suffering the only American casualties of the engagement.
The vessel saw further service in the Philippines, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Mediterranean before finally being placed out of commission in 1921.
Sailor sitting down in the dress blues is the perfect example of an Alpha Dog Salty as Frick Sailor
To our sweethearts and wives....may they NEVER meet
RIP Shipmate
Commissioned in December 1896, the USS Brooklyn was the Navy’s third armored cruiser, after the New York and the famously ill-fated Maine.
Weighing in at more than 9,000 tons, Brooklyn boasted eight 8-inch guns, 12 5-inch guns, and four 6-pounder guns.
She was crewed by a complement of 561 enlisted men and officers, commanded by Captain Francis Augustus Cook.
After her first assignment carrying American dignitaries to Britain for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Brooklyn cruised through the West Indies.
During the Spanish-American War, Brooklyn fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, helping to destroy the Spanish Caribbean Squadron and suffering the only American casualties of the engagement.
The vessel saw further service in the Philippines, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Mediterranean before finally being placed out of commission in 1921.
Sailor sitting down in the dress blues is the perfect example of an Alpha Dog Salty as Frick Sailor
To our sweethearts and wives....may they NEVER meet
RIP Shipmate
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:35 pm to Tigeralum2008
Now that's how you display gun safety
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:36 pm to Tigeralum2008
cool pics. thanks for posting
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:37 pm to Tigeralum2008
That is back when men were MEN.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:38 pm to upgrayedd
I wonder if men with mustaches thought men without mustaches were complete pussies.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:38 pm to Tigeralum2008
Can't wait for Battlefield 1.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:38 pm to Tigeralum2008
This guy simply cannot wait to frick that goat. Pure excitement on his face.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:39 pm to Tigeralum2008
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1896...
Hard to believe Butch Cassidy would still be robbing trains and banks in the Old West for another 10 years.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:42 pm to Tigeralum2008
When men were men, and democrats cared about the underserved.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:51 pm to kywildcatfanone
to the generation that RAISED the Greatest Generation
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:52 pm to upgrayedd
Racist AF
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:55 pm to Fun Bunch
That goat pic is well the goat 
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:56 pm to SabiDojo
Somebody bout to get loved tenderly
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:58 pm to Caplewood
Wasn't that guy in O Brother Where Art Thou?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:59 pm to Caplewood
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Somebody bout to get loved tenderly
if this was your "wrong thread" post in the 14th amendment thread. Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:00 pm to SabiDojo
Everybody else got round toe shoes, his be pointy as frick? What should we make of that?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:05 pm to Count Chocula
Look at all those hipsters.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:20 pm to slackster
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Look at all those hipsters.
I was a fan of the USS Brooklyn before it was cool.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:28 pm to SG_Geaux
quote:Except that one dude to the right of the goat.
That is back when men were MEN.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:36 pm to Tigeralum2008
Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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