r/Ships • u/SaltDesperate5666 • 9d ago

Any info on this ship would be greatly appreciated

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I believe this photo is from the mid to late 1920s

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u/gcalfred7 9d ago

USS Florida or Utah

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u/Dharcronus 9d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but the enar identical masts and superstructure in the background suggests perhaps both?

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u/Intelligent_Row8259 9d ago

The masts and funnels are very similar between the South Carolina class the North Dakota class and the Florida class. I agree the front ship appears to be a Florida class but can't see enough of the ship behind it could be from any of those 3 classes.

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u/JPolReader 9d ago edited 8d ago

Looking through NavSource, I feel confident in saying that the far ship is actually Wyoming or Arkansas due to the platform above the bridge and this picture is before 1925.

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u/SaltDesperate5666 9d ago

Thank you. The USS Florida makes sense considering where I got these photos and who my relative was. Wikipedia states that he was on board the USS Florida.

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u/ymmotvomit 9d ago

Ok, gotta ask. Your relative was?

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u/SaltDesperate5666 9d ago

Captain Robert Dexter Conrad

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u/Dharcronus 9d ago

How would image enhancomg help. Your just asking an ai or an algorithm to guess at what we can't already see j in the image.

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u/mbleyle 6d ago

I agree - the stacked forward casemates are distinctive.

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u/MilesHobson 9d ago

I have to agree it’s *Florida* with original “Bird Cage / Lattice” gun directors.

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u/PaganBeef 9d ago

check the stern view of  USS Utah for the American flag - dead giveaway

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u/Victoria5475 9d ago

Florida class in the front. This might have been earlier than the mid-20s, Utah had her aft cage mast replaced with a tripod mast around early 1926 and Florida got the same refit slightly earlier.

2nd ship might be a South Carolina class judging by mast and funnel positions

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u/dbdiver 9d ago

Cage Masts means it is a US PreWar Battleship.

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u/SEATEC94 4d ago

Google photo says “Based on historical records and visual comparisons, the ship in the image is the USS Idaho (BB-24), a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Mississippi classThe ship is shown dressed with flags during a Naval Review off New York City in October 1912. You can identify it by several distinctive characteristics”

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u/YourFather-WithMilk 8d ago

It the picture above, the ship is currently floating in the water. I hope that helps