U.S.S. North Dakota Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 436
Scope and Content
The U.S.S. North Dakota Photograph Collection currently holds one photograph. It appears to be a cropped copy print.
Dates
- ca. 1912
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are in public domain.
History
USS North Dakota (BB-29) was a dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second member of the Delaware class, her only sister ship being Delaware. North Dakota was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in December 1907, was launched in November 1908, and commissioned into the US Navy in April 1910. She was armed with a main battery of ten 12-inch (305 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 21 kn (24 mph; 39 km/h). North Dakota was the first vessel of the US Navy to be named after the 39th state.
North Dakota had a peaceful career; she was present during the United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914, but did not see action. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, North Dakota remained in the US, training crewmen for the rapidly expanding wartime Navy, and therefore did not see combat. She remained on active duty through the early 1920s, until she was decommissioned under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in November 1923, and converted into a radio-controlled target ship. She served in that capacity until 1930, when she was replaced in that role by Utah. In 1931, she was sold for scrapping and thereafter dismantled.
History comes from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Dakota_(BB-29)
North Dakota had a peaceful career; she was present during the United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914, but did not see action. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, North Dakota remained in the US, training crewmen for the rapidly expanding wartime Navy, and therefore did not see combat. She remained on active duty through the early 1920s, until she was decommissioned under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty in November 1923, and converted into a radio-controlled target ship. She served in that capacity until 1930, when she was replaced in that role by Utah. In 1931, she was sold for scrapping and thereafter dismantled.
History comes from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Dakota_(BB-29)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints (1 photographic print.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
U.S.S. North Dakota was a United States Navy battleship in service from 1908 to 1930.
Provenance
Donor unknown.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the U.S.S. North Dakota Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu