Kearsarge (CVS 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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So outstanding was the career of the first KEARSARGE, the Secretary of the Navy, Hilary A. Herbert, urged upon President Cleveland and Con- gress that a battleship designated KEARSARGE. Through this proposal, by an act of Congress, a bat- tleship was so named in 1895 and commissioned in 1898, though it violated the policy of naming this class of vessel for states. In the history of naming U. S. battleships, this was the only exception ever made. The second KEARSARGE, weighing 11,525 tons and having a complement of 39 officers and 618 men, was a first class battleship. Her firepower con- sisted of four 3 inch guns, four 8 inch breech-loading rifles, twenty 6 pounders, one Gatling gun, and one field piece, which combined with a top speed of 16 knots, made the second KEARSARGE the pride of the Navy. Among the more notable achievements of the sec- ond KEARSARGE was her participation as a mem- ber of the Great White Fleet which sailed the globe in 1908. After searching for German sub- marines during the early parts of the first World War, the KEARSARGE was then used as a training ship. In this capacity, she saw more Navy personnel on her decks than any other five ships combined. Still her service was not at an end. . l 5 A 1 I' .f -Y. -.-,:'-'T5,,, 7 3 . 3 '-, ...A -ug, -.1:J:,' . '. i.. , Qc -.. -'-,,,v- :. 4.4. ..- ... .... - . , - , - V-. J ' -,-- N 4- 'ff f-rt: ,fig ' - .,..1.f -4:.71- LT'-2-'- .: , - - , ,--- --, - -r 1F?'.:-'- 1-5-.' ' '2- ,-P.-'01, L. s. Y, .....,,,4 -- grin JJ'.h'-dia, ',,.' 9.,,' - - + l 'iv 2 vlgj' 9114119 ' ... -...,-'-ne-.Y-3.-N.. - E ,Q -,-.,s. , -'A '3 --' 7,-'i'.f4:-J' .rpg--,, g,.- -v, --rg, , - - .. ' - .-.r --. ---- - - -1 'T'-P--H ' .v- . ,, r .., Q ,, , , ' ..: -Qs. - - f 44,---' - , .315 --Q?-lk .4-g--0- -- - .. . .., 1-- A-5-. -11,7 -- f.,-4,-rf- 1 :f:' -. ',- V- -1. A 5, 19,4 , -.. j 4 . .r ,. , . gl