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2nd Lieutenant Henry Arnold at the controls of a Wright Type B aircraft, Wright Flying School, Fairborn near Dayton, Ohio, United States, 1911	Mark XIII torpedo with a practice warhead and fitted with a tail ring, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, 1944. The tail ring modification was the final alteration that made this a truly dependable weapon.

Puget Sound’s Sinclair Inlet before development, 1892 at what is now Bremerton, Washington, United States.	USS Oregon in drydock at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Sep 1898

USS Oregon in drydock at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Sep 1898	Fitting-out basin, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 1 Mar 1901

Machine shop, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 2 Feb 1905	USS Idaho fitting out at William Cramp and Sons yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, circa 1906

Maxim Gorky and Mark Twain at a dinner at Club A House, New York, New York, United States, 12 Apr 1906; note Zinovy Peshkov seated next to Gorky	American battleship Mississippi, the former incarnation of Greek battleship Kilkis, fitting out at William Cramp and Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1907

USS Mississippi (foreground) and USS Idaho (background) fitting out at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1907-1908	USS Idaho in the Hudson River off Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States, 1909

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, United States with dry dock number two under construction, circa 1911.	USS Idaho dressed with flags during the Naval Review off New York, New York, United States, Oct 1912

The American Ship Building Company launching the sidewheeled steamship Seeandbee at Wyandotte, Michigan, United States, Nov 9 1912. This ship would later be converted into the USS Wolverine. Photo 1 of 2.	The American Ship Building Company launching the sidewheeled steamship Seeandbee at Wyandotte, Michigan, United States, Nov 9 1912. This ship would later be converted into the USS Wolverine. Photo 2 of 2.

Battleship USS Oregon in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 Mar 1913. Photo 1 of 2.	Battleship USS Oregon in drydock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 Mar 1913. Photo 2 of 2.

USS Oregon in drydock, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 3 Mar 1913	US Navy collier USS Jupiter at Mare Island, California, United States, 16 Oct 1913. In 1922 Jupiter was modified to become the United States’ first aircraft carrier and was renamed USS Langley