Old Turn Of The Century Pictures

[dr.hal]

Great photos, thanks..

[LeeChard]

Nice pics. Very clear.

[oldman45]

This is a great find, thanks.

[Skyros]

Is it me or was I expecting pictures from the 1990s [8|]

[John 3rd]

Appreciate the pictures a bunch. Ship construction was in such a state of flux between the Civil War and the advent of Dreadnought. Fascinating to see some of it pictured above.

[Grfin Zeppelin]

A Dynamite gun cruiser ? Wow that must be one of these rare ships which are in the same coolness league as the Ise. [8D]

[johng5155]

I think it is the Vesuvius (1888). Those are pneumatic dynamite guns.

[tocaff]

Here's a shot of a boxing match, circa 1897, on the USS Oregon.

[Connfire]

ORIGINAL: tocaff

I have no clue as to what ships or anything the following pictures are of, but they are all from 1900-1920s.

Tocaff:

Judging by the location of the cage-masts, funnels, and elevated turret, I believe the first picture you showed is a midships view looking forward, of a Florida-class BB, either Florida (BB-30) or Utah (BB-31). The class had 6 twin gun turrets of that design, and I think the elevated foreground turret is what the USN would call Turret #3, or what the British would call the P-Turret.

Here's a stern view of the Utah: