<p>Caption on image: No. 7390,A. Copyright 1906 by W.P. Romans .<br><br>Caption on mount: U.S. Battleship Nebraska on offical trial, July 16, 1906, making 19,518 knots. Built by Moran Bros. Company, Seattle, Wash .<br><br>Letter from Robert Moran to Asahel Curtis accompanies image .<br><br>PH Coll 334.Romans 8</p>
<p>The NEBRASKA carried a complement of 49 officers and 857 men.  During the first World War she was engaged in convoy protection duties on the Atlantic and was broken up in the post-war disarmament period when the United States destroyed a large portion of the fleet. (pg. 105) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).<br><br></p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Nebraska (Battleship); Battleships--Washington (State); Puget Sound (Wash.); Bays--Washington (State)</li></ul>
W.P. Romans
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