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217725 - U.S. Dreadnaught South Carolina. Displacement, about 17,000 tons; speed, 19 1/2 knots; 16,500 H.P. Length, 452 3/4 ft.; beam, 80 1/4 ft.; draught, 24 1/2 ft. Crew of 805 men. Carries eight 12 in. guns; twenty-two 3 in. guns and 2 smaller guns, with two 21 in. torpedo tubes. Armor belt, 11 ins. amidships; turrets, 12 ins. Completed, December, 1909. Cost, $6,683,874.
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U.S. Dreadnaught South Carolina.
217725 - U.S. Dreadnaught South Carolina. Displacement, about 17,000 tons; speed, 19 1/2 knots; 16,500 H.P. Length, 452 3/4 ft.; beam, 80 1/4 ft.; draught, 24 1/2 ft. Crew of 805 men. Carries eight 12 in. guns; twenty-two 3 in. guns and 2 smaller guns, with two 21 in. torpedo tubes. Armor belt, 11 ins. amidships; turrets, 12 ins. Completed, December, 1909. Cost, $6,683,874.
American
1914–1923
Medium/Technique
Tinted halftone lithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9997
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: 217725 © E.MULLER
Back: divided. Mint.
THE VALENTINE-SOUVENIR CO., NEW YORK, PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Back: divided. Mint.
THE VALENTINE-SOUVENIR CO., NEW YORK, PRINTED IN U.S.A.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)