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217728 - U.S. Armored Cruiser Tennessee. Displacement, about 16,000 tons; speed, 22 knots; 23,000 H.P. Length, 504 1/2 ft.; beam, 73 ft.; draught, 26 1/2 ft. Crew of 945 men (as flagship, 990 men).. Carries four 10 in. guns; sixteen 6 in. guns and 28 smaller guns. Four 21 in. torpedo tubes. Armor belt, 5-3 ins. amidships; 9-5 ins. on turrets, 7 ins. on barbettes. Completed, 1907. Cost, $6,154,456.
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U.S. Armored Cruiser Tennessee. (Flagship.)
217728 - U.S. Armored Cruiser Tennessee. Displacement, about 16,000 tons; speed, 22 knots; 23,000 H.P. Length, 504 1/2 ft.; beam, 73 ft.; draught, 26 1/2 ft. Crew of 945 men (as flagship, 990 men).. Carries four 10 in. guns; sixteen 6 in. guns and 28 smaller guns. Four 21 in. torpedo tubes. Armor belt, 5-3 ins. amidships; 9-5 ins. on turrets, 7 ins. on barbettes. Completed, 1907. Cost, $6,154,456.
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 Number2015.9999
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: 217728 © 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)