USS Maryland, a 13,680 ton Pennsylvania class armored cruiser built at Newport News, Virginia, was placed in commission in mid-April 1905. She served in the western Atlantic and Caribbean until September 1906, then began a long voyage to the Far East by way of the U.S. Pacific Coast and Hawaii. Maryland operated with the Asiatic Fleet until October 1907 and, after returning to California, was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. For the next nine years she cruised along the West Coast from Alaska to Central America, with occasional voyages to Hawaii and one trip, in mid-1912, to Japan. The ship's name was changed to Frederick in November 1916, freeing the name Maryland for assignment to a new battleship.
In April 1917, soon after the U.S. entered World War I, Frederick steamed from California to the South Atlantic, where she patrolled until early 1918. The cruiser then began convoy escort duty between the United States and Europe. After the fighting ended in November 1918, she was employed as a troop transport, bringing servicemen home from Europe. This duty ended in mid-1919, and Frederick was placed in reduced commission. In 1920 she returned to active service, took the U.S. Olympic Team to Belgium and, in July, made a training cruise. In that month, as the Navy implemented its hull numbering system, she was designated CA-8. Frederick returned to the Pacific late in 1920 to become flagship of the Pacific Fleet Train. She was decommissioned in mid-February 1922 and laid up at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Stricken from the list of Navy ships in November 1929, the ship was sold for scrapping in February 1930.
This page features views concerning USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8, later CA-8, renamed Frederick in 1916), selected from the comprehensive pictorial coverage of her contained in the pages listed below.
For all the pictures we have related to this ship, see:
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Photo #: NH 84210 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) Being prepared for launching, at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, on or shortly before 12 September 1903. Note that portholes have not yet been drilled in her hull plating. Courtesy of Mary M. Galt, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 545 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 2168 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) Underway off Staten Island, New York, 28 October 1905. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 545 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 64811 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) In dry dock at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 23 April 1908. Photographed by E.L. Meyer, Seattle, Washington. Note the ship's freshly painted underwater hull, and the decoration fitted to her bow. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 85712 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) Leaving San Diego Harbor, California, circa 1915. This photograph was printed on "AZO" postal card stock, bearing the mark of the Penny Arcade, 741 Fifth Street, San Diego, and the emblem of the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915. See Photo # NH 85712-A for a view of the reverse of the original card. Collection of Rear Admiral Sumner E.W. Kittelle, USN, who commanded Maryland in 1915. Donated by Admiral Charles J. Moore, USN, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 490 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 91730 USS Frederick (Armored Cruiser # 8, ex-Maryland) Painted in Dazzle camouflage, circa 1918 or early 1919. Donation of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 73127 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) View looking aft at her forward eight-inch gun turret and bridge, while she was steaming on the target range in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1906. Photographed by F.B. Way, a crew member, who presented it to F.M. Deats with the following poem inscribed on its reverse: Donation of F.M. Deats, 1963. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 555 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50367 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) Crew members using a Singer sewing machine to improve the appearance of their hats, circa 1912. Note the mascot parrots at left. Courtesy of Lloyd Harmon. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50372 USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser # 8) "King Neptune" and his royal party (among them "Amphitrite", the "Royal Baby" and the "Royal Doctor") visit the ship during Equator crossing ceremonies in 1912. Maryland's Commanding Officer, Captain John M. Ellicott, is also present. Photographed by Rolla McDaniel. Courtesy of Lloyd Harmon. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50357 USS Frederick (Armored Cruiser # 8, ex-Maryland) Frozen spray ice coats the ship's forward eight-inch guns, forecastle and superstructure after operations at sea, circa 1917. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 46KB; 740 x 445 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50214 USS Frederick (Armored Cruiser # 8, ex-Maryland) Docking at Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1919, with her decks and forward eight-inch gun turret crowded with World War I veterans she had brought home from Europe. The tug Catherine Moran is in the foreground. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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For all the pictures we have related to this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 19 September 2006
Link added 5 May 2007