Mystery Navy warship.

Hi Crackers ;

 I am going to go out on a limb here and figure it's a cruiser that would've been the type the Olympia was .  T.B.      I am basing that on the location of the wheelhouse .

And a bunch of other things, right down to the porthole pattern.

Since she was a one-of-a-kind, I'd say it's probably Olympia.

Curious though, that photo is nowhere to be found, even on Nav Source, other than shipspotting.com.

Someone there has pointed out that she was rearmed with a single 4" gun each fore and aft in 1916, and a single 5" each in 1917, so if in fact this is Olympia, it'd be taken after 1916.

CaptnMac82, you may indeed be correct. The above picture is of the RALEIGH (C-8) with her officers during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Laid down at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1889 and commissioned in 1894, the Cincinnati class cruiser served briefly in the Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea in 1897. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, RALEIGH was assigned to Admiral Dewey's squadron at Manila Bay, the Philippeans, and is credited with firing the opening salvo of that conflict. During the First World War, served in the Atlantic Fleet with trips to Mexico and Brazil. Scrapped at Philadelphia in August, 1921.

Source: Wikipedia     Happy modeling       Crackers 

It's not the Olympia, from what I'm seeing.  The rear mast is completely wrong, and the lower port holes don't look right.

Later today I'll be posting some scans from two old books I got from my Father from back then that show the Navy in the late 1890s.  It may help to decide this.

Gee ;

 I am glad I was right on the type though .So it was a cruiser !  T.B.

The first book, 1896 I believe:

What a wonderful lineup of turn of the century American warships. Thank you so much for sharing this information for all of us on the Forum.

Happy modeling     Crackers   

That's the first book, second one to follow.

Thanks again for your presentation.

Happy modeling     Crackers