Jump to content

File:USS Mississippi quarterdeck with flying boat 80-G-461428.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (5,644 × 3,414 pixels, file size: 7.53 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: The United States battleship USS Mississippi (BB-23), view on the ship's afterdeck, while she was carrying the Navy's first combat air group to Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914. Planes visible include a Curtiss AB type flying boat (on deck at left), and a Curtiss AH type floatplane (atop the after 12/45 gun turret). Note boom rigged to the battleship's superstructure, at left, for hoisting the planes on and off the ship.
Date circa April 1914
date QS:P,+1914-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source history.navy.mil
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

Licensing

Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current13:57, 24 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 13:57, 24 October 20195,644 × 3,414 (7.53 MB)Parsecboy== Summary == {{Information | description = The United States battleship {{USS|Mississippi|BB-23}}, view on the ship's afterdeck, while she was carrying the Navy's first combat air group to Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914. Planes visible include a Curtiss AB type flying boat (on deck at left), and a Curtiss AH type floatplane (atop the after 12/45 gun turret). Note boom rigged to the battleship's superstructure, at left, for hoisting the planes on and off the ship. | source = [https://...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata