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USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class.

 

She was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England, with Lieutenant Commander Arthur P. Nazro in command.

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HMS RESOLUTION, BRITAIN’S FIRST POLARIS SUBMARINE. JUNE 1967, DURING SPEED TRIALS AFTER LEAVING VICKERS SHIPYARD, BARROW-IN-FURNESS.

HMS RESOLUTION, BRITAIN’S FIRST POLARIS SUBMARINE. JUNE 1967, DURING SPEED TRIALS AFTER LEAVING VICKERS SHIPYARD, BARROW-IN-FURNESS. (A 35096) HMS RESOLUTION at speed during her trials. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205016470