2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/24/2020
Impressive 8 foot blue cloth streamer with gold paint "U.S.S. Connecticut" on one end and "Sept. 29th 1904" on the other. The streamer is 8 foot by 4-3/4" blue cloth. Small loss to some letters, else near fine condition. USS Connecticut (BB-18), the fourth United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Connecticut, was the lead ship of her class of six battleships. Her keel was laid on 10 March 1903; launched on 29 September 1904, Connecticut was commissioned on 29 September 1906, as the most advanced ship in the US Navy. Connecticut served as the flagship for the Jamestown Exposition in mid-1907, which commemorated the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony. She later sailed with the Great White Fleet on a circumnavigation of the Earth to showcase the US Navy's growing fleet of blue-water-capable ships. After completing her service with the Great White Fleet, Connecticut participated in several flag-waving exercises intended to protect American citizens abroad until she was pressed into service as a troop transport at the end of World War I to expedite the return of American Expeditionary Forces from France.
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