The “Virginia” going into a heavy swell
Subject(s): Battleships, Pacific Ocean--China Sea, Sailing, Travels, United States. Navy, United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force, Virginia (Battleship No. 13), Voyages and travels
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Postcard showing the conning tower of the USS Virginia above the waves of the China Sea.
Comments and Context
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This shows one of the great ocean swells going toward the battleship Virginia and that ship will be almost completely under water before it can rise up and be on top of the mountain. Now a battleship is made so that it could hardly sink. It has hundreds of rooms or compartmrnts [sic] with steel walls and air tight. These rooms are kept closed when at sea so that they are filled with air and water cannot get in. Now if you take a rubber bag and fill it with air and then plunge it beneath the water it will at once come to the top. Just so with a battleship, it has hundreds of these large rooms air tight, so if the ship be plunged beneath the water it will instantly come to the top. Now when that large wave or mountain hits the ship it will look…” [annotation continued on next postcard].
Collection
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
African Safari (March 1909-1910)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
The “Virginia” going into a heavy swell. [1909]. Charles C. Myers Collection.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309822. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Brown & Shaffer. The “Virginia” going into a heavy swell. [1909]. Multi-image.
Charles C. Myers Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 13, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309822.
APA:
Brown & Shaffer., [1909]. The “Virginia” going into a heavy swell.
Charles C. Myers Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309822.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Charles C. Myers Collection. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/charles-c-myers-collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Charles C. Myers Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 13, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/charles-c-myers-collection.
APA:
Charles C. Myers Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/charles-c-myers-collection.
