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THE ESS DEE

These magazines were printed aboard the USS South Dakota beginning in July, 1909.  These booklets were available by subscription "for the members of the crew and their friends" and was intended as "a diary of events of the cruise." Included within are Navy News, reports of training exercises, advice columns, reports of the ship's athletic teams, reports from the ship's log, crew transfers and ratings, cartoons, jokes, lists of ports, advertising, and much more.

V1#2 Mare Island, California, 7/25/1909
V1#4 Seattle, Washington, 8/25/1909
V1#5 At sea, En route to Honolulu 9/10/1909

V1#7 At sea, 10/10/1909
V1#8 At sea, 10/25/1909
V1#9 Olongapo, Philippines, 11/10/1909

V1#10 Olongapo, Subic Bay, PI, 11/25/09
V2/#1 Shanghai, China 1/10/1910
V?/#? cover missing

V2/#3 At sea Honolulu to San Francisco 2/10/10
V2/#4 Mare Island Navy Yard, 03/10/1910
V2/#5 At sea, 03/25/1910

V2/#6 Panama, 04/10/1910
V2/#7 At sea, 04/25/1910
V2/#8 Montevideo, Uruguay, 05/10/1910

V2/#9 Puerto Militar, Argentina, 05/25/1910
V2/#10 Magellan Straits, 06/25/1910
V?/#? cover missing

V2/#13 Santa Cruz, California 07/25/1910
V2/#14 Capitola, California, 08/10/1910
V2/#16 Mare Island, California, 09/10/1910

V2/#17 Mare Island, California, 09/25/1910
V2/#18 Mare Island, California, 10/10/1910
V2/#19 Mare Island, California, 10/25/1910

V2/#20 Coronado, California, 11/10/1910
V2/#21 San Francisco, California, 11/25/1910
V2/#22 San Pedro, California, 12/10/1910

V3/#1 Santa Barbara, California, 01/10/1911
V3/#3 San Diego, California, 02/10/1911
V3/#4 Coronado, California, 02/25/1911

V3/#5 Coronado, California, 03/10/1911
V?/#? cover missing
V3/#8 San Diego, California, 04/20/1911

V3/#11 San Diego, California, 06/05/1911
V3/#12 San Diego, California, 06/20/1911
V3/#13 Mare Island, California, 07/05/1911

V3/#18 Mare Island, California, 09/20/1911
V?/#? cover missing
V4/#2 (unknown location, cover missing)

V4/#4 Olongapo, Philippines, April 1912
V4/#8 Honolulu, Hawaii, August 1912 (no cover)

V4/#10 Mare Island, California, October 1912
V4/#12 Mare Island, California, Dec. 1912 (no cover)

V5/#1 At Sea, January 1913
V5/#3 Acapulco, Mexico, March 1913

V5/#5 San Diego, California, May 1913
V5/#6 San Diego, California, June 1913