Armistice Day in the Bay, 1936 edition

In honor of Veterans Day, which was Armistice Day from 1918 to 1954, here’s a short Warship Wednesday. Remember, today isn’t about saving 20 percent on select bedding or a free buffet at the local hog trough. Below we see, some 90 years ago today, on 11 November 1936, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and four battleships at anchor beside San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. Official caption: “Navy’s Men ‘O War in Shadow of Bay Bridge. Infrared films penetrated a deep haze to catch this picture of five of Uncle Sam’s fighting ships at anchor in the shadow of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, recently opened to traffic. The picture was taken on the San Francisco side of the great bridge.” Acme News picture via the San Francisco Public Library, local identifier AAD-2295. Pictured are the Lexington-class flattop USS Saratoga (CV-3), recognizable by the vertical stripe she carried on her huge 16-funneled stack between Fleet Problem IX in early 1929 and March 1941, when she picked up the first of…

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