USS Kentucky (BB-6), a Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleship, rides at anchor in a Caribbean or Central American harbor in this stern view, her name plainly visible on the transom. Sailors in white uniform muster on her quarterdeck while ship's boats stand alongside. Photographs like this, taken by USS Columbia's crew, document the fleet of contemporary American warships encountered during the cruiser's Caribbean and Central American deployments around the turn of the twentieth century. Project: 218600