Closer look at 1918 battleship note

In my opinion, it appears to be one of the Indiana-class battleships like the U.S.S. Oregon (BB-3).

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I managed to find a better image of the pension proof. It does match pretty well with your diagram.

 

And the battleships keep on coming! A friend shared a scan of a 1923 Navy Discharge Certificate featuring yet another ship. This one looks similar to the USS New York on the $2 FRN in the OP. What does everyone else think?

 

The ship on your discharge certificate appears extremely similar to the Lexington Class Battlecruiser. The Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3) were originally laid down as battlecruisers. However, due to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1923, none of the Lexington Class Battlecruisers were completed as originally designed.

 

You nailed it! So that was an artist's rendition that was never built -- the Lexington became one of our first aircraft carriers. I am learning a lot of history!

 

Must ve been incredible seeing these girls sailing the high seas or see them dorking in port .

 

I have this new Battleship in my collection now. I can't stop showing it off..lol

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Teehee/ Burke/ Baxter/ Fancher

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PMG - 65 EPQ Gem UnCirculated

 

And our Canadian neighbors have their "battleship" note:

From the Heritage archives ( I no longer have mine )
From the Bank of Canada Museum we find:
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2018/11/money-of-the-first-world-war/

HMS Bellerophon was a “dreadnought” class battleship. The biggest of their era, such ships rarely saw battle service and were scrapped soon after the war. $10, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada, 1913 (1963.14.108)
Canadian money changed little during the First World War (WW1). On the eve of battle in 1913, The Royal Bank of Canada issued a patriotic $10 note picturing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Bellerophon. This note promoted Britain’s might in the naval arms race that had gripped Germany and the United Kingdom in the years preceding WWI.