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Sailors leap off the side of the battleship USS Rhode Island after coaling ship, circa 1913.

Dirty sailors hose down the deck of a ship after coaling, circa 1912.

Sailors of the battleship USS Rhode Island mug for a photo, covered in coal dust.

Filthy bandsmen on board the battleship USS Kansas pose with their instruments for a photo at Guantanamo Bay in 1912, during coaling operations.

This WWI era postcard humorously alludes to the difficult task of replenishing a warship's coal supply

Sailors on board USS Isla de Luzon shovel coal.

Sailors coal the USS Maryland at Punta Auneras (sic) Chile, 1912.

Sailors of the cruiser USS Tennessee replenish the ship's coal supply at Honolulu, 1909 or 1910.