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 | 118k | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Panoramic view of shipways and outfitting area, 1900.
Wisconsin (BB-9), is fitting out at left. Ships on the ways are (from left to right): Paul Jones (DD-10); Perry (DD-11); Wyoming (BM-10); Ohio (BB-12); & S.S. Californian. | Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 157. USNHC # NH 75110. | |
 | 128k | The Wisconsin (BB-9) poses for a 1902 image by Enrique Miller while ancored in a Pacific port. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
 | 149k | Close up view of the bow of the Wisconsin (BB-9), circa 1901 place unknown. Note one of her crew at work on the anchor chain on her starboard side. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 116k | Wisconsin (BB-9), from a postcard view, c.1901. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 74k | Wisconsin (BB-9), photographed off San Francisco, Calif., in 1901. Note the boat being hoisted out on the starboard side, and the jack and bow shield. | USNHC # NH 75108. | |
 | 105k | Wisconsin (BB-9), in San Francisco Bay, California, dressed with flags and with her crew manning the rail in honor of the Presidential party, 1901. Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted in 1901 by Underwood & Underwood. Note the California State flag flying from the launch in the foreground. | USNHC # NH 100334. | |
 | 72k | Off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1901. | Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.USNHC # NH 19-N-3-1-14. | |
 | 65k | Wisconsin (BB-9), off San Francisco, Calif., in 1901. | USNHC # NH 75109. | |
 | 257k | Capt. Uriel Sebree was the Commanding Officer of the battleship Wisconsin (BB-9) from 11 February 1903 to January 1904.The Wisconsin was the flagship of the North Squadron of the Pacific fleet under Robley D. Evans. While under Sebree's command, the Wisconsin and her crew were evaluated as one of the best, according to annual targeting exercises. | Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 05/22/09. | |
 | 126k | Crewmen posed around the Wisconsin's (BB-9) forward 13"/35 twin gun turret, 1901. Photograph published on a stereograph card by C.H. Graves, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1904 or later. | USNHC # NH 89082. | |
 | 83k | Steroscopic color printed photo by Enrique Miller Jr., circa 1906. | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. | |
 | 78k | Wisconsin (BB-9), entering drydock, circa 1906. | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. | |
 | 106k | Circa 1901-08, As Built. | USNHC NH 61955. | |
 | 112k | Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route to be taken by the Atlantic Fleet's battleships and their associated Torpedo Flotilla, from their December 1907 departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia, until their planned arrival at San Francisco, California, in the spring of 1908. Text below the chart indicates that it was published in mid-December 1907. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106219. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 79k | Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, Commanding the Fourth Division of the "Great White Fleet" made the Wisconsin (BB-9) his flagship. The fourth division consisted of the Wisconsin, Illinois (BB-7), Kearsarge (BB-5), and Kentucky (BB-6). | Digital ID: # ggbain 01064. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 99k | Commanding officers of most of the fleet's ships, photographed in 1908. Those present include (Seated, left to right): Captain Hugo Osterhaus, of Connecticut (BB-18); Captain Kossuth Niles, of Louisiana (BB-19); Captain William P. Potter, of Vermont (BB-20); Captain John Hubbard, of Minnesota (BB-22); Captain Joseph B. Murdock, of Rhode Island (BB-17); Captain Charles E. Vreeland, of Kansas (BB-21). Standing, left to right): Captain Hamilton Hutchins, of Kearsarge (BB-05); Captain Frank E. Beatty, of Wisconsin (BB-09); Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, of Nebraska (BB-14); Captain Thomas B. Howard, of Ohio (BB-12); Captain William H.H. Southerland, of New Jersey (BB-16); Captain Walter C. Cowles, of Kentucky (BB-06); Captain John M. Bowyer, of Illinois (BB-07); Captain Alexander Sharp, of Virginia (BB-13); Lieutenant Commander Charles B. McVay, of Yankton. | USNHC # NH 59552. | |
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345k | The "Great White Fleet" steaming in column, probably while departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of their cruise around the World, December 1907. Kansas (BB-21) is at left, followed by Vermont (BB-20). | USN photo # N-0000X-001 courtesy of navy.mil. Photographed by C.E. Waterman, Hampton, Va. | |
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64k | Eighteen-inch Torpedo (Whitehead type). On board a U.S. Navy battleship of the Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) or Maine Class (BB-10 / 12), circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106066. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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72k | "Hard-Hat" Diver descending from the stern of a launch alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908.
Note the 6"/50 broadside gun mounted in the battleship's hull side. This ship is either Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) or Maine Class (BB-10 / 12) or Virginia class (BB-13 / 17) battleship. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106072. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
 | 112k | Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 29 January 1907 departure from Trinidad until their arrival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 January 1908. It emphasizes the offshore course taken to avoid strong westerly currents off the northeastern coast of South America. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106221. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 129k | Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the movements of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships from their 8 February 1908 passage of the western part of the Straits of Magellan until their arrival at Callao, Peru, on 20 February 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106227b. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
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192k | The "Great White Fleet" lies in San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. Nearest ship is an Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleship. Ahead of it are what appears to be two Maine class (BB-10 / 12) battleships. | Photo by Louis Bostwick, courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
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77k | Wisconsin (BB-9) underway in heavy weather, during 1908-1909. Note: Though this photograph's inscription identifies this ship as Illinois (BB-7), the configuration of masts and porthole spacing shows that she is actually Wisconsin, which joined the fleet after it arrived on the West Coast. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105998, photographed by Brown & Shaffer. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
 | 99k | Port side view of the Wisconsin (BB-9), as part of the "Great White Fleet", American Navy's round-the-world goodwill tour during their visit to Australia in 1908. | Courtesy of Warren McLean. | |
 | 96k | Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. Attendees at the Society's organizational meeting, in Washington, D.C., February 1908. The photograph was given to the Society by Mrs. Annie Keith Frazier Somerville, one of its founders. Her mother had sent a photographer to Washington's Willard Hotel to take this view. The fourteen sponsors present to organize the Society were (Those identified on the photograph are marked "**"): Mrs. G.F. Toland; ** Mrs. John P. Pels (Miss R.W. Wright), Sponsor of Denver (C-14); ** Mrs. Earl Morgan (Miss Elizabeth Stephenson), Sponsor of Wisconsin (BB-9); Miss Helen Duchler, Sponsor of Ohio (BB-12); Mrs. George Sturdevant (Miss M.L. Drake), Sponsor of Iowa (BB-4); ** Miss Lorna Pinnock, Sponsor of Salem (CS-3); Miss Harriet Rankin; Miss Dorothy Sproul, Sponsor of Chester (CS-1); Miss Ida May Shearer; ** Miss Mary Campbell, Sponsor of Birmingham (CS-2); ** Miss Keith Frazier, Sponsor of Tennessee (ACR-10); ** Mrs. John South (Miss Christine Bradley), Sponsor of Kentucky (BB-6); ** Miss Minnie Conrad, Sponsor of Montana (ACR-13). The little girl is Miss Eleanor Gow. | Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. USNHC # NH 95456. | |
 | 95k | "King Neptune" and his "Queen" on board the ship for Equator crossing ceremonies held on board during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, 1908. | Courtesy of Mrs. Worth Sprunt, 1974, from the Collection of Rear Admiral B.F. Hutchison, USN. USNHC # NH 81446. | |
 | 185k | The Connecticut (BB-18) leading the other fifteen warships of the "Great White Fleet" into Magdalena Bay, Mexico on 12 March 1908 to take on coal and hold long-delayed target practice. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-59537, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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507k | The fleet at San Diego, Calif., 5, May 1908. What looks like two Connecticut (BB-18 / 22 -25) class battleships to the left; a Virginia (BB-13 / 17) class battleship in the center with what might be three other Connecticut class battleships in the immeadiate distance; two Illinois (BB-7 / 9) class battleships are on the right corner, behind them are the two Kearsarge (BB-5) class battleships and a Virginia or Connecticut class battleship in the right corner of the photo. |
Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33626,by W. D. Lambert; submitted by Tom Kermen. | |
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573k | Atlantic Fleet entering Golden Gate 6th May 1908. | Library of Congress photo # pan 6a33669, from the Panoramic View Co., Chas. Z. Bailey, Mgr., Los Angeles, Cal. submitted by Tom Kermen. | |
 | 139k | The Connecticut (BB-18) leading the "Great White Fleet" into San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. The original photo was taken by C.E. Waterman. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH-59537, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. | |
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192k | The "Great White Fleet" lies in San Francisco Bay on 6 May 1908. Nearest ship is an Illinois class (BB-7 / 9) battleship. Ahead of it are what appears to be two Maine class (BB-10 / 12) battleships. | Photo by Louis Bostwick, courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. | |
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155k | Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" on 17 May 1908 by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in Yorktown (PG-1), which is steaming toward the left in the right center of the image. Three destroyers are in the line nearest to the camera (from left to center), with either Hopkins (DD-6) or Hull (DD-7) in the center and Lawrence (DD-8) next astern. Eleven battleships are present, in the rows on the opposite side of Yorktown's course, and seven Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the most distant row. | Photo # NH 105310, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 114k | Battleships of the Second Squadron, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, saluting during their visit to Amoy, China, circa 30 October - 5 November 1908. The U.S. Ships are anchored in line of Divisions, with the Third Division closest to the camera. Louisiana (BB-19), flagship of the Second Squadron and Third Division, is partially visible at the far right. Astern of her in the same line are Virginia (BB-13) (right center) and Missouri (BB-11) (left center). The Fourth Division is anchored just beyond the Third Division's line. Wisconsin (BB-9), Fourth Division flagship, is toward the right [between Virginia and Louisiana]. Astern of her (in no particular order) are Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). The four grey ships, in the most distant line, all appear to be Chinese cruisers. | US Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 106148. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
 | 99k | Wisconsin (BB-9), and the other ships of the "Great White Fleet". The ships are at Gibralter on 31 January 1909. | Courtesy of Eugene B. Canfield, donated by Joe Radigan and the U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, December 2002 issue. | |
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104k | Post card welcoming the "Great White Fleet" to Australia, circa August-September 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106181-KN. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. | |
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100k | Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This card features pictures of the Fleet's sixteen battleships, plus images of three Japanese ladies, plus flags and symbols of the United States and Japan. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106114-KN. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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92k | Halftone reproduction of a photograph by H.R. Jackson, showing the Fleet's senior commanders on board ship, circa late 1908 or early 1909, during or shortly after the "Great White Fleet's" World cruise.
Those present are, from left to right: Rear Admiral William P. Potter, Commander, Fourth Division; Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, Commander, Third Division; Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet and First Division; Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, Commander, Second Division. |
US Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 106140. Copied from "Pictorial Log of the Battle Fleet Cruise Around the World", by Chief Turret Captain Roman J. Miller (A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1909). Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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