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 | 88k | The first Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet was Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who assumed command on 1 January 1906 aboard his flagship the battleship Maine (BB-10). In December 1907, Rear Admiral Evans led the fleet of 16 first line battleships out of Hampton Roads on the start of the famous world cruise of the Great White Fleet (1907-1909). President Roosevelt witnessed the departure from his yacht Mayflower. | USNHC photo # 49662 courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 103k | Stern view, June 1907. Pt. Comfort Virginia. | USNI/USN photo. | |
 | 107k | Baseball game between the crews of the Iowa (BB-4) and the Maine (BB-10), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 1907. | From the collection of Capt. Thomas C. Edrington III, USN, courtesy of his daughter Kyra Larn Edrington and son Thomas C. Edrington IV. | |
 | 70k | Photographed by Enrique Muller, while at anchor in 1907. | Photograph # USNHC # 19-N-11305, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 338k | Stereoscopic color print of the Maine (BB-10) with the 3rd Division of the 2nd Squadron of the "Great White Fleet". | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 79k | The Maine's (BB-10) Commanding Officer, Captain Giles B. Harber (right center, with mustache) greets "King Neptune" (center) and members of the Royal Party at the beginning of Equator crossing ceremonies, 6 January 1908. The ship was then steaming south off the Brazilian coast during the "Great White Fleet"'s World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106226. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 240k | Equator Crossing Certificate prepared for Midshipman Harold M. Bemis, of Maine (BB-10), certifying that he had crossed the Equator on 6 January 1908. His ship was then steaming south off the Brazilian coast during the "Great White Fleet"'s World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106225-KN. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 93k | Burial at sea of Oiler F.A. Tew, on the morning of 23 January 1908, While Maine(BB-10) was steaming in the South Atlantic during the "Great White Fleet"'s World cruise. Tew had died on the previous day, as the ship was preparing to leave Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This photograph shows his shipmates firing three volleys with Krag-Jorgensen rifles after the body had been cast into the sea. Midshipman Harold M. Bemis was in charge of the firing party. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106226a. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 104k | Program of an variety show given on board the ship while she was at sea on 6 March 1908, steaming north en route from Callao, Peru to Magdalena Bay, Mexico during the "Great White Fleet"'s World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106227a. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis. | |
 | 128k | Ship's Officers and Crew pose on her foredeck, 12-inch gun turret and superstructure, March 1908, while she was in Magdalena Bay, Mexico during the "Great White Fleet"'s World cruise. The ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Giles B. Harber is seated in the front row, just to the left of center. | USNHC # 92092. | |
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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. | |
 | 114k | At anchor, circa 1908 or earlier. Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted in 1908 by Underwood & Underwood. | USNHC # 100309. | |
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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. | |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 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. PDF Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 March 1908, Image 5, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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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 immediate 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. | |
 | 124k | In drydock at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, circa 1908. | USNHC # 63509. | |
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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. | |
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549k | THE BATTLESHIPS MAINE (BB-10) AND ALABAMA (BB-8) HOMEWARD BOUND. | Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 19 June 1908, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 242k | Captain Giles B. Harber was Maine's (BB-10) Commanding Officer from 1908 to 1909 following his promotion to Rear Admiral. He assumed the duties of Commanding 3rd squadron, Pacific fleet. At one point he was the Commander-in-Chief of both the United States Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet. | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo. | |
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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. | |
 | 901k | THE ATLANTIC FLEET OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY From Official Bulletin of Bureau of Navigation showing the Vessels off the Port of Callao practicing the Gridiron maneuver. This is considered by Naval authorities to be the most dangerous evolution in steam tactics and its improper execution caused the loss of HMS Victoria with 798 men in 1893. Picture faithfully represents the entire Fleet in official formation and vessels can be identified by numbers corresponding to table appended: First Divison 1. Connecticut (BB-18), Flagship, 2. Kansas (BB-21), 3. Vermont (BB-20), 4. Louisiana (BB-19), Second Division 5. Georgia (BB-15), Flagship, 6. New Jersey (BB-16), 7. Rhode Island (BB-17), 8. Virginia (BB-13), 18 Torpedo Flotilla Whipple (DD-15), Truxtun (DD-14), Lawrence (DD-8), Stewart (DD-13), Hopkins (DD-6) & Hull (DD-7) Third Division 9. Minnesota (BB-22), Flagship, 10. Ohio (BB-12), 11. Missouri (BB-11), 12. Maine (BB-10) 17. Yankton {Special Dispatch Tender} Fourth Division 13. Alabama (BB-8), Flagship 14. Illinois (BB-7), 15. Kearsarge (BB-05), 16. Kentucky (BB-6) 19. Auxiliaries Glacier, [refrigerating ship], Panther,[repair ship], Culgea, [storeship] & Arethusa,[torpedo flotilla tender]. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 24 September 1908, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 66k | Maine (BB-10), photographed by Brown & Shaffer, 1909. | USNHC # 101512. | |
 | 42k | Bow on view of the Maine (BB-10), circa 1909. | USN / USNI photo. | |
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140k | Captain William Banks Caperton assumed command of Denver (C-14/PG-28/CL-16) on 20 April 1907 and transferred his command to Maine (BB-10) on 31 July 1908. He remained in command until the Maine was decommissioned on 31 August 1909. | Digital ID: ggbain # 15823. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
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