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 | 577k | Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter takes a tour of a "Great White Fleet" exhibition at Grand Central Station on 11 Oct. 2008. The exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet which includes models of battleships, artifacts and memorabilia from Sailors aboard the ships and photo displays that tell the of the historical naval mission.
Pictured is a model of the name sake Connecticut class (BB-18) and her five sisters: Louisiana (BB-19), Vermont (BB-20), Kansas (BB-21), Minnesota (BB-22) & New Hampshire (BB-25). | US Navy photo # N-5549O-006 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien, courtesy of navy.news.mil. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 83k | Prominent "Great White Fleet" Officers appear in this photo. From left to right & top to bottom: First row: Captain McCrea, Captain Bartlett, Captain Kossuth Niles, of Louisiana (BB-19); Captain Hugo Osterhaus, of Connecticut (BB-18) & Captain Ingersoll. Second row: Captain John M. Bowyer, of Illinois (BB-07); Captain Joseph B. Murdock, of Rhode Island (BB-17); Admiral Bob Evans; Admiral Potter, & Admiral Schroder. Third row: Captain Alexander Sharp, of Virginia (BB-13); Captain Veeder, Captain Murrell, Admiral Wainwright, & Admiral Vaher. | Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of Warren McLean. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 111k | Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commander in Chief, made the Connecticut (BB-18) his flagship. | Digital ID: ggbain # 03507. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 112k | Hugo Osterhaus was Captain of the Connecticut (BB-18) as part of the "Great White Fleet". | Digital ID: ggbain # 13318. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 81k | Sailors scale the ladders of the Connecticut's (BB-18) funnels, prior to painting them while she was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of the "Great White Fleet" cruise around the World in December 1907. | Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of Warren McLean. | |
 | 61k | Connecticut (BB-18) was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of the "Great White Fleet" cruise around the World in December 1907. | Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of Warren McLean. | |
 | 131k | Fine screen halftone reproduction of a photograph showing the Atlantic Fleet flagship, Connecticut (BB-18), leading the "Great White Fleet"'s other fifteen battleships out of Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the beginning of the cruise around the World, 16 December 1907. | USNHC # NH 106192. Copied from "The New Navy of the United States", by N.L. Stebbins, (New York, 1912).Donation of David Shadell, 1987. | |
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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. | |
 | 101k | Steroscopic color print of the Connecticut (BB-18) showing the showing the ship's Marine unit drilling on deck, during the voyage of the "Great White Fleet". | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. | |
 | 260k | Steroscopic color print of Sailor boys writting home. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 263k | Steroscopic color print of the cook's gallery. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 244k | Steroscopic color print of the mascot of the flagship Connecticut (BB-18). | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 253k | Steroscopic color print of the Commander of the "Great White Fleet" R. Admiral Evans of the flagship Connecticut (BB-18). | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
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81k | "First mail from home" is distributed to crew members of a battleship, after the Atlantic Fleet's arrival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in January 1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet World cruise. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106086. 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. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 273k | The "Great White Fleet" entering the Golden Gate in 1908, a watercolor by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 179k | On 8 May 1908, the Atlantic Fleet joined the Pacific Fleet in San Francisco Bay for a review by the Secretary of the Navy, and the combined fleets continued their cruise, with Connecticut (BB-18) as flagship, showing the flag and bringing a show of American strength to many parts of the world. | USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Text courtesy of DANFS. | |
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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. | |
 | 1.5m | Connecticut (BB-18) in a California port, 1908. The photo is from a collection called "California Reception to the Fleet 1908. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
 | 92k | Fourth of July sports on the quarterdeck, while underway in the Pacific during the "Great White Fleet" cruise around the World, 1908. Other battleships are visible astern, steaming in column. | USNHC # NH 42757. |  | 125k | Crewmen of one of the ship's seven-inch broadside guns pose with their target, following gunnery practice during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, 1908. | USNHC # NH 60991. |
 | 95k | Connecticut (BB-18) crew members with some of their mascots, during the World cruise of the "Great White Fleet" circa 1908. Among the animals present are birds, a pig, a bear cub, a monkey, goats, dogs and cats. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106201. Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. | |
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72k | U.S. Marines ashore at Honolulu, during the Atlantic Fleet's visit to Hawaii in July 1908. Note the Krag-Jorgensen rifles carried by these Marines. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106100. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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101k | Pie Eating Contest on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet's World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 10075. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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97k | Pineapples piled on an Atlantic Fleet battleship's deck, during the "Great White Fleet's visit to Honolulu in July 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106099. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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79k | Race boat crew from one of the Fleet's battleships resting at Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, 19 July 1908. Their ship is probably Connecticut (BB-18), as the officer in the left center background is Midshipman Robert R.M. Emmet, who was assigned to that ship. The original photo, printed on post card stock, states that this was "the winning crew that day". The card was mailed at Honolulu on 21 July 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106181. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. | |
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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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72k | Rowing Launch Race in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, probably during the "Great White Fleet's" visit to the Philippines, circa October 1908. Cavite Navy Yard is in the right center distance. Letter "C" on the bow of the nearer launch indicates that it may belong to Connecticut (BB-18). | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106104. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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67k | U.S. Navy Chief Machinist's Mate poses with a Japanese lady on a battleship's deck, during the Atlantic Fleet's visit to Yokohama, Japan in October 1908. Note the battleship's eight-inch gun turret in the background, and the inscription on the image: "She also speaks English". | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106109. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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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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106k | Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's visit there in October 1908. This embossed card features a broadside view of a Connecticut class battleship and the message "Welcome American Fleet". | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106121-KN. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
 | 72k | Colombo, Ceylon. Singhalese diver-beggars paddling alongside a U.S. Navy ship, during the "Great White Fleet's" visit to Ceylon in December 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106123. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. |  |
74k | Connecticut (BB-18) crew members handling the afterbody of a 21-inch torpedo, circa 1909. Note the cart used for moving torpedoes on board ship. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 63012. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928. |
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83k | Local workers coaling one of the Fleet's battleships at Port Said, Egypt, following her January 1909 Suez Canal transit. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106128. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
 | 133k | Connecticut (BB-18) and other ships of the "Great White Fleet". The ships are at Gibralter on 31 January 1909. | Contributed by Eugene B. Canfield, courtesy of Joe Radigan and the U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, December 2002 issue. | |
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109k | One of the Fleet's Connecticut class battleships at Villefranche, France in 1909. | US Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 106137. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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57k | "Catching a nap" in an interior compartment of a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908. Note fire hose and nozzle stowed on the bulkhead behind the sleeper, and his folding stool. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106078. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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67k | "Sailors making foot-mats" on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908. Note fire hose stowed in the background. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet World cruise. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106073. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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70k | "Scrubbing down decks" on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908. Note the ship's forecastle winch and anchor davits, laundry drying on lines running up from the bow to the foremast, and firehose hung on the lifelines at left. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet World cruise. Note fire hose stowed in the background. |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106074. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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140k | Post card providing the Connecticut's (BB-18) itinerary during the "Great White Fleet's" World cruise. This card was published prior to the completion of the cruise, as it is postmarked Mason, Michigan in January 1909 (exact date is unclear) and some dates apparently reflect the Fleet's original schedule. These notably include the dates of arrival at the Suez Canal (3 January 1909, not 5 January) and Hampton Roads (22 February 1909, not 21 January). |
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 106168-KN. Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. | |
 | 139k | President Theodore Roosevelt (standing on 12" gun turret at right). Addresses officers and crewmen on the after deck of Connecticut (BB-18), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, upon her return from the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World, 22 February 1909. | USNHC # NH 1836. | |
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