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 | 104k | 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), as built, dated 23 March 1928. | Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group RG-19N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
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View of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia. Photograph of the shipyard & Louisiana (BB-19) circa 11 April 190 (5)? published on a color-tinted postal card by the Illustrated Post Card Co, N.Y.
| Photo courtesy of greatwhitefleet.info, by William Stewart. |
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The Louisiana (BB-19) all dressed up with flags, possibly during her commissioning ceremony at Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., June 2 1906. |
Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. |
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Starboard beam view of the Louisiana (BB-19) in her original configuration as seen in this postcard drawn by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA.
| Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. |
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Photographed in 1906 by Enrique Muller. |
USNHC # NH 59575. |
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Louisiana's (BB-19) officers make up a Christmas band on the afterdeck, while the ship was at Havana, Cuba, 1906. Among those present are Assistant Surgeon Richard A. Warner; Joseph O. Foster; Joseph Evans; Ensign Harold E. Clark; Lieutenant Robert W. McNeeley; Marine Captain John W. Wadleigh; and Ensign Richard Wainwright, Jr. |
USNHC # NH 52801. |
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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. |
 | 111 | Steroscopic color print of the Connecticut (BB-18) with the battleships Louisiana (BB-19) on her starboard side and the Vermont(BB-20) on her port, circa 1908. | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. |
 | 119k | Text of the reverse side of the steroscopic color print of the Connecticut (BB-18) with the battleships Louisiana (BB-19) on her starboard side and the Vermont (BB-20) on her port, circa 1908. | Courtesy of Paul Petosky. |
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Off Coronado, California, on 14 April 1908, during the "Great White Fleet's" visit to the west coast. Note lighted ship's name displayed on the bridge. |
USNHC # NH 63136 photo courtesy of the Historical Collection, Union Title Insurance Company, San Diego, California. |
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Louisiana (BB-19) as she appeared during the "Great White Fleet's" visit to Austraila in 1908. |
Photo printed on a stereograph card, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of Warren McLean. |
 | 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. |
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 | 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. |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo added 03/20/08. |
 | 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. |
 | 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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President Theodore Roosevelt tips his hat in salute as he comes aboard the Louisiana (BB-19), upon her return from the cruise around the World, circa 22 February 1909. In return, he is receiving a salute from the ship's officers. There are two Turkish Navy officers (wearing Fez hats) present, in the center of the image. |
USNHC # NH 101496. |
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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.
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Photo # NH 105310, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. |