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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. | |
 | 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. | |
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60k | The Minnesota (BB-22) as completed, line drawing by A.D. Baker III. | Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. | |
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75k | Seen here on builders trials at 18.1 knots. | USNI / USN photo. | |
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165k | 12 June 1907 photo of the Minnesota (BB-22) additional ships of the Fleet in background. Following her shakedown off the New England coast, Minnesota was assigned to duty in connection with the Jamestown Exposition, Jamestown, Va., 22 April to 3 September 1907. |
USNHC # 19-N-28-29-4. | |
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230k | Steroscopic color print of the view from the bridge of the Minnesota (BB-22) during the Jamestown Exhibition. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. Photo added 07/30/09. | |
 | 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. | |
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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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103k | Photographed circa 1907-08. | USNHC # NH 46023. | |
 | 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. | |
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115k | Painting by Henry Reuterdahl, depicting Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas on board Minnesota (BB-22) during the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World. The artist has inscribed the work to Rear Admiral Thomas. | USNHC # NH 85216-KN, photo courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. Donation of Miss Ruth Thomas. | |
 | 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. | |
 | 290k | The "Great White Fleet" in the Straits of Magellan, 1908, from a painting by Henry Reuterdahl. | Photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 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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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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109k | An officer poses in the breech of one of the after turret's 12"/45 guns, 1908. | USNHC # NH 46030. | |
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67k | Minnesota (BB-22) pitching in heavy seas, while bringing fleet mail from Honolulu, circa July 1908. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105997, photographed by Brown & Shaffer. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. | |
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200k | Postcard circa 1908-09. | Photo courtesy of SK/3 Tommy Trampp. | |
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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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115k | "World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-09. Stern view of the Minnesota (BB-22), in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in late August 1908. | Photo 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. | |
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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. | |
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75k | Minnesota (BB-22) pitches her forefoot out of the water during a storm, while steaming from the Philippines to Yokohama, Japan, in October 1908, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. | USNHC # NH 91751. | |
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67k | Minnesota (BB-22), port side view. Photographed by Brown & Shaffer, 1909. | Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold / USNHC # NH 101500. | |
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133k | The "Great White Fleet" at Gibralter on 31 January 1909.
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Donated 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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