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Photo # NH 101493:  A Great White Fleet battleship casts its shadow on the banks of the Suez Canal, January 1909

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1900s

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Suez Canal Transit and Visit to Egypt, January 1909


This page features, and provides links to, views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s January 1909 transit of the Suez Canal and visit to Egypt.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to Port Said, Egypt, January 1909; and
  • -- Sightseeing Ashore in Egypt, January 1909.

    For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 1182

    World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-1909


    Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet steaming in the Suez Canal, while en route from Suez to Port Said in early January 1909. Photograph looks aft from one of the battleships' foremasts.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, USN, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41503

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    One of the Fleet's battleships coming through the Suez Canal, January 1909.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106125

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    View from on board one of the Fleet's battleships as she passes through the Suez Canal, January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106124

    Suez Canal, Egypt


    View from a U.S. Navy battleship as it transits the canal with the "Great White Fleet", January 1909.
    Note the freighter in the middle-distance.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101492

    S.S. Polynesien
    (French Passenger Liner, 1890-1918)

    Transiting the Suez Canal, as seen from a "Great White Fleet" battleship in early January 1909.
    Polynesien was a Messageries Maritimes liner in the Marseilles to Australia service.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101493

    Suez Canal, Egypt


    A "Great White Fleet" battleship casts its three-funneled shadow on the canal bank, as it steams toward Port Said in early January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106126

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    View of a camel caravan at a canal ferry crossing, taken from one of the Fleet's battleships as she transits the Suez Canal in January 1909.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106127

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    A signal station seen from one of the Fleet's battleships during her January 1909 Suez Canal transit.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41504

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    View looking aft from high on the foremast of USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), as she transits the Suez Canal in January 1909.
    Note the small sailing vessel following astern.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41508

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    View looking over the bow of USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), taken from the ship's foremast as she transits the Suez Canal, January 1909.
    Note the small sailing vessel ahead.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2400

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise


    Crew members relaxing on the foredeck of USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) as she transits the Suez Canal in early January 1909, during the cruise around the World.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 445 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41665

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Crew Members relaxing on the ship's foredeck during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.
    This photograph, taken from high on Connecticut's foremast, may have been made during her Suez Canal transit in January 1909.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to Port Said, Egypt, January 1909; and
  • -- Sightseeing Ashore in Egypt, January 1909.

    For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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