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Photo # NH 69866:  Great White Fleet battleships illuminated by electric lights while anchored off Long Beach, California in April 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to Southern California, April - May 1908


This page features, and provides links to, views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visits to locations in Southern California during April and May 1908.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Scenes Ashore in Southern California, April - May 1908.

    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 73318

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Probably in San Diego harbor, California, in 1908.
    Photographed by Fred W. Kelsey.

    Courtesy of R.W. Cunningham, 1971.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63136

    USS Louisiana
    (Battleship # 19)

    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.

    Courtesy of the Historical Collection, Union Title Insurance Company, San Diego, California.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 73315

    USS Alabama
    (Battleship # 8)

    Photographed by Fred W. Kelsey, probably off San Diego, California, in 1908.

    Courtesy of R.W. Cunningham, 1971.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69866

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    December 1907 - February 1909

    Halftone reproduction of a panoramic photograph, showing the Fleet's battleships illuminated by electric lights while anchored off Long Beach, California, in April 1908.

    Courtesy of Harry Howard, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 1200 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81978

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Seen from astern, while anchored off San Pedro, California in 1908, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to the U.S. West Coast.
    Note the quarterdeck whaleboats hoisted out on their davits.

    Collection of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81238

    San Pedro harbor, California


    Photograph taken from USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) while anchored off San Pedro in May 1908.
    The hospital ship Relief is on the far right, while the store ship Culgoa is in the left center.

    Courtesy of Miss Ruth Thomas, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Scenes Ashore in Southern California, April - May 1908.

    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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