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Photo # NH 76495:  Great White Fleet battleships in San Francisco Bay, California, May 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to San Francisco Bay, California, May 1908


This page features views of the "Great White Fleet" in San Francisco Bay, and provides links to photographs related to visits to other locations in central California

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to San Francisco Bay, California, May 1908 (Part II); and
  • -- Scenes Ashore in Central California, May - June 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 45348

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


    Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet steaming in column, while about to enter the Golden Gate en route to San Francisco, California, 6 May 1908.

    Donation of Charles Mel.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 900 x 650 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106095

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming through the Golden Gate, en route to their anchorage in San Francisco Bay, May 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 900 x 540 pixels

    See Photo # NH 106095-A for a view cropped from this image, emphasizing the leading ship.

     
    Photo #: NH 106095-A

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    Leading ship of a column of Atlantic Fleet battleships, photographed while steaming through the Golden Gate, en route to an anchorage in San Francisco Bay, May 1908.
    This ship is either USS New Jersey (Battleship # 16) or USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17).
    This view is cropped from Photo # NH 106095.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 545 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo # NH 42496

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet entering San Francisco Bay, California during the morning of 6 May 1908.

    Courtesy of Vice Admiral John Mcnay Taylor, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 900 x 745 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91753

    USS Truxtun
    (Destroyer # 14)

    Steaming abreast of USS Vermont (Battleship # 20), while coming into San Francisco Bay during the Atlantic Fleet's World cruise, May 1908.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Fred W. Conner.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     

    USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6)

    Steams past Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, circa May-July 1908, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to the West Coast.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76495

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

    December 1907 - February 1909

    Panoramic photograph of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships in San Francisco Bay, California, in May 1908.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 1200 x 360 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101487

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 -- February 1909

    U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships anchored in San Francisco Bay, California, at the end of the first part of their cruise around the World, circa May-July 1908.
    Several Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the left distance.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 900 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105310

    Naval Review in San Francisco Bay, 17 May 1908


    Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company, showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in USS Yorktown (Gunboat # 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 USS Hopkins or USS Hull in the center and USS Lawrence 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.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 155KB; 2000 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2390

    Warships of the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets


    In San Francisco Bay, California, May 1908.
    In the left center are several Pacific Fleet armored cruisers, with USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5) closest to the camera. USS Colorado (Armored Cruiser # 7) is farthest to the left.
    Battleships of the Atlantic Fleet are toward the right. USS Ohio (Battleship # 12) is farthest to the right. Next astern of her are (from right) USS Missouri (Battleship # 11) and USS Maine (Battleship # 10).

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 144KB; 900 x 615 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to San Francisco Bay, California, May 1908 (Part II); and
  • -- Scenes Ashore in Central California, May - June 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.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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    Page made 26 October 2008
    New image added 10 March 2010