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Photo # NH 77188:  RAdm. Charles M. Thomas returning to his flagship, USS Minnesota, probably in San Francisco Bay

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 (Part II)


This page features additional views of the "Great White Fleet" in San Francisco Bay, California

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to San Francisco Bay, California, 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 106096

    Pacific Fleet Armored Cruisers

    (First Squadron, U.S. Pacific Fleet)

    Anchored in San Francisco Bay, California in May 1908, during the visit there of the "Great White Fleet".
    The ship in the foreground is probably USS Maryland (Armored Cruiser #8).

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55344

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


    USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), the flagship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, seen from astern while anchored in San Francisco Bay, circa May-July 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 68871

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    View on the ship's fore deck, looking aft, possibly taken in San Francisco Bay, California, on 8 May 1908. Connecticut was flagship during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise of 1907-1909.
    Note the large illuminated letters installed on the ship's bridge face, spelling out her name for exhibition purposes. "Great White Fleet" ships were so-fitted during their visit to San Francisco.

    Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77188

    Rear Admiral Charles Mitchell Thomas, USN,

    Commander, Second Squadron, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

    Returning to his flagship, USS Minnesota (Battleship # 22), probably during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to San Francisco, California, in the spring of 1908.
    Photo by the Pillsbury Picture Company.
    Note sideboys rendering honors as RAdm. Thomas comes aboard.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 440 x 765 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Visit to San Francisco Bay, California, 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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