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Photo # NH 82982:  Great White Fleet battleships leaving Seattle, Washington, 27 May 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visits to the Pacific Northwest and Preparations for Crossing the Pacific, May - July 1908


This page features views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visits to the Pacific Northwest, and its preparations for its voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

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 106172-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909

    Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee, depicting the Fleet's Sailors parading in Seattle, Washington on 26 May 1908.
    The original image was taken by Romans Photo Company, Seattle.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 156KB; 470 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50480

    USS Missouri
    (Battleship # 11)

    Bear cub presented to the ship by the Citizens of Seattle, Washington, when Missouri visited that city in 1908 during the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise around the World.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 500 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106098

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

    Atlantic Fleet Sailors parading in Bellingham, Washington, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to the West Coast in the Spring or early Summer of 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82982

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

    Atlantic Fleet battleships leave Seattle, Washington, on 27 May 1908.

    Collection of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 900 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60250

    USS Kearsarge
    (Battleship # 5)

    In drydock at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 30 May 1908.
    Kearsarge was then preparing for the trans-Pacific leg of the "Great White Fleet"'s voyage around the World.
    Note her ram bow; figurehead; and anchors.
    Photographed by E.L. Meyer, Seattle, Washington.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70511

    USS Missouri (BB-11)


    At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa May-July 1908, during the World cruise of the "Great White Fleet".

    Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63509

    USS Maine
    (Battleship # 10)

    In drydock at Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, circa 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1112

    "Great White Fleet" World cruise


    Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet leaving San Francisco, California, en route to Honolulu, 7 July 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 900 x 645 pixels

     


    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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