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Photo # NH 81513-KN:  Welcoming the Great White Fleet to Sydney, Australia, August 1908.  Artwork by Norman Carter

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to Sydney, Australia, August 1908


This page features, and provides links to, views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Sydney, Australia in August 1908.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views in Sydney Harbor, August 1908;
  • -- Views Ashore at Sydney, August 1908; and
  • -- Sydney - Miscellaneous Views, August 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 67143

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


    U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships pass Sydney Heads, en route to visit Sydney, Australia, 20 August 1908.

    Courtesy of Harry Howard, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 900 x 655 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 61198

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise


    U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships enter the harbor at Sydney, New South Wales to begin their visit to Australia, August 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 900 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82986

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


    Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet passing Sydney Heads, while entering Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, August 1908.
    Hand-colored photograph, printed on a postcard.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1631

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Entrance to Sydney harbor, New South Wales, Australia, seen from a U.S. battleship in August 1908.
    Note the large crowd on shore watching as the U.S. Atlantic Fleet stands into the harbor.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 900 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106180

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    The Fleet's battleships steaming in column while entering Sydney harbor, Australia, 20 August 1908. Photographed from USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), which led the formation.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 900 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82985-KN (color)

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

    Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet entering Sydney Harbor, Australia, 20 August 1908.
    Hand-colored photograph, printed on a postcard.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81513-KN (color)

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

    Welcoming the U.S. Atlantic Fleet to Sydney, Australia, August 1908. Artwork by Norman Carter, published in "The Sydney Mail", Wednesday, 19 August, 1908.

    Courtesy of John C. Reilly, Jr..

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views in Sydney Harbor, August 1908;
  • -- Views Ashore at Sydney, August 1908; and
  • -- Sydney - Miscellaneous Views, August 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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