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Photo # NH 68871:  View on USS Connecticut's fore deck, circa May 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Shipboard Activities


This page features, and provides links to, views of shipboard activities taken during the 1907-1909 "Great White Fleet" World cruise, or which may have taken at that time.

For additional images of shipboard activities taken during the World cruise, or probably taken at that time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work;
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Gunnery;
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Mascots;
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Recreation; and
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Equator Crossing Festivities.

    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 41667

    "Great White Fleet" World cruise


    Rainy deck on a battleship's deck, taken in port in 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 475 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 52813

    Atlantic Fleet Staff Officers


    On board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), 1907.
    These officers are (from left to right):
    Lieutenant Commander Ridley McLean;
    Lieutenant Commander Lloyd H. Chandler;
    Captain Royal R. Ingersoll, Chief of Staff;
    Lieutenant Charles R. Train; and
    Lieutenant David A. Weaver.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 540 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50482

    Lieutenant Commander Louis R. De Steiguer, USN
    ,
    Executive Officer, USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)

    On board his ship, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 44KB; 400 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41664

    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN
    ,
    Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

    With other officers on the bridge of his flagship, USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, 1908.
    Sperry is one of the officers seated in the center.
    Another battleship is visible in the left center distance.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41661

    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN
    ,
    Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

    With other officers on the bridge of his flagship, USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, 1908.
    Sperry is one of the officers seated at left.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     


    For additional images of shipboard activities taken during the World cruise, or probably taken at that time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work;
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Gunnery;
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Mascots;
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Recreation; and
  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Equator Crossing Festivities.

    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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