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Photo # NH 101473:  Marines drilling on USS Georgia, circa 1907-1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909 -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work (Part II)


This page features additional views of shipboard work taken during, or at the time of, the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.
Note:
Some photographs seen on this page are not absolutely confirmed as having been taken during the World cruise, but were certainly taken at approximately that time.

For more pictures of shipboard work, taken during this time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work.

    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 106073

    "Sailors making foot-mats"


    On board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908.
    Note fire hose stowed in the background.
    This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101473

    USS Georgia
    (Battleship # 15)

    Ship's Marines drilling on the quarterdeck, circa 1907-1908. Note their white uniforms and Krag-Jorgensen rifles.
    This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World Cruise.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106069

    "Physical culture"


    Sailors perform calisthenics on a battleship's quarterdeck, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1907-1909.
    In the background, a Virginia class battleship is pitching into a swell. She is either Nebraska (Battleship # 14), New Jersey (Battleship # 16) or Rhode Island (Battleship # 17).

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106070

    "Double-time for exercise aboard ship"


    Sailors running in formation on the quarterdeck of USS Ohio (Battleship # 12, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1907-1909.
    Other battleships are steaming in formation astern of Ohio.
    Note the whaleboat on the quarterdeck davits, with an "O" on its bow identifying the ship.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106071

    Coaling a Battleship


    Sailors handling a coal transfer basket, which is connected by overhead line to the collier alongside, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101474

    "Diving apparatus used by Men-o-War"


    On a launch tied up alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908. Note the men working the air pump's cranks, in the middle of the launch, and the diver and his helpers at the stern.
    This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World Cruise.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106072

    "Hard-Hat" Diver


    Descending from the stern of a launch alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908.
    This view may have been taken during during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.
    Note the 6"/50 broadside gun mounted in the battleship's hull side.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 445 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106068

    Eighteen-inch Torpedo (Whitehead type)


    On board a U.S. Navy battleship of the Illinois or Maine class, circa 1907-1908.
    This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101471

    "Mines Ready for Drill"


    On the deck of a U.S. Navy warship, circa 1907-1908.
    This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World Cruise.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     


    For more pictures of shipboard work, taken during this time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work.

    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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