This page features, and provides links to, views of shipboard gunnery activities 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 pictures of other types of "Great White Fleet" shipboard activities, see:
For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
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Photo #: NH 106061 USS Ohio (Battleship # 12) 12"/40 guns of the ship's forward turret, photographed 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: 70KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106062 12"/40 guns Of the after turret of a Maine class battleship, photographed as the ship turned to port on a target range, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. This ship may be USS Ohio (Battleship # 12), as it comes from a series of photographs that include several directly identified as having been taken on her. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101467 USS Ohio (Battleship # 12) 12"/40 guns of the ship's forward gun turret, photographed circa 1907-1908. Note Sailors strolling on deck; bell mounted on the pilothouse face; and 3-pounder guns mounted on the superstructure. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50484 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Crew members atop an eight-inch gun turret, after a target practice run in Manila Bay, November 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 74KB; 540 x 415 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106064 USS Georgia (Battleship # 15) "Prize winning gun crew" pose on the ship's after eight-inch/twelve inch turret, superposed during the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise around the World, 1908. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106063 USS Georgia (Battleship # 15) Officers and men of the ship's after turret crew pose with their target, circa 1907-1908. The original picture inscription reads "Cause and Effect". This photo may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise around the World. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 60991 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Crewmen of one of the ship's seven-inch broadside guns pose with their target, following gunnery practice during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., USN, 1928. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 60992 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Crew members of one of the ship's seven-inch broadside guns pose with their target, following gunnery practice during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, 1908. This appears to be the same target as seen in Photo # NH 60991, but with a different group of men. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 550 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 46030 USS Minnesota (Battleship # 22) An officer poses in the breech of one of the after turret's 12"/45 guns, 1908. Courtesy of Chaplain Evans, 1935. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 109KB; 545 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106066 Crew of a 6"/50 Broadside Gun In action in the upper deck battery of a Maine class battleship, circa 1907-1908. This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise. The ship may be USS Ohio (Battleship # 12), as it comes from a series of photographs that include several directly identified as having been taken on her. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106067 Six-inch Gun Loading Practice Machine Battleship crew members drilling with a deck-mounted loading machine while others look on, 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: 102KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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For pictures of other types of "Great White Fleet" shipboard activities, see:
For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page made 14 September 2008