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Photo # NH 50477:  Lt. John E. Lewis with a mascot kangaroo on board USS Connecticut, 1908

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

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


This page features views of ships' pet animals 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:

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

    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 41642

    USS Louisiana
    (Battleship # 19)

    Lieutenant Franck T. Evans with some of the ship's pets, during the World cruise, 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106079

    Sailors with Guitar and Goat


    On board a U.S. Navy battleship, 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: 63KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106080

    USS Ohio
    (Battleship # 12)

    Ship's mascot goat in his "Full Dress" costume, circa 1907-1908.
    Note that he wears the uniform insignia of a First Class Gunner's Mate.
    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: 53KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101549

    "Billie's Morning Bath"


    Sailors washing a goat mascot on board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908.
    Note Marines looking in the left-center background, one armed with a Krag-Jorgensen rifle.
    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; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82773

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Crew member with a mascot goat on board the ship, circa 1908.

    Courtesy of Captain Ralph C. McCoy, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 415 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41658

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Mascot pig on board the ship during the World cruise, 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 475 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 50481

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Coxwain Deglen feeding a bear mascot on board the 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: 65KB; 420 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1181-A

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Kangaroo presented to the ship by the citizens of Sydney, Australia, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit there in August 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 460 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50477

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


    Lieutenant John E. Lewis, USN, with a mascot Kangaroo on board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18).
    The Kangaroo was presented to the ship by the citizens of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, when the U.S. Atlantic Fleet visited the city in late August 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41643

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Eagle presented to the ship during the cruise around the World, 1908.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     


    For pictures of other types of "Great White Fleet" shipboard activities, see:

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

    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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    Page made 14 September 2008
    New image added 29 October 2008