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Photo # NH 52239:  Officers give the 'for sweethearts and wives' toast on board USS Kansas, Christmas Eve, 1908

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

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


This page features, and provides links to, views concerning shipboard recreation during, or at the time of, the
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 additional images of shipboard recreation, taken during this time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Recreation (Part II).

    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 106082

    Sailors swimming


    Alongside a battleship, at Trinidad. A boat boom is serving as a diving platform.
    This view was probably taken during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Trinidad in December 1907.
    Three other battleships are visible in the distance.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63013

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


    USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) crew members participate in a three-legged race, during Independence Day sports on the ship's after deck, 4 July 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 140KB; 900 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42757

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Fourth of July sports on the quarterdeck, while underway in the Pacific during the "Great White Fleet"cruise around the World, 1908. Other battleships are visible astern, steaming in column.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1749

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise


    4th of July sports on board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) during the cruise around the World, 1908.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 138KB; 525 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1773

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Officers "skylarking" on deck, during the "Great White Fleet"'s World cruise, 1908.
    They appear to be participating in a "wheelbarrow" race, possibly during 4th of July shipboard games.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41649

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Rope climbing contest, part of 4th of July sports events held on board the ship during the World cruise, 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 330 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106075

    Pie Eating Contest


    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: 101KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106076

    Marines playing a game of checkers


    On the fore deck of 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: 55KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52239

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Print after a sketch by T. Dart Walker, entitled "Christmas Eve in the United States Navy". Its original caption reads:
    "Giving the famous Highland toast and song for sweethearts and wives. Wherever Uncle Sam's fighting ships are stationed throughout the world, it is the custom of the officers to rise, as here depicted, at the conclusion of the Christmas Eve festivities in honor of the absent home folks. This sketch was made by the noted marine artist, T. Dart Walker, while crossing the Arabian Sea on board the battleship 'Kansas'."

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 133KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     


    For additional images of shipboard recreation, taken during this time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Recreation (Part II).

    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 26 October 2008