This page features further views of ships in groups and formations during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.
Note: Images seen on this page were taken in April-July 1908, as the Fleet visited the U.S. West Coast.
For other pictures of ship groups and formations taken during the World cruise, 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 69866 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise December 1907 - February 1909 Halftone reproduction of a panoramic photograph, showing the Fleet's battleships illuminated by electric lights while anchored off Long Beach, California, in April 1908. Courtesy of Harry Howard, 1970. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 66KB; 1200 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 45348 World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-1909 Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet steaming in column, while about to enter the Golden Gate en route to San Francisco, California, 6 May 1908. Donation of Charles Mel. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 120KB; 900 x 650 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 106095 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, December 1907 - February 1909 Atlantic Fleet battleships steaming through the Golden Gate, en route to their anchorage in San Francisco Bay, May 1908. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 58KB; 900 x 540 pixels See Photo # NH 106095-A for a view cropped from this image, emphasizing the leading ship. |
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Photo # NH 42496 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909 Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet entering San Francisco Bay, California during the morning of 6 May 1908. Courtesy of Vice Admiral John Mcnay Taylor, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 51KB; 900 x 745 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 105310 Naval Review in San Francisco Bay, 17 May 1908 Panoramic photograph by the Pillsbury Picture Company, showing the review of the "Great White Fleet" by Secretary of the Navy Victor A. Metcalf, embarked in USS Yorktown (Gunboat # 1), which is steaming toward the left in the right center of the image. Three destroyers are in the line nearest to the camera (from left to center), with either USS Hopkins or USS Hull in the center and USS Lawrence next astern. Eleven battleships are present, in the rows on the opposite side of Yorktown's course, and seven Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the most distant row. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image size: 155KB; 2000 x 485 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 76495 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise December 1907 - February 1909 Panoramic photograph of the Atlantic Fleet's battleships in San Francisco Bay, California, in May 1908. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 96KB; 1200 x 360 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101487 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, December 1907 -- February 1909 U.S. Atlantic Fleet battleships anchored in San Francisco Bay, California, at the end of the first part of their cruise around the World, circa May-July 1908. Several Pacific Fleet armored cruisers are in the left distance. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 69KB; 900 x 545 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 82982 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, December 1907 - February 1909 Atlantic Fleet battleships leave Seattle, Washington, on 27 May 1908. Collection of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 900 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 1112 "Great White Fleet" World cruise Battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet leaving San Francisco, California, en route to Honolulu, 7 July 1908. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 900 x 645 pixels |
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For further pictorial coverage of the "Great White Fleet":
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page made 1 September 2008
New image added 10 March 2010