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Photo #: NH 105058

USS Kearsarge
(Battleship # 5)

U.S. Navy officers on board the ship, with three ladies and a British flag officer, circa 13 July 1903, probably at Portsmouth, England.
Seated in the front row are left to right:
Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Kearsarge;
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Royal Navy;
Lilian M. Forbes;
Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, USN, Commanding U.S. European Squadron;
Jean Forbes;
Mary Bruce; and
an unidentified U.S. Navy Commander.
Identifiable among those standing are:
Ensign Henry George Stewart Wallace, USN, (behind Capt. Hemphill); and
Lieutenant Charles L. Hussey, USN, Flag Secretary to RAdm. Cotten (with full beard, behind RAdm. Cotton).

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of O.J. Hemphill.

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Image posted 21 September 2007