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Photo # NH 106109:  U.S. Navy Chief Machinist's Mate poses with a Japanese lady on the deck of a Great White Fleet battleship, October 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Visit to Japan, October 1908


This page features, and provides links to, views concerning the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan in October 1908.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views Ashore at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908;
  • -- Views Ashore at and near Tokyo, Japan, October 1908; and
  • -- Visit to Japan -- Miscellaneous Views.

    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 1699

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (center and left) and the Japanese Fleet (center and right) in Yokohama, Japan, 18-25 October 1908.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 1200 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101491

    Yokohama, Japan


    Sampans in Yokohama harbor, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit there, circa 18-25 October 1908.
    The Japanese battleship Sagami (ex-Russian Peresviet of 1898) is in the center background.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82511

    USS Missouri
    (Battleship # 11)

    Ship's officers pose on the quarterdeck with officers from the Japanese Armored Cruiser Nisshin, at Yokohama, Japan, 24 October 1908.
    Missouri was visiting Japan during the "Great White Fleet"'s cruise around the World.
    Photograph by A. Farsaride Co., Yokohama, Japan.

    See Photo # NH 82511 (Complete Caption) for the names of those present.

    Donation of Brigadier General Robert L. Denig, Jr, USMC(Retired), 1974, from the collection of his Father, BGen. Robert L. Denig, USMC.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 157KB; 900 x 730 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106109

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    U.S. Navy Chief Machinist's Mate poses with a Japanese lady on a battleship's deck, during the Atlantic Fleet's visit to Yokohama, Japan in October 1908.
    Note the battleship's eight-inch gun turret in the background, and the inscription on the image: "She also speaks English".

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82772

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Japanese children and other visitors aboard the ship, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan, October 1908.

    Courtesy of Captain Ralph C. McCoy, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106110

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
    ,
    December 1907 - February 1909

    U.S. Navy Sailors buying curios from local vendors, who have set up their wares on a battleship's fore deck, during the Atlantic Fleet's visit to Yokohama, Japan in October 1908.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views Ashore at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908;
  • -- Views Ashore at and near Tokyo, Japan, October 1908; and
  • -- Visit to Japan -- Miscellaneous Views.

    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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