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Photo # NH 1567:  Landing of the first liberty party from the Great White Fleet at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908

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

World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", December 1907 - February 1909
-- Views Ashore at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908


This page features, and provides links to, views ashore at Yokohama during the "Great White Fleet"'s October 1908 visit to Japan.

For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views Ashore at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908 (Part II); and
  • -- Visit to Japan, October 1908.

    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 1567

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


    Landing of the first liberty party from the fleet during its visit to Yokohama, Japan, circa mid-October 1908.
    Note the well-decorated parade route, and small Japanese and U.S. flags carried by Sailors and spectators.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, USN, 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 144KB; 900 x 665 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 68873

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


    Sailors of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet march through the streets of Yokohama, Japan and are greeted with Japanese school children waving United States and Japanese flags, and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Japanese, October 1908.

    Courtesy of Harry Howard, 1969.

    For comments provided by Mr. Howard with this photograph, see: Photo # NH 68873 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 660 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106117

    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN
    ,
    Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

    Postcard published in Japan to commemorate the "Great White Fleet"'s visit there in October 1908. This card features a view of Rear Admiral Sperry (wearing Special Full Dress uniform, with "fore-and-aft" hat) on a well-decorated dock at Yokohama. Two U.S. Navy steam launches are alongside the dock.
    The reverse of this card is essentially identical to that seen in Photo # NH 106114-A-KN. The card was mailed on 20 December 1908 from Seattle, Washington, to Miss Tillie Cathcart of Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81443

    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN
    ,
    Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

    Wearing Special Full Dress uniform with "fore-and-aft" hat, on a dock at Yokohama, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan, October 1908.
    The image is printed on a postcard.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Worth Sprunt, 1974, from the Collection of Rear Admiral B.F. Hutchison, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44854

    Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN
    ,
    Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (center)

    At Yokohama in October 1908, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Japan.
    Also present are an unidentified diplomat (left) and Lieutenant Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh, USN, Flag Lieutenant to RAdm. Sperry (right).

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 900 x 705 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106178-KN (color)

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909

    Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee, showing Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, the fleet's Commander in Chief (center foreground), and some of its Sailors watching a Geisha performance at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908.
    Several Japanese Navy officers and enlisted men are also present.

    Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106113

    Yokohama, Japan


    Two U.S. Marines enjoying a ricksha ride, during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Yokohama in October 1908.
    Note the license number ("KN0382") on the hat of the ricksha man in left center.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     


    For more images related to this subject, see:

  • -- Views Ashore at Yokohama, Japan, October 1908 (Part II); and
  • -- Visit to Japan, October 1908.

    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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