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Photo # NH 101475:  Blacksmiths at work on a battleship, circa 1907-1908

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-- EVENTS -- The 1900s

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


This page features, and provides links to, views of navigation, maintenance and other shipboard work during, or at the time of, the "Great White Fleet" World cruise.
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 work, taken during this time, see:

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work (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 85216-KN (Color)

    Great White Fleet at Sea, the Second Squadron, Dec. 1907

    Painting by Henry Reuterdahl, depicting Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas on board USS Minnesota (Battleship # 22) during the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World. The artist has inscribed the work to Rear Admiral Thomas.

    Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.
    Donation of Miss Ruth Thomas.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50483

    USS Connecticut
    (Battleship # 18)

    Lieutenant John E. Lewis (center), Officer of the Deck, standing watch in the ship's pilothouse, during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1907-1909.
    Note the helmsman in the foreground.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 540 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50507

    "Great White Fleet" World Cruise


    Lieutenant Commander George C. Day, of USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), using a sextant on the ship's bridge during the World cruise, 1908.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 455 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106074

    "Scrubbing down decks"


    On board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908.
    Note the ship's forecastle winch and anchor davits, laundry drying on lines running up from the bow to the foremast, and firehose hung on the lifelines at left.
    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: 67KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82774

    USS Kansas
    (Battleship # 21)

    Crewmen scrubbing hammocks on the forecastle, during the cruise around the World, 1908.
    Note 12"/45 guns and man inside the winch cover (in center).

    Courtesy of Captain Ralph C. McCoy, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 106065

    "Cleaning the big guns"


    Crew members polishing the muzzles and tompions of the forward turret 12"/40 guns on a Maine class battleship, circa 1907-1908.
    This view may have been taken during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, and the ship may be USS Ohio (Battleship # 12), as it comes from a series of photographs that include several directly identified as having been taken on her.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101470

    Gunner's Mate polishes 6"/50 Broadside Guns


    On a battleship of the Maine class (Battleship #s 10-12), circa 1907-1908, possibly during the "Great White Fleet" World Cruise.
    This ship may be USS Ohio (Battleship # 12), as it comes from a series of views that include several directly identified as having been taken on board her.

    Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101475

    "Black-smithing aboard a Battle Ship"


    Blacksmiths at work on the ship's fore deck, using a portable forge and anvil, circa 1907-1908.
    Note the anchor chain in the foreground.
    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: 77KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101477

    "At work on a stack"


    Sailors chipping paint on a battleship's smokestack, circa 1907-1908. Note stages suspended from pulleys attached to the stack top, and the boat crane in the foreground.
    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: 77KB; 440 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101476

    Hoisting a Launch


    Using a battleship's boat crane, 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: 65KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     


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

  • World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" -- Shipboard Activities -- Ships' Work (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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