Photo #: NH 106100
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise,
December 1907 - February 1909
U.S. Marines ashore at Honolulu, during the Atlantic Fleet's
visit to Hawaii in July 1908.
Note the Krag-Jorgensen rifles carried by these Marines.
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106173-KN (color)
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909
Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
depicting the Fleet's Sailors parading in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory,
circa 17 July 1908.
The Men in this group are from USS Georgia (Battleship
# 15).
Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106156
Queen's Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
Photographed during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit
to Hawaii in JUly 1908.
The original image is printed on post card ("PMO")
stock.
Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106099
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise,
December 1907 - February 1909
Pineapples piled on an Atlantic Fleet battleship's deck, during
the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Honolulu in July
1908.
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41674
Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory
Photographed in July 1908, during the "Great White Fleet's
visit to Hawaii.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1398
World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet", 1907-1909
Officers of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet enjoy surf riding at Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, circa mid-July 1908.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, USN, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 63015
Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory
Decorated for the Hawaiian visit of the "Great White Fleet", July 1908.
The Moana hotel is in the background.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106181
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909
Race boat crew from one of the Fleet's battleships resting at
Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, 19 July 1908. Their ship
is probably USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), as the
officer in the left center background is Midshipman Robert R.M.
Emmet, who was assigned to that ship.
The original photo, printed on post card stock, states that this was "the winning crew that day". The card was mailed
at Honolulu on 21 July 1908.
Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41670
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise
Atlantic Fleet battleships passing Pago Pago, Samoa, during their
voyage from Hawaii to New Zealand, 1 August 1908.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 57617
USS Annapolis (Gunboat # 10)
Welcoming the "Great White Fleet" as it steamed past
Pago Pago, Samoa, on 1 August 1908.
Annapolis was station ship at Tutuila, American Samoa,
and had the Governor of American Samoa on board for this occasion.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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