Photo #: NH 82983
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise,
December 1907 - February 1909
Local "bumboats" visit the Fleet at Colombo, Ceylon
in December 1908.
Collection of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 485 pixels |
 |
Photo #: NH 106123
Colombo, Ceylon
Singhalese diver-beggars paddling alongside a U.S. Navy ship,
during the "Great White Fleet"'s visit to Ceylon in
December 1908.
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
 |
Photo #: NH 1746
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909
Merchants on board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18),
during the Fleet's visit to Colombo, Ceylon in December 1908.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
 |
Photo #: NH 1181
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909
Elephant vendors on board USS Connecticut (Battleship
# 18), during the Fleet's visit to Ceylon, December 1908.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
 |
Photo #: NH 41648
Colombo, Ceylon
Local residents watch from a wharf as "Great White Fleet"
Sailors land for a sightseeing liberty, December 1908.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 520 pixels |
 |