Photo #: NH 41667
"Great White Fleet" World cruise
Rainy deck on a battleship's deck, taken in port in 1908.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 68871
USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)
View on the ship's fore deck, looking aft, possibly taken in
San Francisco Bay, California, on 8 May 1908. Connecticut
was flagship during the "Great White Fleet" World cruise
of 1907-1909.
Note the large illuminated letters installed on the ship's bridge
face, spelling out her name for exhibition purposes. "Great
White Fleet" ships were so-fitted during their visit to
San Francisco.
Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco,
California, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 52813
Atlantic Fleet Staff Officers
On board USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), 1907.
These officers are (from left to right):
Lieutenant Commander Ridley McLean;
Lieutenant Commander Lloyd H. Chandler;
Captain Royal R. Ingersoll, Chief of Staff;
Lieutenant Charles R. Train; and
Lieutenant David A. Weaver.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 50482
Lieutenant Commander Louis R. De Steiguer, USN,
Executive Officer, USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)
On board his ship, during the "Great White Fleet" World
cruise, circa 1908.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41664
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
With other officers on the bridge of his flagship, USS Connecticut
(Battleship # 18), during the "Great White Fleet" World
cruise, 1908.
Sperry is one of the officers seated in the center.
Another battleship is visible in the left center distance.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41661
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, USN,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
With other officers on the bridge of his flagship, USS Connecticut
(Battleship # 18), during the "Great White Fleet" World
cruise, 1908.
Sperry is one of the officers seated at left.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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