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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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