Photo #: NH 106073
"Sailors making foot-mats"
On board a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908.
Note fire hose stowed in the background.
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 101473
USS Georgia (Battleship # 15)
Ship's Marines drilling on the quarterdeck, circa 1907-1908.
Note their white uniforms and Krag-Jorgensen rifles.
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 106069
"Physical culture"
Sailors perform calisthenics on a battleship's quarterdeck, during
the "Great White Fleet" World cruise, circa 1907-1909.
In the background, a Virginia class battleship is pitching
into a swell. She is either Nebraska (Battleship # 14),
New Jersey (Battleship # 16) or Rhode Island (Battleship
# 17).
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106070
"Double-time for exercise aboard ship"
Sailors running in formation on the quarterdeck of USS Ohio
(Battleship # 12, during the "Great White Fleet" World
cruise, circa 1907-1909.
Other battleships are steaming in formation astern of Ohio.
Note the whaleboat on the quarterdeck davits, with an "O"
on its bow identifying the ship.
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106071
Coaling a Battleship
Sailors handling a coal transfer basket, which is connected by
overhead line to the collier alongside, circa 1907-1908. This
view may have been taken during 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 101474
"Diving apparatus used by Men-o-War"
On a launch tied up alongside a battleship, circa 1907-1908.
Note the men working the air pump's cranks, in the middle of
the launch, and the diver and his helpers at the stern.
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 106072
"Hard-Hat" Diver
Descending from the stern of a launch alongside a battleship,
circa 1907-1908.
This view may have been taken during during the "Great White
Fleet" World cruise.
Note the 6"/50 broadside gun mounted in the battleship's
hull side.
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 106068
Eighteen-inch Torpedo (Whitehead type)
On board a U.S. Navy battleship of the Illinois or Maine
class, 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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Photo #: NH 101471
"Mines Ready for Drill"
On the deck of a U.S. Navy warship, 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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