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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 1631

"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909


Entrance to Sydney harbor, New South Wales, Australia, seen from a U.S. battleship in August 1908.
Note the large crowd on shore watching as the U.S. Atlantic Fleet stands into the harbor.

Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 18 September 2008