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Photo #: NH 66471-A (complete caption)

USS Seattle (CA-11, ex-Washington),
Flagship of the United States Fleet

Underway during the mid-1920s.
This print was signed circa late 1926 by Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur, Admiral Charles F. Hughes and several other officers of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Army.
The signatures include (top to bottom, at left):
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet;
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., Chief of Staff to CinC, U.S. Fleet;
Captain G.F. Neal, Assistant Chief of Staff to CinC, U.S. Fleet;
Captain George C. Schafer, USN (SC), Fleet Paymaster;
Colonel J.C. Breckinridge, USMC, Fleet Marine Officer;
Captain C.S. Freeman, Commanding Officer, USS Seattle;
Commander P.N.L. Bellinger, Fleet Aviation Officer;
Commander W.T. Smith, Fleet Gunnery Officer;
Commander H.P. LeClair, Fleet Radio Officer;
Lieutenant Colonel David Sarnoff, U.S. Army Reserve; and
F.B. Jewett, President, Bell Telephone Laboratory.
(top to middle, center):
Commander A.T. Church, Fleet Materiel Officer;
Commander Felix Gygax, Flag Secretary;
Colonel George Gibbs, U.S. Army;
Colonel J.B. Mitchell, U.S. Army; and
Lieutenant Colonel G.W. Perkins, U.S. Army.
(top to bottom, at right):
Major General H.E. Ely, U.S. Army;
Captain Milton O. Boone, U.S. Army, Aide;
Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy; and
Captain Halsey Powell, Aide to Secretary Wilbur.

Donation of Rear Admiral R.H. Gibbs, USN (Retired), 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 7 November 2006