Photo #: NH 95151 (complete caption)
Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, USN (center, front)
With Mexican Officials and U.S. Navy Officers on the quarterdeck
of a U.S. Navy battleship off Vera Cruz, probably at the time
of the U.S. intervention there, circa April-November 1914. Many
of those present are identified in pencil on the original print
as:
"Jefe Politico" (or "Policia" ?);
"El Alcalde" (Mayor);
Dr. Iglesias;
General Valdez;
Rear Admiral Fletcher;
U.S. Consul Canada;
General Velasco;
Lieutenant Stephen C. Rowan, USN;
Captain Harry McL. P. Huse, USN;
Captain Spencer S. Wood, USN; and
Lieutenant (JG) George McC. Courts, USN.
Photographed by Hadsell, Vera Cruz.
The ship appears to be one of the Connecticut class. Note
12"/45 guns, with sub-caliber rifles and sighting training
devices mounted on them.
Captain Spencer S. Wood was Commanding Officer of USS Nebraska
(Battleship # 14) in early 1914, but this ship does not look
like her. The other U.S. Navy officers identified were members
of Fletcher's staff.
Collection of Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher. Donated by
Mrs. Robert D. Barnhart, 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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