Photo #: NH 103868
Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, USN
Being piped over the side of USS Wyoming (Battleship #
32), circa June 1916, by Lieutenant Commander Cyrus R. Miller
(left center, with Boatswain's pipe), with other officers as
side-boys. He had just been relieved as Commander in Chief, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet, by Vice Admiral Henry T. Mayo (right center in
Special Full-Dress uniform, with back to camera). The officers
behind Vice Admiral Mayo, also wearing Special Full-Dress uniforms,
are Lieutenant Russell Willson and Captain Henry A. Wiley.
Note Admiral Fletcher's civilian clothes.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Collection of Captain Cyrus R. Miller, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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