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Photo #: NH 104505-A

Honolulu, Hawaii Territory


Sailors watering down the site of a ceremony on a Honolulu pier, during the Pacific Fleet armored cruisers' visit there, circa September-October 1909.
The ship-like object in the immediate background, bearing the name "U.S.S. Honolulu", is a mock-up prepared for the festivities. USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser # 10) is in the left background.

Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.

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Image posted 13 February 2007