Photo #: NH 104509
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5)
Two members of King Neptune's party with the Royal Banner, during
an Equator crossing ceremony in October 1909, while the ship
was en route to the western Pacific.
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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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