Photo #: NH 104511
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5)
King Neptune and his Royal Consort, 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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