Photo #: NH 105058
USS Kearsarge (Battleship # 5)
U.S. Navy officers on board the ship, with three ladies and a
British flag officer, circa 13 July 1903, probably at Portsmouth,
England.
Seated in the front row are left to right:
Captain Joseph N. Hemphill, USN, Commanding Officer, USS
Kearsarge;
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Royal Navy;
Lilian M. Forbes;
Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, USN, Commanding U.S. European
Squadron;
Jean Forbes;
Mary Bruce; and
an unidentified U.S. Navy Commander.
Identifiable among those standing are:
Ensign Henry George Stewart Wallace, USN, (behind Capt. Hemphill);
and
Lieutenant Charles L. Hussey, USN, Flag Secretary to RAdm.
Cotten (with full beard, behind RAdm. Cotton).
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of O.J.
Hemphill.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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