Photo #: NH 106140
Atlantic Fleet Commanders
Halftone reproduction of a photograph by H.R. Jackson, showing
the Fleet's senior commanders on board ship, circa late 1908
or early 1909, during or shortly after the "Great White
Fleet"'s World cruise.
Those present are, from left to right:
Rear Admiral William P. Potter, Commander, Fourth Division;
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, Commander, Third Division;
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic
Fleet and First Division;
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, Commander, Second Division.
Copied from "Pictorial Log of the Battle Fleet Cruise Around
the World", by Chief Turret Captain Roman J. Miller (A.C.
McClurg & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1909).
Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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