Photo #: NH 106169-KN (color)
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909
Post card published by H.H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
depicting some of the Fleet's Sailors landing at San Diego, California,
on 14 April 1908. This was the Atlantic Fleet battleship's first
contact with American soil since leaving Hampton Roads, Virginia,
on 16 December 1907 to begin its voyage around South America.
The boat partially visible at left has a "V" on its
bow, and is presumably from USS Vermont (Battleship #
20).
Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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