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This document lists the ships in the largest battleship fleets in each of three countries: England’s Channel Fleet, Germany’s High Sea Fleet, and the United States’s Atlantic Fleet. Notes are included regarding the commission of each fleet and planned replacements, repairs, and additions to the Atlantic Fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-13
A picture of the sixteen battleships making up the Great White Fleet which started their journey from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to the Pacific Ocean.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-16
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte to handle Naval Academy candidate James B. Walker’s case like Crosby Matthews’s: if one man is turned away due to deafness, then all must be. He will appoint James Campbell as Deputy Surveyor following the election. Bonaparte can manage the USS Louisiana and USS Tennessee business as proposed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-12
President Roosevelt comments to Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte about several ships, and shares his amusement at the comment in a newspaper article about the proposed destruction of the Constitution as likely being instigated by Roosevelt, thinking that Roosevelt’s “violent hostility to the Constitution is extended to anything which bears the hated title.” He has “a certain malign satisfaction” in seeing some newspapers take an attitude towards Bonaparte similar to that which they have always taken towards Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-16
Admiral Robley D. Evans gives Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Brownson his thoughts on routeing the Atlantic Fleet. He is primarily concerned about how other nations will view the Fleet’s maneuvers, and the season the fleet will be passing through the Straits of Magellan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-17
Colorized stereograph taken from the bridge of the USS Minnesota at the Jamestown Exposition. The USS Kentucky and the USS Connecticut can be seen in the distance. On the left of the image, a sailor in his dress blue uniform is kneeling, looking through a spyglass. On the reverse of the stereograph is information about the officers of each of the three ships.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1907
Colorized stereograph showing a Marine drill on the USS Connecticut. The Marines, most of whom are in a line on the deck of the ship and facing away from the camera, are dressed in blue uniforms. Text on the reverse of the stereograph details the duties of the Marines on board navy ships.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1907-1909
Colorized stereograph of the Naval Review at Hampton Roads during the Jamestown Exposition. A sailboat is in the foreground, sailing towards the battleships in the distance. Text on the reverse of the stereograph list the USS Louisiana, USS Connecticut, USS Missouri, and USS Vermont as the ships visible in the background.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1907
Colorized stereograph showing five battleships during the 1906 naval parade in Oyster Bay. Each ship is painted white and is decorated with colorful flags. Text on the reverse of the stereograph list the USS Louisiana, USS Connecticut, and USS Vermont as the ships in the image and describes the capabilities of the battleships in the squadron.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1906
Colorized stereograph showing three sailors in white uniforms writing letters aboard the USS Connecticut, with another sailor standing in the background. Text on the reverse of the stereograph describes the boxes each sailor receives to hold their personal items.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1906-1909
Colorized stereograph of the galley on the USS Connecticut. Several sailors are cooking, cleaning, and supervising. Text on the reverse of the stereograph describes the work done in the galley.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1906-1909
Colorized stereograph of a sailor peeling potatoes on board the USS Connecticut. The sailor has a small tattoo on his forearm. Next to the sailor, a collared goat is seen eating potato peels. Text on the reverse of the stereograph discusses pets on navy ships.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
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Colorized postcard showing the USS Connecticut, USS Vermont, USS, Kansas, USS Louisiana, USS Minnesota, and USS New Hampshire traveling in a line.
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James R. Reckner recounts the voyage of the Great White Fleet from December 1907 to February 1909. Reckner looks at the many ports of call made by the flotilla, and he notes some of the entertainment, ceremonies, and honors accorded the fleet as it made its way around the globe. Reckner highlights a change of command necessitated by the poor health of Admiral Robley D. Evans, and he emphasizes the difficulties faced by the ships by a lack of adequate coal supplies at various points in the cruise. Reckner also describes how a part of the fleet came to the aid of Messina, Sicily in the aftermath of an earthquake, and he outlines how important the voyage was to the relationship between the United States and Japan.
The article includes twenty-seven images from the Great White Fleet collection of Bill Stewart, including twenty photographs, five souvenirs, and two postcards.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008
The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs interviews a number of naval officers on some alleged defects in the construction of several battleships now being built. Chief among these concerns are the questions of the placement of the armor belt, the positions of the guns, and the design of the hoists to provide the turrets with ammunition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-21