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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
Secretary of War Taft expects to leave Cuba for the United States on the USS Louisiana around October 14th. Admiral Couden believes it is no longer necessary for the battleships to remain after this date and requests instructions from the bureau. Couden also reports that Hannibal has sailed for Cienfuegos and the USS Kentucky and Prairie have arrived in Havana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-05
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.
As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “The Bridge of the Minnesota. The Minnesota is the flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles L. [sic] Thomas.
This magnificent view was taken at the Jamestown Exposition from the bridge of the Minnesota by the kind permission of the Captain, and shows the battleship Kentucky, Captain Walter C. Knowles [sic] of the second squadron, and Admiral Evans of the Connecticut in the rear.”
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Richard Henry Dana he hopes to get the double turrets on the USS Kentucky and the USS Kearsarge removed. Roosevelt believes the builders at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company agrees with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-21
A map of the world, showing the route of the “Great White Fleet” around the world in red, with accompanying dates and distances between the points.
A box printed on the map identifies this as having belonged to Charles C. Myers, a Navy electrician aboard the U.S.S. Kentucky.
Summary of reports from Lieutenant William Sowden Sims regarding the defects of the USS Kentucky when compared to the designs and target practice results of Royal Navy vessels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-17