Nebraska (Battleship)

Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry’s letter helped President Roosevelt better understand the situation. Roosevelt believes the best itinerary for the Great White Fleet to follow is through the Straits of Magellan and returning through the Suez Canal, but he seeks advice from the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Willard H. Brownson. Roosevelt also believes several reporters should accompany the fleet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-10

President Roosevelt tells Rear Admiral Pillsbury that the letter from Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry was very interesting, and he requests a special report on why the conditions of the USS Alabama and USS Maine are so poor. He also asks Pillsbury to remind him to send a message of congratulation to Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-21

Postcard showing the very top of the battleship U.S.S. Nebraska above the stormy waves of the China Sea.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The masts on these battleships are 100ft high. Now you see here is one of the ocean waves between here and the Battleship Nebraska, so high that you can only see the top of the masts.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Michele Bryant describes two visits by ships of the United States Navy to Seattle, Washington. The Great White Fleet made a port call in and around Seattle beginning on May 23, 1908, and two ships visited the city on May 23, 2008 to commemorate the fleet’s arrival a hundred years earlier. Bryant provides details of each event, highlighting the parade and the gift of live bears to each of the sixteen battleships during the 1908 visit. She notes the many dignitaries from the navy on hand for the 2008 port call, highlights the speakers, including Joe Wiegand, and details the various ceremonies, speeches, and gatherings that marked the occasion.

Sixteen photographs accompany the essay with four devoted to the 1908 visit and twelve showing the various guests, dignitaries, and speakers at the 2008 events.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal