Virginia--Hampton Roads

Colorized stereograph showing the USS Missouri and the USS Alabama at Hampton Roads. Text on the reverse of the stereograph lists the captains and various features of each ship.

Comments and Context

As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “This magnificent view of the Missouri and Alabama was made at Hampton Roads in the summer of 1907. The Missouri is commanded by G. A. Merriam, and is in the third division of the second squadron. The Missouri is in the same class and has the same displacement as the Maine and Ohio, being 12,500 tons and 18 knots an hour speed.

The Alabama, Captain T. E. W. Veeder. This battleship is in the fourth division under Rear-Admiral Sperry, has a displacement of 11,552 tons and a speed of 17 knots. It is in the fourth class and carries 18 guns over four inches and two 12-inch guns in her turrets.”

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.

Comments and Context

As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “Part of the naval review held at Hampton Roads during the Jamestown Exposition during 1907. This is a view looking down the line of ten battleships extending over five miles. Battleships Louisiana, Connecticut, Missouri and Vermont are in line.”

Collection

Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Postcard featuring a color image of the Mayflower, with Theodore Roosevelt on board, and other ships in Hampton Roads harbor, February 22, 1909.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1909-11-10

The film depicts multiple large ships in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, harbor. Each ship is decorated with flags of various nations.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1907

The Great White Fleet returning from the world cruise to Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-02-22

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt enjoyed Captain Cowles’s letters and will try to get an “automatic gun and small arms” from the ordnance department so Cowles can properly face “Baptist filibusters.” Roosevelt is enjoying his work and believes he is accomplishing a great deal at the Navy Department. He requests Cowles’s help in determining when an unnamed admiral will be at Hampton Roads. In a subsequent handwritten note, Cowles provides Anna Roosevelt Cowles with information on his travel schedule.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-08-18

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and several associates will be visiting Hampton Roads to review the fleet. They will be housed on the USS Fern, currently under the command of Captain Cowles. Roosevelt is looking forward to seeing the “squadron of iron clads maneuvering, and at gun practice.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-08-25

President Roosevelt aboard a flagship, addressing the eagerly listening sailors and officers

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-06-21

President Roosevelt has followed the Great White Fleet’s voyage with pride, and he praises Rear Admiral Sperry’s leadership. Sperry’s comments on the fleet’s progress were interesting, and Roosevelt looks forward to greeting the ships at Hampton Roads. Their voyage has more than lived up to his expectations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-05

President Roosevelt relieves Rear Admiral Evans of command at his own request. He thanks Evans for his long service in the United States Navy and recaps his career, which has seen the country emerge as a first class naval power.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-23

President Roosevelt wishes he could be in Brooklyn on November 20 when the enlisted men present a gift to Helen Miller Gould, but he cannot as he will be at Hampton Roads reviewing the fleet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-16

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Admiral Matthews what dates he could inspect the fleet during their maneuvers and gun practice at Hampton Roads. Roosevelt would like to take either the USS Dolphin or the USS Fern to Fort Monroe.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-23

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt inquires if Frederic Remington would be interested in accompanying him to view a fleet of battleships in Hampton Roads in September. Roosevelt is not certain he will be allowed to invite Remington yet, but wants to know if he has any interest in the trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-08-18

Carl Theodore Vogelgesang, commander of the presidential yacht USS Mayflower, sends William Loeb an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the recent grounding of the ship to be presented to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-08

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-17