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Asked Questions page. Composition of the fleet during the
first leg of the cruise (from Hampton Roads to San Francisco):
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First Division Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commanding |
Second Division Rear Admiral William H. Emory, commanding |
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USS Connecticut,
flagship of the Commander in Chief. Captain Hugo Osterhaus |
USS Georgia,
flagship of Divisional Commander Captain Henry McCrea |
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USS Kansas Captain Charles E. Vreeland |
USS New Jersey
Captain William H. H. Southerland |
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USS Vermont Captain William P. Potter |
USS Rhode Island
Captain Joseph B. Murdock |
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USS Louisiana Captain Richard Wainwright |
USS Virginia
Captain Seaton Schroeder |
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Third Division Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, commanding |
Fourth Division Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, commanding |
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USS Minnesota,
flagship of Squadron Commander Captain John Hubbard |
USS Alabama,
flagship of Squadron Commander Captain Ten Eyck DeW. Veeder |
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USS Maine Captain Giles B. Harber |
USS Illinois
Captain John M. Bowyer |
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USS Missouri
Captain Greenlief A. Merriam |
USS Kearsarge
Captain Hamilton Hutchins |
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USS Ohio Captain Charles W. Bartlett |
USS Kentucky Captain Walter C. Cowles |
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USS Culgoa (storeship,
Hampton Roads to Manila) Lt. Commander John B. Patton |
USS Glacier (storeship) Commander William S. Hogg |
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USS Panther (repair
ship) Commander Valentine S. Nelson |
USS Yankton (tender) Lt. Walter R. Gherardi |
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Hopkins Lt. Alfred G. Howe |
Stewart Lt. Julius F. Hellweg |
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Hull Lt. Frank McCommon |
Truxton Lt. Charles S. Kerrick |
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Lawrence Lt. Ernest Friedrick |
Whipple Lt. Hutch I. Cone |
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Arethusa (torpedo flotilla tender) Commander Albert W. Grant |
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Continue to Composition
of the fleet during the second leg of the cruise (from San
Francisco to Puget Sound and back)
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Source: U.S. Navy Department. Information Relative to the Voyage of the United States Atlantic Fleet Around the World, December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910.
9 October 1998