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Itinerary of the Great White Fleet

From Hampton Road, Virginia, to San Francisco, California
Port	Date of Arrival	Date of Departure	Distance to Next Port
Hampton Roads		16 December 1907	1,803
Port of Spain, Trinidad	23 December 1907	29 December 1907	3,399
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 January 1908	21 January 1908	2,374
Punta Arenas, Chile	1 February 1908	7 February 1908	2,838
Callao, Peru	20 February 1908	29 February 1908	3,010
Magdalena Bay, Mexico	12 March 1908	11 April 1908	1,132
San Francisco	6 May 1908
Total Distance			14,556

From San Francisco to Manila
Port	Date of Arrival	Date of Departure	Distance to Next Port
San Francisco		7 July 1908	2,126
Honolulu, HI	16 July 1908	22 July 1908	3,870
Aukland, New Zealand	9 August 1908	15 August 1908	1,307
Sydney, Australia	20 August 1908	28 August 1908	601
Melbourne, Australia	29 August 1908	5 September 1908	1,368
Albany, Australia	11 September 1908	18 September 1908	3,458
Manila, Philippine Islands	2 October 1908	9 October 1908	1,795
Yokohama, Japan	18 October 1908	25 October 1908	1,811
Amoy, China (Second Squadron)	29 October 1908	5 November 1908
Manila, Philippine Islands (First Squadron)	31 October 1908
Manila, Philippine Islands (Second Squadron)	7 November 1908
Total Distance			16,336

From Manila to Hampton Roads
Port	Date of Arrival	Date of Departure	Distance to Next Port
Manila, Philippine Islands		1 December 1908	2,985
Colombo, Ceylon	13 December 1908	20 December 1908	3,448
Suez, Egypt	3 January 1909	4-6 January 1909	2,443
Gibraltar	31 January- February 1909	6 February 1909	3,579
Hampton Roads	22 February 1909
Total Distance			12,455

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.

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9 October1998