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NH 41678 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise

Photo #: NH 41678 "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
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Title: "Great White Fleet" World Cruise
Description: Photo #: NH 41678 Great White Fleet World Cruise, December 1907 - February 1909 Six Atlantic Fleet battleships at Albany, Western Australia for coaling, circa mid-September 1908. The three ships with black hulls (one of which is directly alongside a battleship) are probably colliers. The white-hulled ship at right is USS Glacier (Storeship, 1898-1922). Also present is a grey British cruiser, probably HMS Gibraltar. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 41678
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