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NH 41689 Homecoming of the "Great White Fleet"

Photo #: NH 41689 Homecoming of the "Great White Fleet"
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Title: Homecoming of the "Great White Fleet"
Description: Photo #: NH 41689 Homecoming of the Great White Fleet, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 22 February 1909 The Fleet's Commander in Chief, Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry (left center), with Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry (wearing top hat) on board ship, soon after the fleet's arrival in Hampton Roads. The officer in the left center background (beyond RAdm. Sperry's right shoulder) is Sperry's Flag Lieutenant, Lieutenant Daniel W. Wurtsbaugh. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 41689
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