Great White Fleet
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The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships that completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of President
Flagship Connecticut: one of a set of commemorative postcards of the ships of the Great White Fleet
Kansas sails ahead of Vermont as the fleet leaves Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 16 December 1907.
A 1908 postcard welcomes the fleet to Australia.
The Fleet Passing Through the Magellan Straits by naval artist Henry Reuterdahl, who traveled with the fleet on USS Culgoa
Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving for six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt became president af
Great White Fleet
…the group of United States Navy battleships that completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various small escorts, and earned its moniker for the stark white paint on its…
Roosevelt in 1904
Roosevelt as a Badlands hunter in 1885
The Asiatic Squadron destroying the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898
Colonel Roosevelt in 1898