William Parker Potter was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He served as chief of the Bureau of Navigation from July to December 1909. Potter previously commanded battleship USS Vermont and then Fourth Division, Atlantic Fleet during the voyage of Great White Fleet.
William P. Potter
Photograph from the 12 April 1898 edition of Uncle Sam's Navy of the Sampson Board's court of inquiry meeting aboard the lighthouse tender USLHT Mangrove in Havana Harbor, ca. March 1898. From left are Captain French Ensor Chadwick, Captain William T. Sampson, Potter, Ensign W. V. Powelson, and Lieutenant Commander Adolph Marix.
USS Vermont (BB-20), a Connecticut-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the 14th state. She was the third member of the class, which included five other ships. The Connecticut-class ships were armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and had a top speed of 19 knots. Vermont was laid down in May 1904 at the Fore River shipyard and launched in August 1905. The ship entered service with the Atlantic Fleet in March 1907.
USS Vermont (BB-20)
Vermont following her modernization in 1909
Vermont in heavy seas, probably during the cruise of the Great White Fleet
Vermont c. 1919–1920
