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  2. Great White Fleet - Wikipedia

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    Great White Fleet passing Trinidad Head, California 1908. The second leg of the voyage was from San Francisco to Puget Sound and back. On 23 May 1908 the 16 battleships of the Great White Fleet steamed into Puget Sound where they separated to visit six Washington state ports: Bellingham, Bremerton, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Seattle and ...

  3. Great White Fleet in Albany, Western Australia in 1908

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    The programme of events was advertised widely as the American Fleet / The visit to Albany, Western Australia. [10] The presence of the ships anchored in Albany's Princess Royal Harbour between 11 and 18 September was known in Albany as Fleet Week.

  4. USS Louisiana (BB-19) - Wikipedia

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    The cruise of the Great White Fleet was conceived as a way to demonstrate American military power, particularly to Japan. Tensions had begun to rise between the United States and Japan after the latter's victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, particularly over racist opposition to Japanese immigration to the United States.

  5. USS Nebraska (BB-14) - Wikipedia

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    The Great White Fleet then began its crossing of the Pacific, with a visit to Hawaii on the way. Stops in the South Pacific included Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland. [5] After leaving Australia, the fleet turned north for the Philippines, stopping in Manila, before continuing on to Japan where a welcoming ceremony was held in Yokohama.

  6. USS Kearsarge (BB-5) - Wikipedia

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    Attached to the Fourth Division of the Second Squadron, [34] and under command of Captain Hamilton Hutchins, [35] she sailed on 16 December 1907 with the Great White Fleet. [36] The fleet left from Hampton Roads, [36] passed by Trinidad and Rio de Janeiro, [37] and then passed through the Straits of Magellan. [38]

  7. USS Missouri (BB-11) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship, was the second ship of her class and of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state. Missouri was laid down in February 1900 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, was launched in December 1901, and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1903.

  8. USS Vermont (BB-20) - Wikipedia

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    American Steel Navy: A Photographic History of the U.S. Navy from the Introduction of the Steel Hull in 1883 to the Cruise of the Great White Fleet. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-248-2. Reilly, John C.; Scheina, Robert L. (1980). American Battleships 1886–1923: Predreadnought Design and Construction. Annapolis: Naval ...

  9. USS Illinois (BB-7) - Wikipedia

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    The ship's next significant action was the cruise of the Great White Fleet around the world, which started with a naval review for President Theodore Roosevelt in Hampton Roads. [3] The cruise of the Great White Fleet was conceived as a way to demonstrate American military power, particularly to Japan.

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