Beginning of the Cruise
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NH 106193. President Theodore Roosevelt (right) shakes hands with Lieutenant Walter R. Gherardi, Commanding Officer, Yankton, 16 December 1907. Courtesy of Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; donation of Captain Marion Eppley; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106192. Connecticut leading the other 15 battleships out of Hampton Roads, beginning of cruise, 16 December 1907. Copied from The New Navy of the United States, by N.L. Stebbins (New York, 1912); donation of David Shadell, 1987; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 78238. Connecticut at right leads the Atlantic Fleet out of Hampton Roads, Virginia, at start of world cruise, December 1907. Photographed by O.W. Waterman; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph. Download image.
NH 1572. Great White Fleet battleships steaming out of Hampton Roads, Virginia, at start of cruise, 16 December 1907. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106216. Cartoon concerning fleet's departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia, 16 December 1907. Courtesy of Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106219. Chart from newspaper showing route to be taken for first part of cruise. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106220. Chart from newspaper showing movements during first two days of cruising. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106220-A. Chart from newspaper showing movements during first three days of cruising. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106221. Chart from newspaper showing route from Trinidad to Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.
NH 106227-B. Chart from newspaper showing route from Straits of Magellan to Peru. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, DC; collection of Rear Admiral Harold M. Bemis; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Download image.