Great White Fleet
| 20 August 2008 Centenary Anniversary of the Great White Fleet’s (USN) visit to Australia The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen gleaming, white modern American battleships & their escorts, that later came to be known as the Great White Fleet. The fourteen-month long voyage was a grand pageant of American sea power. The squadrons were manned by 14,000 sailors. They covered some 43,000 miles and made twenty port calls on six continents. |
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| S0809-0431_01_th.jpg The "Great White Fleet" arriving in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne on August 29th. (Date taken: 29 August 1908) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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