You have commented 375 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Great White Fleet (100th Anniversary today)
2007-12-16
This was essentially Teddy Roosevelt's announcement to the rest of the world that the United States had arrived as a world power.

EFL, much, much more at link

The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic 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. The battleships were painted white, except for gilded scrollwork on their bows. The Atlantic Fleet battleships only later came to be known as the "Great White Fleet." At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898 the US Navy had painted all of its ships gray and did not return to the white and spar colors until after the conclusion of hostilities.

Posted by:Dick Arbusto, CEO of Hallibushwater

#23  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Frank G   2007-12-16 20:04  

#22  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-16 19:41  

#21  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Frank G   2007-12-16 18:48  

#20  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-16 18:29  

#19  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-12-16 18:17  

#18  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-16 17:25  

#17  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-16 17:23  

#16  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-16 17:22  

#15  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-16 17:21  

#14  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-12-16 16:22  

#13  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-12-16 16:16  

#12  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-12-16 14:48  

#11  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Pholugum Stalin1270   2007-12-16 13:27  

#10  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-12-16 11:34  

#9  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-12-16 11:17  

#8  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-12-16 11:08  

#7  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Mike   2007-12-16 11:08  

#6  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: RD   2007-12-16 10:15  

#5  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2007-12-16 09:31  

#4  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-12-16 08:09  

#3  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: swksvolFF   2007-12-16 05:19  

#2  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: swksvolFF   2007-12-16 04:53  

#1  comments); ?>werwer
Posted by: Dick Arbusto, CEO of Hallibushwater   2007-12-16 03:44  

00:00