Photo #: NH 59537
U.S. Atlantic Fleet Battleships steaming in column
USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), at right, leads Atlantic
Fleet battleships, circa 1907-1908. She is followed by USS Kansas
(Battleship # 21), in center, and USS Vermont (Battleship
# 20), next astern of Kansas.
Panoramic photograph by C.E. Waterman, 215 55th Street, Chicago,
Illinois.
Note: Individual copies of this image bear conflicting
identifications. One (written in pencil on its reverse side)
states that the photograph shows the Fleet entering San Francisco
Bay, California, on 6 May 1908. Another is captioned (printed
in ink on the mounting mat): "The Atlantic Fleet standing
into Hampton Roads at the conclusion of preliminary maneuvers,
August 30th, 1907". Given the Waterman Family's long association
with the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area, the latter identification
may be more credible.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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