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Missouri (BB-11) during the Jamestown Exposition naval review in Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 1907.
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Chart from a contemporary newspaper, showing the route to be taken by the Atlantic Fleet's battleships and their associated Torpedo Flotilla, from their December 1907 departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia, until their planned arrival at San Francisco, California, in the spring of 1908. Text below the chart indicates that it was published in mid-December 1907.
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The "Great White Fleet" steaming in column, probably while departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the start of their cruise around the World, December 1907. Kansas (BB-21) is at left, followed by Vermont (BB-20) .
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World Cruise of the "Great White Fleet" 1907-09, Missouri (BB-11) in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in late August 1908.