Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet, dt about: Great White Fleet, was a federation of 16 steam-powered ships of the line of the Atlantic Fleet of the U.S. Navy, at the initiative of President Theodore Roosevelt on 16 December 1907 until February 22, 1909 to go around the world drove. The fleet was so called because the hulls - were painted with white paint - except for golden ornaments on the bow. It was only later the term was then extended to the entire Atlantic Fleet.
The imaginary demonstration of American naval fleet was indeed impressive, but technically outdated. With the launch of HMS Dreadnought of 10 February 1906 was already the prototype of the next generation fighter, the capital ship in use, and the first American dreadnought ship, the USS South Carolina, has just been fitted. The two oldest ships in the fleet, the USS Kearsarge and the USS Kentucky, were outdated and no longer able to fight, and two other battleships, the USS Maine and the USS Alabama, had to be replaced because of technical difficulties in San Francisco.
The next Weltumkreisung of U.S. Navy vessels took place in 1964 when the three atom arge exaggerated ships Enterprise, Long Beach and Bainbridge went around the world as part of Operation Sea Orbit in 58 days.
- 2.1 route
- 3.1 route
The first stage (from Hampton Roads to San Francisco, 14,556 nautical miles )
The USS Connecticut under the command of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans as the fleet flagship stabbed on December 16, 1907 by Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Trinidad in the lake. The next stops were: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Sandy Point (Chile), Callao (Peru ) and Magdalena Bay ( Mexico). From Mexico, they drove the west coast of North America up to San Francisco, where she arrived on 6 May 1908. She was accompanied during this first stage of their journey by a torpedo flotilla, consisting of six destroyers, and several auxiliary vessels. The destroyers and their tender did not go there in a convoy with the ships of the line, but on a separate route to San Francisco.
After the arrival of the fleet off the west coast of the supply ship USS Glacier withdrew from the federation, it later became the supply ship of the Pacific Fleet. Newly came the USS Nebraska (Captain Reginald F. Nicholson ) and the USS Wisconsin (Captain Frank E. Beatty ) as a replacement for the retired USS Maine and USS Alabama. Admiral Evans was replaced because of his poor health, which no longer permitted him to continue his command and replaced by Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry.
Route
Ships
The fleet
Support vessels
USS Culgoa, a supply ship (Lieutenant Commander John B. Patton ), USS Glacier, a supply ship ( Commander William S. Hogg ), USS Panther, a repair ship ( Commander Valentine S. Nelson ), USS Yankton, a tender (Lieutenant Walter R. Gherardi ) and the USS relief, a hospital ship.
The " Torpedo Flotilla " of the Destroyer
USS Hopkins (Lieutenant Alfred G. Howe ), USS Stewart (Lieutenant Julius F. Hellweg ), USS Hull ( Lieutenant Frank McCommon ), USS Truxton (Lieutenant Charles S. Kerrick ), USS Lawrence (Lieutenant Ernest Friedrick ), USS Whipple (Lieutenant Hutch I. Cone ) and the USS Arethusa ( Commander Albert W. Grant) as a tender.
Third stage (from San Francisco to Manila, 16,336 nautical miles )
After the fleet had left San Francisco again on July 7, 1908 she ran Honolulu, Hawaii, and then turned over to Asia Oceania: Auckland ( New Zealand), Sydney, Melbourne and Albany ( Australia), Manila (Philippines), Yokohama ( Japan), Colombo ( Ceylon), and came in Suez, Egypt, on 3 January 1909.