The above photo is part of the M. R. Battey collection and shows the American fleet pierside to the left and, what appears to be a British warship ahead of the bow.

The Fleet met in Gibraltar after being divided during the month of January to prepare for the trip home.  They arrived on January 30th, and the day being a Sunday, the normal salutes were not fired until the next day.  For one hour next morning the port of Gibraltar seemed to be the scene of a naval engagement at close range.  The Connecticut saluted the port and the fang of Vice-Admiral Sir James Goodrich, the commander of all the naval establishments at Gibraltar, with twenty-one guns, and when these had been return, gun for gun, from a sore battery, and the British battleship Albemarle, and other salutes were fired to and answered by the Russian, French and Dutch warships in port. Five days were spent in their last port to take on coal, food, and visit the British port.  

The above photographs are from the collection of E. L. DeMoss, USS Kansas.  These pictures taken from the ship of the harbor at Gibraltar.

RIGHT:  Prudential Advertising "The Rock"  The fleet's popularity became marketable and the image of the fleet completing the cruise in passing the Rock of Gibraltar was the reliability an insurance company could make a reputation.

Postcards from American sailors where mailed through the now operating shipboard post offices on each ship of the fleet.  These early cancellations are highly collectable and scarce.  The second card of this series comes from the Milton Willard, USS Georgia collection.

These cards show city life and the harbor of Gibraltar as it was seen during the Fleet's visit.  Both cards cancelled on the ship's of origin.

The above set of postcards were collected by Van Buren Edwards, MM2, USS Connecticut, and kept in his album onboard the shim until his return home.  To see other cards from his collection select the link above.