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Photographs
of the Fleet at Anchor in Elliot Bay
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The
fleet anchored in just off downtown Seattle. The
image at left is taken from the Seattle Times from the
May 25th, 1908 edition. At the base of the angle
is Coleman Dock, the main ferry terminal still today.
The Lousiana was to the left and the Connecticut
to the right. Stretching along Alaskan Way are
lined the units of the fleet. At this distance
they would have been well in view of the citizens and
visitors to the city.
From
the order it appears the newest ships were given anchorages
in near view.
Select
Blue dot to view ship.
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This
is a great panarama of the fleet at anchorage in Puget
Sound while going towards Bremerton naval Shipyard. (select to view)
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The
above cards show the USS Connecticut at
anchor in the harbor. The first card shows the Connecticut firing
a Salute to Governor Mead.
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| Above is the cover of the special edition
insert to the Seattle Post Intellingencer
on May 25th showing the USS Connecticut.
(select to see larger image)
At
right is a photo onboard the forecastle
of the USS Connecticut will anchored in
Elliott Bay.
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The
above cards are series cards from Edward
H. Mitchell of San Francisco and other publishers
that had cards available in local souvinir
shops of the city. All of these cards
were mailed during the fleet visit containing
comments of interest.
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This is a group
of real photo postcards of ships in Puget Sound. They
are all taken by local photographers, though not all
from the fleet's visit. Clockwise: Philadelphia
(Oakes#354), Missouri during fleet visit, Minnesota
during fleet visit (Oakes #466), Kentucky during fleet
visit, Wisconsin during fleet visit, Tennessee (Oakes
#359), Tennessee (Oakes #358), Washington (Oakes #345),
Nebraska
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The Illinois
(Curtis), Connecticut,
Ohio and Minnesota (Romans) at anchorage in Elliot bay.
Copyright(c) 2002 My Company. All rights reserved.
Bill@GreatWhiteFleet.info
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