The Great White Fleet

Author : James R. Reckner
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Japan
ISBN : 1557509727

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Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet by James R. Reckner Pdf

Drawing on previously untapped sources, naval historian James Reckner provides a complete picture of the fleet that thrust the United States into the ranks of great world naval powers. His fresh interpretations of the fleet's historic 1907-09 world cruise, which won him the 1989 Roosevelt Naval History Prize, allow today's readers to fully appreciate the significance of the famous fleet that set sail during Teddy Roosevelt's second term as president. Reckner recreates the colorful pageantry of the event--sixteen U.S. battleships on a fourteen-month voyage around the world--that drew thousands of sightseers at every port of call, but his main emphasis is on the cruise's long-range impact on the Navy. He shows how the cruise revealed the fleet's shortcomings and forced the naval establishment to acknowledge the faults and make concessions that eventually led to permanent benefits.

Author : John Henry
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781459710481

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Great White Fleet by John Henry Pdf

A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes. For decades Canada Steamship Lines proclaimed itself as the world’s largest transportation company operating on inland waters. Its passenger and freight vessels could be found on the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth, Minnesota, and as far east as the Lower St. Lawrence River. The passenger steamers were known collectively as the Great White Fleet. These ships – from day-excursion vessels to well-appointed cruise ships – had rich histories. The sheer scope of these passenger services were a wonder to behold. No fewer than 51 steamers comprised the passenger fleet at the company’s inception in 1913, and its network of routes was awesome. This is the story of the beloved steamers of the Great White Fleet from 1913–65, when the passenger vessels stopped running. Nearly half a century after the last passenger boats sailed, this book will provide a window into a wonderful lost way of life.

Author : Brian Lane Herder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472839992

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US Navy Battleships 1895–1908 by Brian Lane Herder Pdf

The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's dominant political and military power of the 20th century. These battleships were the stars of the 1907–09 Great White Fleet circumnavigation, in which the emerging power and reach of the US Navy was displayed around the world. They also took part in the bombardment and landings at Veracruz, some served as convoy escorts in World War I, and the last two were transferred to the Hellenic Navy and were sunk during World War II. This book examines the design, history, and technical qualities of the final six classes of US predreadnought battleships, all of which were involved in the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet. These classes progressively closed the quality gap with European navies – the Connecticuts were the finest predreadnought battleships ever built – and this book also compares and contrasts US predreadnought battleships to their foreign contemporaries. Packed with illustrations and specially commissioned artwork, this is an essential guide to the development of US Navy Battleships at the turn of the twentieth century.

Author : Kenneth Wimmel
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040155627

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet by Kenneth Wimmel Pdf

But scarcely a generation earlier, in 1880, the U.S. Navy had reached the nadir of a precipitous decline that had begun just after the Civil War.

Author : Jerry Hendrix
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612518312

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Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy by Jerry Hendrix Pdf

This book examines President Theodore Roosevelt’s use of the United States naval services as supporting components of his diplomatic efforts to facilitate the emergence of the United States as a Great Power at the dawn of the 20th century. After reviewing the development of Roosevelt’s personal philosophy with regard to naval power, the book traverses four chapters that reveal Roosevelt’s use of the Navy and Marine Corps to support American interests during the historically controversial Venezuelan Crisis (1902-03), Panama’s independence movement (1903), the Morocco-Perciaris Incident (1904) and the choice of a navy yard as the sight for the negotiations that ended the Russo-Japanese War. The voyage of the Great White Fleet and Roosevelt’s actions to technologically transform the American Navy are also covered. In the end the book details how Roosevelt’s actions combined to thrust the United States forward onto the world’s stage as a major player, and cemented T.R’s place in American history as a great president despite the fact that he did not serve during a time of war or major domestic disturbance. This history provides new information that finally lays to rest the controversy of whether Theodore Roosevelt did or did not issue an ultimatum to the German and British governments in December, 1902, bringing the United States to the brink of war with two of the world’s great powers. It also reveals a secret war plan developed during Panama’s independence movement which envisioned the United States Marine Corps invading Colombia to defend the sovereignty of the new Panamanian republic.

Author : Samuel Carter (III)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033885604

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The Incredible Great White Fleet by Samuel Carter (III) Pdf

The story of the two year round the world voyage of 16 ships from Theodore Roosevelt's refurbished Navy--a cruise that marked Americas' coming of age as a world power.

Author : Michael J. Crawford
Publisher : Department of the Navy
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015075641756

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The World Cruise of the Great White Fleet by Michael J. Crawford Pdf

Under orders from President Theodore Roosevelt, sixteen battleships of the United States’ Atlantic Battle Fleet and their consorts made a peace-time circumnavigation of the globe, from December 1907 to February 1909. Text, illustrations, and captions tell the story of this fourteen-month world cruise. Separate chapters provide an overview of the origins, course, and accomplishments of the cruise, describe the ships that circumnavigated the globe, depict the character and experiences of the sailors who participated, narrate the cruise’s principal events and itinerary, and analyze the Great White Fleet’s significance organizationally for the United States Navy and diplomatically for the United States of America.

Author : James R. Reckner
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015014210390

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Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet by James R. Reckner Pdf

The story of the famous fleet that thrust the United States into the ranks of great world naval powers. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Mark Albertson
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781604621457

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They'll Have to Follow You! by Mark Albertson Pdf

'Others may do as you have done, but they'll have to follow you!' so proclaimed Teddy Roosevelt to the sailors and marines assembled on the afterdeck of USS Connecticut, flagship of the Great White Fleet. The United States Navy had come of age, as sixteen coal-burning battleships carried the Stars and Stripes to the far-flung ends of the globe in the most extraordinary peacetime demonstration of naval power in modern times. It is a story set in the closing stages of the Golden Age of Imperialism, a time when the Great Powers engaged in a battleship-building binge that not only set the world tottering on the brink of global catastrophe, but foreshadowed the later contest in nuclear arms between the United States and the Soviet Union. In this companion volume to USS Connecticut: Constitution State Battleship, Mark Albertson captures one of the finest moments of the United States Navy. In the first major strategic initiative by the United States in the twentieth century, the Atlantic Fleet Battleship Force circumnavigated the globe, steaming more than 46,000 miles in the most monumental achievement in modern maritime history, a triumph that helped make the United States a global power, and eventually, a super power. Step aboard one of the ships comprising the Great White Fleet and travel round the world in They'll Have to Follow You!

Author : Brian Lane Herder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472835048

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US Navy Battleships 1886–98 by Brian Lane Herder Pdf

After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships. The first true US battleships began with the experimental Maine and Texas, followed by the three-ship Indiana class, and the Iowa class, which incorporated lessons from the previous ships. These initial ships set the enduring US battleship standard of being heavily armed and armoured at the expense of speed. This fully illustrated study examines these first six US battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a permanent outward-looking shift in American foreign policy and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy.

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472826756

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European Ironclads 1860–75 by Angus Konstam Pdf

From Spain to Russia, and from Ottoman Turkey to Bismarck's Prussia, this book explores 15 years that transformed European naval warfare. When the Gloire slid down the Toulon slipway in 1859, it changed sea power forever. With this ship, the world's first oceangoing ironclad, France had a warship that could sink any other, and which was proof against the guns of any wooden ship afloat. Instantly, an arms race began between the great navies of Europe – first to build their own ironclads, and then to surpass each other's technology and designs. As both armour and gun technology rapidly improved, naval architects found new ways to mount and protect guns. The ram briefly came back into fashion, and Italian and Austro-Hungarian fleets fought the ironclad era's great battle at Lissa. By the end of this revolutionary period, the modern battleship was becoming recognizable, and new naval powers were emerging to dominate Europe's waters.

Author : Michael J. Crawford
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Government publications
ISBN : 0945274661

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The World Cruise of the Great White Fleet: Honoring 100 Years of Global Partnerships and Security by Michael J. Crawford Pdf

Under orders from President Theodore Roosevelt, sixteen battleships of the United States Atlantic Battle Fleet and their consorts made a peace-time circumnavigation of the globe, from December 1907 to February 1909. Text, illustrations, and captions tell the story of this fourteen-month world cruise.

Author : Lawrence Burr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780962702

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US Cruisers 1883–1904 by Lawrence Burr Pdf

By the end of the Civil War the US Navy was the most advanced in the world, but in subsequent years America's naval might dwindled. However, in the 1880s a 'New Navy' was born and at the forefront of its fleet were the mighty cruisers. Naval historian Lawrence Burr details how these cruisers allowed America to rebuild their navy, exploring the design and development of these ships. Placing these advances in context, through vivid accounts of how US cruisers performed in the Spanish-American War of 1898, notably at Manila Bay and Santiago, he investigates the emergence of the US Navy as a major power. Illustrated with early photographs and full-colour artwork, this is a concise history of the birth and development of a modern navy that was the precursor to the development of modern steel fleets around the world.

Author : John C. Reilly,Robert L. Scheina
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015006070893

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American Battleships, 1886-1923 by John C. Reilly,Robert L. Scheina Pdf

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472806987

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US Standard-type Battleships 1941–45 (1) by Mark Stille Pdf

Written by US Navy expert Mark Stille, this book offers a unique insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. It provides a detailed investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period. The Standard-types reflected a new design philosophy: by designing each class to meet common standards of maneuvrability and handling, vessels of different classes could operate as a single tactical unit without being limited by the performance of the slowest and least maneuvrable ship. At the time of their construction, these ships incorporated the latest design features such as triple gun turrets. Although they were rendered increasingly obsolete by evolving naval doctrines and the ascendance of the fast battleship, they served with distinction throughout World War II. This study combines analysis of design features and an absorbing narrative of operational histories to offer a comprehensive picture of the Standard-type battleships, from the brutal destruction of the USS Arizona to the triumphant occupation of Japan.