Great White Fleet
President Theodore Roosevelt was on hand when the Great White Fleet set sail to circumnavigate the world. On December 16, 1907, 16 new battleships painted white were anchored off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The pride of the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic fleet, with 14,000 sailors and marines, set off on a 43,000-mile journey.
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