Voyages of the Great Fleet From Hampton Roads to San Francisco
The 16 American battleships under Rear Admiral Robley Evans sail from Hampton Roads to San Francisco via Trinidad Rio de Janeiro Punta Arenas Callao Magdalena Bay and other stops. The voyage lasts about 115 days with 63 days at sea and includes target practice and shore leave for crews.
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San Francisco
Santa Claus
Trinidad
Magdalena Bay
San Francisco Bay
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
Rio de Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Callao
Lower California
Republic of Mexico
United States
Golden Gate
Bay
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Seattle
Tacoma
Honolulu
Sam
Fighting Bob Evans Leads Vast Navy Cruise to the Pacific
The passage praises Admiral Robley D. Evans and his fleet of about 15 000 officers and men, highlighting key commanders like Rear Admiral William H. Emory, Admiral Worden’s quip about Jimory, and Captain Richard Wainwright. It notes Evans’s long career, Emory’s reforms, Thomas’s Pacific division, and Schroeder’s Guam governance and writings.
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Bob” Evans
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Robly D. Evans
Evans
Navy Department
Bob
William H. Emory
Georgia
Virginia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Navy
Emorys
Washington
Admiral Worden
Jimory
Emory
Charles M. Thomas
Minnesota
Ohio
Maine
Missouri
Naval Academy
Robley D. Evans
Thomas
Richard Wainwright
Louisiana
Santiago
Gloucester
Furor
Guanica
Miles
Secretary of the Navy
Wainwright
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
Schroeder
Pacific Fleet Cruise to the Pacific with Sixteen Battleships
The vast fleet of sixteen battleships and attendant vessels will cruise from the Atlantic to the Pacific, consuming about 600000 dollars in coal and provisioning. The voyage includes five foreign harbors, pilotage through the Strait of Magellan, and new wireless telephony among ships. Admiral Evans leads the squadron with three rear admirals and sixteen captains steering ships like the Connecticut and Kentucky on a two-squadron voyage.
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Hampton Roads
Virginia
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Cape Horn
Magellan Strait
Globe
United States
Robly D. Evans
Connecticut
Navy
Naval Academy
Fort Fisher
Evans
Uncle Sam
Oregon
Strait of Magellan
Ocasion
Santiago
Admiral Evans
Spain
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Dewey
William H. Emory
Charles M. Thomas
Hugo Osterhaus
Louisiana
Richard Wainwright
Kansas
Charles E. Vreeland
Vermont
William P. Potter
Georgia
Emory
Henry McCrea
Seaton Schroeder
New Jersey
Southerland
Rhode Island
Joseph B. ‘Murdock
Minnesota
Admlvral Thomas
John Wubbard
Ohio
Lewis C. Heilner
Maine
Giles B. Harker
Missouri
Greenlief A. Merriam
Alabama
Ten Eyck D. W. Veeder
Illinois
J. H. Bowyer
H. Jutchins
W. C Cowles
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Sam’s
South America
America
Hawaii
Philippines
Japan
Tee
Equator
Pacific Ocean
Rear Admiral
Captain Richard Wainwright
Ydaciers
Jack
Willie
Saluting
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