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| Jr. Officer   |  Great White Fleet celebrates 100 years Great White Fleet celebrates 100 years The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday Dec 11, 2007 7:45:19 EST NORFOLK, Va. — Navy Secretary Donald Winter will be in Norfolk on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Navy’s Great White Fleet. Sixteen battleships departed Hampton Roads on Dec. 16, 1907, for a 14-month global naval voyage. The deployment included about 14,000 sailors, covered 43,000 miles and made 20 port calls on six continents. The ships that took part were later be dubbed the Great White Fleet because each was painted white. Naval history says the trip was supposed to be a “grand pageant of American sea power.” The ceremony will take place on board the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. Great White Fleet celebrates 100 years - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times -
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