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Naval Historical Center Collection

The above photo showes the Commanding Officers of most of the "Great White Fleet's ships photographed in 1908.
Listed in the above photo, seated, left to right:
Captain Hugo Osterhaus, of USS Connecticut;
Captain Kossuth Niles, of USS Louisiana;
Captain William P. Potter, of USS Vermont;
Captain John Hubbard, of USS Minnesota;
Captain Joseph B. Murdock, of USS Rhode Island;
Captain Charles E. Vreeland, of USS Kansas.
Standing, left to right:
Captain Hamilton Hutchins, of USS Kearsarge;
Captain Frank E. Beatty, of USS Wisconsin;
Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, of USS Nebraska;
Captain Thomas B. Howard, of USS Ohio;
Captain William H.H. Southerland, of USS New Jersey;
Captain Walter C. Cowles, of USS Kentucky;
Captain John M. Bowyer, of USS Illinois;
Captain Alexander Sharp, of USS Virginia;
Lieutenant Commander Charles B. McVay, of USS Yankton.
Donation of Captain Donald I. Thomas, USN (Retired), 1971.
Naval Historical Center -- Online Library of Selected Images (NH 59552)