| The new battleship joined the "Great White Fleet" at San Francisco 1908,
replacing Alabama (BB-8). The Fleet departed San Francisco on 7
July 1908, however, due to a quarantine among the enlisted men
Nebraska was required to remain behind. She finally joined the Fleet
on July 15, attached to the 2nd Division and under the command of Captain
Reginald F. Nicholson.
Nebraska participated with the Fleet as it visited Honolulu,
Hawaii; Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; Manila,
Philippine Islands; Yokohama, Japan; and Colombo, Ceylon, arriving Suez,
Egypt, 3 January 1909. Departing Messina, Italy, on the 9th, the Fleet visited
Naples, Italy, then Gibraltar, arriving Hampton Roads 22 February where President
Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the fleet as it passed into the roadstead.
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