The Great White Fleet

<p><strong>The Great White Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet</strong>. The battleships were painted white except for gilded scrollwork on their bows. The Atlantic Fleet battleships only later came to be known as the Great White Fleet. The fourteen-month long voyage was a grand pageant of American sea power. The squadrons were manned by 14000 sailors. They covered some 43000 miles and made twenty port calls on six continents. </p><p> </p>