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This handbill lists the schedule of games on board USS New York on Thanksgiving Day, 1898, anchored offshore of Virginia.

An oil painting depicting the wreckage of the armored cruiser USS Maine, which blew up in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.

This WWI era postcard humorously alludes to the difficult task of replenishing a warship's coal supply

A Christmas card announcing the holiday feast on board USS Oregon, 1917.

The battleship USS Connecticut, flagship of the Great White Fleet, leads a line of 15 other battleships out of Hampton Roads for the worldwide cruise, December 16, 1907.

President Theodore Roosevelt (right, standing on turret) addresses the crew of USS Connecticut, on February 22, 1909, during the final week of his presidency. Photo taken at Hampton Roads, upon the return of the Great White Fleet.

Naval forces from Spain and the United States face off in the Philippines on May 1, 1898. Ships are (L-R): San Juan de Ulloa, Castilia, Reina Christina, USS Boston, USS Baltimore, USS Olympia.

The protected cruiser USS Atlanta furls her sails, circa 1886.

Officers of the USS Omaha appear in this montage.

Two boxers stand inside a roped-off boxing ring on board the battleship USS Oregon, shaking hands prior to a match.

Sailors of the engineer's force on board the cruiser USS Baltimore pose with their Christmas feast in 1904, off China.

Sailors on board USS Isla de Luzon shovel coal.

A boiler on board the gunboat USS Bennington exploded in 1905. She is seen here sitting on the bottom in San Diego, her hull covered with soot.

Bodies of sailors killed in the turret explosion of the battleship USS Missouri in 1904 are brought ashore.

Coxswain Deglen feeds a bear, one of the mascots on board the battleship USS Connecticut during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.