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President Theodore Roosevelt, (standing on 12 inch gun turret at right), addresses officers and crewmen on the after deck of USS Connecticut, BB-18 (Battleship # 18), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, upon her return from the Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the World, 22 February 1909. Of interest, Senator John McCain's grandfather is one of the junior officers on the left. John S. McCain, Sr. later witnessed the surrender of the Japanese aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor in 1945. From the Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr., USN, 1926. US Navy Photo #NH1836 Source URL - US Navy Historical Centre http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h01000/h01836c.htm


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