Editing Great White Fleet (section)

==Second leg==

===Itinerary===
[[File:Seattle Great White Fleet Sign.jpg|thumb|400px| Historical marker in Seattle that notes the 1908 arrival of the Fleet.]]
[[File:Virginia (BB13). Fleet in San Francisco Harbor, Virginia bow on, 1908 - NARA - 512999.tif|thumb|The fleet in San Francisco: ''Virginia'' is closest to the camera, with the other ships anchored nearby.]] [[File:GWF Trinidad, CA 1908.jpg|thumb|Great White Fleet passing Trinidad Head, California 1908]]
The second leg of the voyage was from San Francisco to [[Puget Sound]] and back. On 23 May 1908 the 16 battleships of the Great White Fleet steamed into Puget Sound where they separated to visit six Washington state ports: [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]], Bremerton, [[Port Angeles, Washington|Port Angeles]], [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]], Seattle and Tacoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/gwf/pugetsound.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519181717/http://www.navy.mil/gwf/pugetsound.htm |title=The Great White Fleet – Puget Sound |work=navy.mil |archive-date=19 May 2015 |access-date=12 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fleet arrived in Seattle on 23 May and departed 27 May 1908.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheWorldCruiseOfTheGreatWhiteFleet|page=[https://archive.org/details/TheWorldCruiseOfTheGreatWhiteFleet/page/n65 54]|quote=great white fleet May 27, 1908.|title=The World Cruise of the Great White Fleet: Honoring 100 Years of Global Partnerships and Security|year=2008|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780945274599|access-date=12 February 2017|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

===Ships===
The Fleet, First Squadron, and First Division were commanded by Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry.<ref name="For details see Crawford, 2008"/>
First Division consisted of
''Connecticut'', the Fleet's flagship,
Captain Hugo Osterhaus;
''Kansas'',
Captain Charles E. Vreeland;
''Minnesota'',
Captain John Hubbard;
and ''Vermont'',
Captain William P. Potter.

Second Division was commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright.
Second Division consisted of
''Georgia'', the Division flagship,
Captain Edward F. Qualtrough;
''Nebraska'',
Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, replacing her sister ''Virginia'';
''New Jersey'',
Captain William H.H. Southerland; and
''Rhode Island'',
Captain Joseph B. Murdock.

Second Squadron and Third Division were commanded by Rear Admiral William H. Emory.
Third Division consisted of
''Louisiana'', the Squadron's flagship,
Captain Kossuth Niles;
''Virginia'',
Captain Alexander Sharp;
''Missouri'',
Captain Robert M. Doyle; and
''Ohio'',
Captain [[Thomas B. Howard]].

Fourth Division was commanded by Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder.
Fourth Division consisted of
''Wisconsin'', the Division flagship,
Captain Frank E. Beatty, which replaced her sister ''Alabama'';
''Illinois'',
Captain John M. Bowyer;
''Kearsarge'',
Captain Hamilton Hutchins; and
''Kentucky'',
Captain Walter C. Cowles.

The Fleet Auxiliaries were
''Culgoa'' (a storeship),
Lieutenant Commander John B. Patton;
''Yankton'' (a tender),
Lieutenant Commander [[Charles B. McVay Jr.|Charles B. McVay]];
''Glacier'' (a storeship),
Commander William S. Hogg;
''Relief'' (a hospital ship),
Surgeon Charles F. Stokes; and
''Panther'' (a repair ship),
Commander Valentine S. Nelson.