the great white fleet (what i've learned so far) 2

• when the great white fleet set out, there were four senior officers that served in the civil war
• the first use of wireless phones were first estabilished aboard one of these ships
• in 1908 the government spent 1 million dollars on the construction of pearl harbor
• when the fleet set out in 1907, it brought up a question of whether the U.S was goin to war with japan or not
• post offices were set aboard the ships to allow the sailors to send mail to their loved ones back at home
• there was a 14 month separation between the crew members and their loved ones
• with ships that had 650 crew members there were more than one mail clerks