Medical Transport

After looking around for some interesting pictures on this website I decided I would find a picture based around medicine. So I typed in medicine on the keyword finder and the first picture that popped up was this one. In this picture a cargo hold of a hospital barge has been converted into a functioning ward. This shows that there was a numerous amount of injured soldier, so many that there was not enough room for them all. Converting a cargo hold into a functioning ward shows how there was more injured soldiers than people expected there to be. Every inch of floor space that could be used was used during these times. 

Interesting facts

I learned all of the ports that the ship docked at, what day they arrived and what day they departed from this website. I also learned that by sending the 16 ships on their trip around the world Roosevelt was sending the message that the US had arrived as a global naval power. This website has helped me learn all about the Great White Fleet.

Learning in a day

Today I discovered that while in egypt word was received of an earthquake in Sicily. America trying to show off its friendship with Italy decided to offer aid to the sufferers. The ships Connecticut, Illinois, Culgoa and Yankton left for Messina and the crew of the Illinois recovered the bodies of the American consul and his wife who were caught in ruins.  I also learned that 100,000 people showed up for the arrival of the fleet in New Zealand which is 10% of their whole population! In Melbourne, Australia there was a dinner planned for 3,000 soldiers but only 7 of them showed up! They enjoyed Melbourne so much that they wanted to stay out and enjoy the party as long as they could! I learned a lot from these two websites and got most of my information from this website. 

What I've discovered

So far today I have discovered about all the different places where the Great White Fleet landed. They pretty much traveled the world! I would have loved to go on a trip like this for 14 months. It would have been such an amazing experience! One thing I found particularly interesting was that there was a small "hospital ship" following the 16 large battleships. I thought it was interesting that instead of having their own mini hospital in each ship they instead had one large hospital ship. Very cool fact in my opinion. One other thing I found out that was cool was that the fleet on their way to the Suez Canal, celebrated Christmas onboard! They decorated the ship with palm trees and streamers and played holiday games. This trip around the world sounds like a ton of fun to me!