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Howard Tourtellotte papers

 Collection — Box: 1x
Identifier: MSC-289

Content Description

Cruise Book of USS Brooklyn (CA-3), June 5, 1903-August 1905, with news clippings, squadron bulletins, imprints and certificates; Photographs of Tourtellotte and sailors and USS Brooklyn; postcard of USS Hartford (Screw Sloop), Pamphlet entitled "Cruise of the Brooklyn" by F. H. Thomson; Book entitled John Paul Jones' Last Cruise by H. Marion; Discharge papers, June 29, 1907.

Dates

  • Creation: 1903 - 1907

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.

Conditions Governing Use

Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.

Biographical Note

Howard Tourtellotte was a seaman 2nd class in the U.S. Navy. He was discharged in 1907.

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Cruise book of the USS Brooklyn, 1903-1905, to Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and South America, with daily entries on the weather, drills, general quarters and port visits. Several pages are devoted to the return of the body of John Paul Jones to the United States. Tipped in are squadron bulletins, news clippings, programs, and invitations; Photographs of Tourtellotte and sailors and USS Brooklyn; Pamphlet entitled Cruise of the Brooklyn, 1904; Book entitled F.H. Thomson's John Paul Jones last Cruise and Final Resting Place, The United States Naval Academy , 1906; Honorable Discharge, 1907.

Status
None
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository

Contact:
US Naval War College
686 Cushing Rd
Newport RI 02841 US