Howard Tourtellotte papers
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
- Tourtellotte, Howard (Person)
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