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Roman Miller : The Great White Fleet, Waikiki, 1908.

Extracts from
Miller, Roman J.:

Pictorial Log of the Battle Fleet Cruise Around the World
Illustrated by Photographs by H. R. Jackson.
A.C.McClurg and Co., Chicago, 1909.

Hathitrust
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31175005910586

Around the World with the Battleships
Introductory note by James B. Connolly.

A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1909.

Hathitrust
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hw3dvy

Introduction.
The Great White Fleet circumnavigated the globe in 1907-1909 as a demonstration of the naval power of the United States, visiting Oahu, Hawaii, between 16th and 22nd July 1908.
To celebrate the occasion, a canoe and surf-riding regatta was held at Waikiki on the 19th July.
Representing the recently formed Outrigger Canoe Club, Kenneth Winter and Sam Wight, on their long, heavy boards easily won the surf-board contest.

Roman John Miller (1883-19 ) was the Chief Turret in U.S.S. Vermont.

Also see
1908 The Great White Fleet in Hawaii.

wikipedia: The Great White Fleet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet

Around the World with the Battleships:

Waikiki
The bathing beach at Waikiki, five miles to the south, is world-famed for its beauty, the even temperature of its waters, and the unique sports there enjoyed, such as surf-boating and surfboard-riding.
The sharp outrigger canoes of the Hawaiian natives, guided by an expert, are so turned in front of a breaker, that the wave furnishes the impetus which drives the canoe straight toward the shore, the breaking roller tumbling beneath the stern, the prow turning a cloud of spray high in the air.
Those who find delight in this sort of rudimentary sport should have been with the Vermont boys one afternoon to understand it to perfection.

Pictorial Log of the Battle Fleet Cruise Around the World:

HONOLULU
July 16 to July 22, 1908
This group of pictures represent scenes at Waikiki, a bathing beach ﬁve miles to the south of Honolulu.
It is world famed for its beauty and the even temperature of its waters, and the unique sports there indulged are surf-boating and surfboard riding.
The sharp outrigger canoes of the Hawaiian natives guided by an expert are so turned in front of a breaker, that the wave furnishes the impetus which drives the canoe straight towards the shore, the breaking roller tumbling beneath the stern, the prow tossing a cloud of spray high in the air.

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Miller, Roman J.
Pictorial Log of the Battle Fleet Cruise Around the World
Illustrated by Photographs by H. R. Jackson
A.C.McClurg and Co., Chicago.
Published June 19, 1909
Entered at Stationers‘ Hall, London, England
The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A.

Hathitrust
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31175005910586

Around the World with the Battleships
Introductory note by James B. Connolly.

A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1909.

Hathitrust
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hw3dvy

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Geoff Cater (2016) : Roman Miller : The Great White Fleet Log, 1908.
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