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The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has announced the release of a new publication, “A Pacific Effect”: The United States Navy, Naval Engagement, and the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet, by Daniel P. M. Curzon and Tyler A. Pitrof.
The booklet uses historical context to underscore how the Great White Fleet’s 1907–1909 circumnavigation—one of the most historic peacetime U.S. naval operations—remains relevant to the Navy’s operational planning today.
“For the relatively green American navy, the journey provided valuable experience in logistical planning, diplomatic-presence operations and engagement, and deliberate operational planning of the most pressing naval warfare tasks. President Theodore Roosevelt used the fleet’s passage to show our nation’s maritime power and to send a global message of friendship,” writes Rear Admiral Thomas Moninger in the foreword. “While over a century has passed since the Great White Fleet returned from this unique operation, there is much to learn from it. Today the Navy still operates forward to secure our nation’s interests and to provide a foundation for the international rules-based order that has helped so many nations to prosper.”
To download a 508-compliant PDF version, visithistory.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/pacific-effect.html.
To download other NHHC publications, visit history.navy.mil/research/publications.
