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That will be July 1914 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Jack_Fletcher

Retired at last This is the change of command ceremony aboard USS Wyoming (BB-32) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard - NYNSY) as Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher (uncle of WWII-era Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher) took command of the Atlantic Fleet on September 16, 1914. See: www.navsource.org/archives/01/32a.htm and NH 95153 - Atlantic Fleet change of command ceremonies, on board USS Wyoming, 1914.

Retired at last and TVL 1970: Thanks for providing the context for this image, and more complete information on Adm. Fletcher. (And thank you for linking to sources!) We will add more details to this record when we update.

Commander (later Admiral) Hughes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Hughes Captain (later Admiral) Oliver: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_Oliver

rjones0856: Thanks for the information! We will add these more complete names when we update the source record and reload it here in Flickr.

Very interesting archive.

Yes, Wystan, it would be less confusing if the "F." were in the title. We'll let the wikipedia links clarify all! Thanks for the catch.

The caption written on the photograph appears to read: MAINE MON'T COM'EE ON "WYOMING" W.R.HEARS - J.W. KELLER R.A.C. SMITH ADM BADGER GEN J AS. WILSON The Maine National Monument Committee was comprised of James Grant Wilson - Chairman William R. Hearst George F. Shrady John W. Keller J. Edward Simmons According to the inscription on the monument itself. (ref. www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/monuments/monument_info... )

lifeasdaddy: Thank you for the additional details regarding this image. We will look into expanding the descriptive information when we update the source record.