Word: flagship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...harbor at San Pedro, the Seattle, flagship of the U. S. fleet, lay at anchor. On her deck Admiral Samuel S. Robison,*sturdy stocky, determined, dark-complexioned with iron-grey hair and a close-clipped mustache, faced Admiral Robert E. Coontz, for two years Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet. Everyone wore his very best bib and uniform, immaculate, ceremonial. There were a few stiff movements, an exchange of salutes and Samuel S. Robison became Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet
Since it is our settled Naval policy, at least for the present, that the country's first line of defense must be kept on the Pacific coast, Admiral Robison, in his flagship the Seattle, and Admiral Hughes, whose flagship will be the California, will be apt to spend much of their time near the great major ship concentration base at Bremerton, on Puget Sound. There Admiral Robison, 58 "proficient at tennis", and Admiral Hughes, 59, "a fire eater of a friendly sort", will enjoy halcyon days...
...planned; Governor General Baron Forster announced a ball; others offered luncheons, dinners, dances, picnics, motoring parties, baseball games, fireworks, rifle contests. Admirals Coontz and S. S. Robinson will reciprocate with a reception and dance on the Pennsylvania, luncheons on the Seattle, dinners and dances on the California. The Seattle, flagship of the combined fleet, will also hold a party celebrating its 19th birthday. She is the oldest ship making the cruise...
Going. In Battle Harbor, Labrador, a place of gray rock domes, fretted shoreline, low islands: and a horizon studded with icebergs, the Bowdoin, flagship of Explorer Donald B. MacMillan's Polar expedition, lay at anchor waiting for her consort, the Peary. When the latter turned up, she explained that a fierce storm near the Strait of Belle Isle had forced her to heave to for fear of damage to the expedition's three Navy planes which she carried lashed to her decks. Board screens had been erected against the hammering seas and no damage was done...
...from San Pedro to San Francisco. She put out from San Francisco on the day the fleet sailed, was several times sighted on the flank of the battleship division commanded by Admiral Pratt, entered Honolulu as the battle began, docked at Pier 7 near Admiral Coontz's umpire flagship. On several occasions, her officers paid their respects to the U. S. commanders. She went cheerfully on to the sunrise...