{"id":232,"date":"2010-10-22T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2023-03-18T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T21:45:47","slug":"the-white-squadron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"The White Squadron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The flagship of the Pacific Squadron arrived unexpectedly in San Diego in late December 1891. &#8220;Our presence is probably a surprise to you,&#8221; said the ship&#8217;s captain, Rear Admiral George Brown.\u00a0 &#8220;We were ordered to San Diego and here we are.\u00a0 We shall take on about 250 tons of coal and will then be on waiting orders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Within days, Brown&#8217;s ship was joined by another cruiser, the USS <em>Charleston<\/em>. The ships would spend the next six weeks in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The story of the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/White-Squadron.pdf\"><strong>White Squadron<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_234\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" data-attachment-id=\"234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=234\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?fit=3300%2C2423&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3300,2423\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;USS San Francisco&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?fit=1024%2C751&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-234\" title=\"USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?resize=300%2C220\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?resize=1024%2C751&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/USS_San_Francisco_LOC_det_4a14708.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USS San Francisco<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; 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