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Sailors of the Great White Fleet pose in front of the Great Pyramids of Egypt while seated on camels.

As an enlisted sailor George Rose was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions ashore during the Boxer Rebellion in China. He is seen here later in life, having been commissioned an officer in 1917.

British and American sailors line the Pei-Ho River in an engagement with Chinese Boxer revolutionaries in 1900, outside Peking.

Sailors stoke boilers in the fire room of the cruiser USS Brooklyn.

Sailors practice gunnery on board a Navy warship, in a colorized postcard.

Sailors on board the protected cruiser USS Atlanta practice fencing while docked at New York Navy Yard.

Sailors in the machine shop on board the repair ship USS Prometheus.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Brooklyn crowd below decks, listening to music and playing cards.

This photo on deck of the cruiser USS Brooklyn shows a number of hammocks slung in a temporary arrangement, possibly to escape the heat below decks.

Sailors of the cruiser USS Brooklyn pose for a photo below deck, with hammocks slung for the night.

The submarine USS Plunger underway off Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1909.

This Navy recruiting poster dates to World War I.

Crew of the battleship USS Oregon pose for a photo in 1905. The ship was "Homeward Bound" from Yokohama.

Sailors on board the battleship USS Rhode Island nap and read on deck on a Sunday afternoon.

This colorized 1906 photograph shows sailors reclining on the deck of a Navy warship.