The sixteen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battleship">battleships</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great White Fleet">Great White Fleet</a>, led by <a about="#mwt121" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Connecticut"},"2":{"wt":"BB-18"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Connecticut_(BB-18)" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Connecticut (BB-18)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Connecticut</i></a>, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.<sup about="#mwt125" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_22#cite_note-22" id="mwvg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwvw">[22]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"><cite about="#mwt122" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCAE"><a class="external text" href="http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120204131704/http%3A//www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq42-1.htm" id="mwCAI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Great White Fleet"</a>. Department of the Navy – Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 December 2005. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq42-1.htm" id="mwCAM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 4 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCAQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCAU">5 February</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt122" class="Z3988" id="mwCAY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=The+Great+White+Fleet&amp;rft.pub=Department+of+the+Navy+%E2%80%93+Naval+History+and+Heritage+Command&amp;rft.date=2005-12-20&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%2Ffaqs%2Ffaq42-1.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+22"></span></span>