SEALIFT - The Great White Fleet | Navy Colliers | Naval Logistics | Around the World Voyage

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University and former merchant mariner - discusses the logistics behind the voyage of the Great White Fleet on its 115th Anniversary of its departure from Hampton Roads, Virginia. Issues such as colliers, where Navy coal came from, and how it was prepositioned around the world, and the building program that resulted in the construction of 10 new 2nd generation colliers.