text: Lt (j.g.) Benjamin Dutton Jr., attired in foul weather gear while on watch on board Tennessee at Hampton Roads, 2 January 1911. “Those were the best three years I have spent at sea,” Dutton would later write, “Interesting cruising, a fine ship’s company, high esprit, top-notch performances in gunnery and engineering…I left the Tennessee with the most profound regret…” (U.S. Navy Photograph NH 76320, courtesy of Cmdr. Donald J. Robinson, MSC, Photographic Section, Naval History and Heritage Command