"Every year the North Atlantic Squadron visited Bar Harbor, at first under Admiral Gherardi, who had two sons the age of my sister and myself. We spent much time, at their invitation, on the ships or on excursions in the ships’ barges or launches…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 239.
Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939), “U.S. Navy Battleships at Bar Harbor,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 22, 2024, https://demo.digitalarchive.us/items/show/3421.Item 6124
