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NH 46166 USS Milwaukee

Photo #: NH 46166 USS Milwaukee
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Title: USS Milwaukee
Description: (Cruiser # 21) Forward portion of the cruiser's wreck, taken on 29 April 1919, more than two years after she went aground at Samoa Beach, near Eureka, California, on 13 January 1917. Note the pier used by salvagers to remove the ship's guns and equipment, and the degree that Milwaukee had settled since going ashore. Photographed by Emma B. Freeman, Eureka, California. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 46166
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