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NH 69128 USS S-37 (SS-142)

Photo #: NH 69128 USS S-37 (SS-142)
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Title: USS S-37 (SS-142)
Description: Crew members bringing bodies up through the submarine's after hatch, following an explosion on board that killed three Sailors and injured five others on the night of 10 October 1923. At the time of the accident S-37 was moored alongside USS Beaver (AS-5) in Los Angeles Harbor, California. Probably photographed from on board Beaver. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 69128
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