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111-SC-43563 Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918

Photo #: 111-SC-43563 Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918
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Title: Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918
Description: U.S. Navy minelayers proceeding to sea in two columns, in Area Number 2 of the North Sea, September 1918. Ships in the column at left are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore. Ships in column at right are (from front to rear): Canonicus (out of picture, to right), Canandaigua, Aroostook and Saranac. Note disruptive dazzle camouflage worn by these ships. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Catalog #: 111-SC-43563
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