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NH 43073 USS Ophir

Photo #: NH 43073 USS Ophir
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Title: USS Ophir
Description: (ID # 2800) View of the ship's burned-out after superstructure, the result of fire and explosions on board while she was off Gibraltar in November 1918. She sank on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, was salvaged during the following year, and returned to the United States on 9 January 1920. Photographed by A.E. Wells, Washington, D.C., on 12 January 1920. Note the capstan in the foreground. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 43073
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