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NH 43076 USS Ophir

Photo #: NH 43076 USS Ophir
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Title: USS Ophir
Description: (ID # 2800) View of interior damage resulting from fire and explosions on board in November 1918. Much of what is seen here was caused by explosions in her cargo of artillery shells. Note the five-inch shell partially penetrating the deck in the right center, many jagged holes in the deck and capstan lashed to the bulkhead. Ophir sank off Gibraltar on 11 November 1918. She 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. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 43076
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