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NH 49913 USS Memphis

Photo #: NH 49913 USS Memphis
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Title: USS Memphis
Description: (Armored Cruiser # 10) View on the ship's after deck, looking forward, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 30 July 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29 August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns, supplies and equipment. Note the after ten-inch gun turret, with guns removed, in the center of the photograph. Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle when the photograph was taken. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 49913
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