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NH 55172 USS Cairo (1862)

Photo #: NH 55172 USS Cairo (1862)
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Title: USS Cairo (1862)
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Description: Sketch of the ship's wreck, entitled Cairo Submerged, probably depicting the scene immediately after she was sunk by a Confederate mine in the Yazoo River, Mississippi, on 12 December 1862. Note men sitting on projecting timbers and swimming in the water nearby. Courtesy of Mrs. A. Hopkins, 1927. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 55172
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