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NH 77705 USS AUGUSTA (CA-31)

USS AUGUSTA (CA-31)
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Title: USS AUGUSTA (CA-31)
Caption: Shortly after two bombs fell off her starboard quarter from a Chinese Air Force Northrop 2E bomber. The incident took place shortly after 4:30pm on the afternoon of Saturday, 14 August 1937. There were no casualties but fragments showered the ship. The AUGUSTA was mistaken for a Japanese ship.
Description: Courtesy of Vice Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN (retired)
Catalog #: NH 77705
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Sat, Aug 14, 1937
After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: BW Photo
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