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NH 89439 USS Thornton

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Title: USS Thornton
Description: (Torpedo Boat # 33) Steaming through heavy seas in the Gulf of Mexico, March 1909, while commanded by Lieutenant C.A. Blakely. Photographed by Enrique Muller, New York. The original print was framed with the following poem: D'ye mind the days of the steaming (dides - ?)? And the life lines fore and aft. And the boarding seas o'er the weather vail That swept over decks like a raft. Donation of Admiral G. Koch, 1970. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 89439
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