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NH 99181 USS Fairmont

Photo #: NH 99181 USS Fairmont
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Title: USS Fairmont
Description: (ID # 2429) Ship's after (six-inch) gun, 1918. Inscription on the original print's reverse reads: Crew made 8 hits 17000 yds at 12 knots. If this statement is correct, this would have been an extraordinary feat of gunnery. Collection of Grant S. Ray, who served in Fairmont during World War I. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 99181
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