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NH 79492 USS Illinois

Photo #: NH 79492 USS Illinois
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Description: (Battleship # 7) Crewmen drilling with some of the ship's midships 6-pounder guns, prior to World War I. Note the boats and oars stowed overhead, and the raised working platforms for the gun crews. Copied from the book The United States Navy Illustrated, published in New York, 1917. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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