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NH 77627 USS WILMINGTON (PG-8)

USS WILMINGTON (PG-8)
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Title: USS WILMINGTON (PG-8)
Caption: Native stevedores off-loading rubber at Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela Harbor during the time USS WILMINGTON (PG-8) visited the village during her exploratory cruise of the Orinoco River, January 1899. This was the most inland point reached by the ship. The river was unnavigable for ships shortly beyond this village.
Description: Photo from the scrapbooks of the USS WILMINGTON, vol. I, page 29. Courtesy of Mrs. Chapman C. Todd, 1973.
Catalog #: NH 77627
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1890
Before this Year: 1899
Original Medium: BW Photo
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