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Photo #: NH 101083
USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17)
Twelve-inch projectiles on deck, ready to be struck below, circa
1913.
Note the canvas covers used to protect the shells' rotating bands.
Photographed by Sargent.
From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John
Condon, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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