Photo #: NH 102776-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans National
Cemetary, San Diego, California
Color-tinted postal card on a fabric-embossed stock, published
by Herz Post Cards, San Diego, circa the 1940s or 1950s.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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