Photo #: NH 103835
USS Utah (Battleship # 31)
Number One Turret's crew posing under their turret's 12"/45
guns in 1913.
Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer seated at right in the center
of the front row. To his right is the Turret Officer, Ensign
Arthur S. Carpender.
DeSomer received the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary
heroism" during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22
April 1914.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated
by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired),
1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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