Photo #: NH 263
Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)
Showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target
for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An
Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead.
Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks
in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest
to the left) and Indiana, both of which had been used
as targets.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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