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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 1937
"Great White Fleet" World Cruise, 1907-1909
Target screen used by USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)
for battle practice in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, November
1908.
Firing range was about 7500 yards, and 64 hits were scored.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 1928.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 79KB; 900 x 545 pixels
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