DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 41892
USS Princess Matoika (ID # 2290)
A band of Bluejackets and Doughboys playing the "Marsellaise"
on the ship's deck, as American troops, homeward bound from service
in France, come aboard in the harbor of St. Nazaire, 20 December
1918.
Note the capstan and bitts in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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