Photo #: NH 43481
USS Siboney (ID # 2999)
Firing her after port side gun, during target practice at sea
in August 1918. The armored cruiser in the left distance may
be towing the target.
This gun is a 5"/51, Mark VIII. Stripes on its barrel are
part of the ship's "dazzle" camouflage pattern.
Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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