Photo #: NH 43759
USS Wateree (1864-1868)
Stranded at Arica, Chile, after she was washed ashore by the
13 August 1868 tidal wave.
The Peruvian corvette America is partially visible in
the distance.
Courtesy of Mrs. A.B. Hendrickson, from the collection of her
father, the late Rear Admiral Luther G. Billings.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Note: This image may be reversed. The orientation
of ships is the opposite of that of other photographs of this
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