DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Photo #: NH 44745
USS Northern Pacific (1917-1919)
Riveter at work on bottom plating, while the ship was undergoing
repairs in drydock at the New York Navy Yard, circa February-May
1919. Northern Pacific had been damaged in an accidental grounding
off Fire Island, N.Y., on 1 January 1919.
Note the man at left, holding tongs for passing hot rivets.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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