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 45760
USS Mount Vernon (1917-1919)
Crewmen on deck shortly after the ship was torpedoed by German
submarine U-82, 5 September 1918.
Note life rafts and collapsible life boats in the background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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