Photo #: NH 46149
Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) stranded at Samoa Beach,
near Eureka, California, on 13 January 1917, as crewmen are brought
ashore by breeches buoy.
The ship appears to be valving steam from her after two smokestacks.
Note the size of the tree trunk in the foreground.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps),
1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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