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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 46150
Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917
A Navy officer walking on the beach, with the abandoned wreck
of USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) in the background. Photographed
on or shortly after 13 January 1917, when the cruiser went aground
at Samoa Beach, near Eureka, California.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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