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 46151
Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) stranded at Samoa Beach,
near Eureka, California, soon after she went aground on 13 January
1917. A whaleboat is alongside her port quarter, and a few men
are visible on her main deck above the boat.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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