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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 46155
Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917
Sailors haul in men via breeches buoy as the crew of USS Milwaukee
(Cruiser # 21) abandons ship after she went aground at Samoa
Beach, near Eureka, California, on 13 January 1917.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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