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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 46156
Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917
U.S. Coast Guard surfboat in action, during the removal of crewmen
from USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) after she was wrecked
at Samoa Beach, near Eureka, California, 13 January 1917.
Note the large number of men standing on the grounded cruiser's
decks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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