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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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24 May 2004