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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 46159
Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917
Lifesaving crew launches a U.S. Coast Guard surfboat, during
rescue operations just after USS Milwaukee (Cruiser #
21) went aground at Samoa Beach, near Eureka, California, 13
January 1917.
Donation of Captain Ray Spear, 1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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