Photo #: NH 46165
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21)
After portion of the cruiser's wreck, taken on 29 April 1919,
more than two years after she went aground at Samoa Beach, near
Eureka, California, on 13 January 1917.
Note the pier used by salvagers to remove guns and equipment
from the ship, and the degree that she had settled since going
ashore.
Photographed by Emma B. Freeman, Eureka, California.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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