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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 46217

USS Memphis
(Armored Cruiser # 10)

The ship's beached hulk is pounded by waves at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, many months after she was washed ashore by tidal waves on 29 August 1916.
The ship had been stripped of guns and equipment by the time of this photograph.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 7 January 2005