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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 46706

Lemnos
(Greek battleship, 1914)

Firing a salute to U.S. Navy Admiral Mark L. Bristol, at Smyrna, Turkey, 15 September 1919. Lemnos is flying the U.S. and Greek flags at the foremast peak and the Italian flag at the mainmast peak. A British D-class light cruiser is in the right distance, also with the Italian flag at the mainmast peak.
Lemnos was the former USS Idaho (Battleship # 24).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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14 March 2001