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Photo #: NH 50375

USS Maryland
(Armored Cruiser # 8)

Diving party in a launch alongside the ship, "looking for the hole made by a torpedo", circa 1912.
Note the 6"/50 broadside gun in the top center, Chief Petty Officers standing on the ship, and coffee pot and mugs in the boat immediately forward of the diving air pump.

Courtesy of Lloyd Harmon.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 13 June 2006