Photo #: NH 53838
USS H-3 (Submarine # 30)
Preparing the submarine for lifting from the sands of Samoa Beach,
near Eureka, California, circa early March 1917, during the successful
salvage operation undertaken by the Mercer-Fraser Company, of
Eureka.
Photographed from off H-3's port bow, showing the derrick
used in the recovery work.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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