Photo #: NH 55172
USS Cairo (1862)
Sketch of the ship's wreck, entitled "Cairo Submerged",
probably depicting the scene immediately after she was sunk by
a Confederate mine in the Yazoo River, Mississippi, on 12 December
1862. Note men sitting on projecting timbers and swimming in
the water nearby.
Courtesy of Mrs. A. Hopkins, 1927.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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