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Photo #: NH 66287

USS Great Northern
(ID # 4569)

Collision damage to the ship's stern, 1918.
This is probably damage received when Great Northern collided with the British ship Brinkburn at 2.30 AM on 3 October 1918, while about 500 miles off the coast of France. Seven Army passengers were killed in that accident.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 10 January 2006