Photo #: NH 67717
Loss of USS Milwaukee, January 1917
USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) stranded and broadside to
the surf, at Samoa Beach, California, 13 January 1917. Two boats
are offshore, attempting to assist in removing the cruiser's
crew, many of whom are visible standing on her foredeck and superstructure.
Milwaukee had gone ashore while attempting to salvage
the grounded submarine H-3.
Photographed by Emma B. Freeman, Eureka, California.
Photograph received from the U.S. Naval Library, Treasure Island,
California, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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