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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.

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18 May 2004