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Photo #: NH 77160

Sinking of USS President Lincoln, 31 May 1918


Survivors on board USS Warrington (Destroyer # 30), at left, and USS USS Smith (Destroyer # 17), at right, after they were rescued, about 1 June 1918.
The donor, a member of Warrington's crew at the time, comments: "We had to transfer some men to the Smith as we had too many men to feed."

Courtesy of Gustavus C. Robbins, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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13 January 2004