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Photo #: NH 82966
USS Pocahontas (ID # 3044)
Crew of one of the ship's after 6"/50 guns in action, during
1917-1918. Note men at left, ramming a shell into the gun's breech,
while others stand ready with the long bagged powder charge.
Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association,
1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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