DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 98577
USS Mercury (ID # 3012)
In drydock, circa 1919
Note the decoration on the ship's stern, and the fire control
structure erected above her after deckhouse.
Men are painting the ship's side from stages suspended amidships.
Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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