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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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25 June 2003