Photo #: NH 99473
USS Penguin (Minesweeper # 33), at left
and
USS Lapwing (Minesweeper # 1)
"Coming up to repass" sweep gear, after exploding a
mine during the sweeping of the North Sea Mine Barrage in 1919.
Note the identification letters on the ships' bows: "PD"
on Penguin and "W" on Lapwing.
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken by DeLong, of USS
Black Hawk, published in the cruise book "Sweeping
the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1919", page 59.
Donation of Chief Storekeeper Charles A. Free.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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