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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 102773
Bennington Monument shaft,
Bennington National Cemetary, San Diego, California
Photograph taken circa the 1940s or 1950s.
This monument was erected as a memorial to the men lost in the
21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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