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Photo #: NH 103264

USS Siboney
(ID # 2999)

Boxing match on the ship's forecastle, while she was at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, transporting troops to or from France in 1918-1919. Spectators are wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of influenza.
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, printed on page 24 of "Historical Souvenir of the U.S.S. Siboney", published by the ship's crew in 1919 as a momento of her service.

Collection of Captain Clarence S. Williams, USN. Donated by Mrs. Clarence S. Williams, 1975.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 11 November 2005