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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 103438
USS O-7 (Submarine # 68)
Rear view of O-7's 3"/23 retractable deck gun in
the raised position, circa 1918-1919.
Note the gun's vertical block breech mechanism, round hatch shield,
and ready-service ammunition attached to the base of the gun
mount.
Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
1990.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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