Photo #: NH 104530
Pacific Fleet Target Practice, circa fall 1910
Shells splashing astern of an armored cruiser.
The ship seen is either USS California (Armored Cruiser
# 6) or USS South Dakota (Armored Cruiser # 9).
Probably photographed from USS West Virginia (Armored
Cruiser # 5).
Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt,
USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia
at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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