Photo #: NH 104535
Pacific Fleet Landing Force Exercise, 1911
Sailors landing on the beach at Coronado, California, circa mid-March
1911.
The pulling boat coming through the surf in left center is from
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5). Note the launch
in right center, with its stern to the beach, steam launches
at left and pilings in the foreground.
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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