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Photo #: NH 105436

USS Nero
(1898-1922, later AC-17)

Approaching Unalga Island, Alaska, from the north during the 1912 Alaskan Radio Expedition.
Akutan Pass is on the left and Unalga Pass is on the right in this panoramic photograph. Nero first called at Unalga in early June and departed for the last time in early September 1912. Note the details of the ship's forecastle.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 22 January 2008