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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 106197
USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18)
Ducking a "polywog" during Equator crossing ceremonies
while the "Great White Fleet" was on the first leg
of its World cruise, 6 January 1908.
The original image is printed on post card ("PMO")
stock.
Donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Image posted 23 October 2008