Photo #: NH 49909
USS Memphis (Armored Cruiser # 10)
View of the ship's wreck at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
in July 1917. She had been cast ashore by a tidal wave on 29
August 1916, and by this time had been largely stripped of guns,
supplies and equipment.
Note walkway on cables leading from shore to the ship's boat
deck and chute running out from theafter port main deck six-inch
gun casemate.
Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle
when the photograph was taken.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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