DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 49912
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.
Collection of John G. Krieger, 1967. He was serving in USS Eagle
when the photograph was taken.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 445 pixels
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