Photo #: NH 42071
USS Quinnebaug (ID # 1687)
Ship's officers and crew pose on her foredeck, at Invergordan,
Scotland, October 1918.
Quinnebaug was then engaged in laying a barrage of anti-submarine
mines across the North Sea. Note the "T.N.T." banner
at the left end of the bridge, alluding to the mines' explosive
charge material.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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