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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 46159

Stranding of USS Milwaukee, 13 January 1917


Lifesaving crew launches a U.S. Coast Guard surfboat, during rescue operations just after USS Milwaukee (Cruiser # 21) went aground at Samoa Beach, near Eureka, California, 13 January 1917.

Donation of Captain Ray Spear, 1931.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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24 May 2004