Photo #: NH 46218
USS Memphis (Armored Cruiser # 10)
Halftone reproduction of a photograph from a contemporary publication,
showing the ship wrecked at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
where she was thrown ashore by tidal waves on the afternoon of
29 August 1916.
This photograph was some days after the incident, while initial
salvage operations were underway.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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