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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 57492
Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)
The ship's sunken wreck in Chesapeake Bay, photographed from
off her port side, circa 1921. She had been used as a target
for Army bombing tests in September of that year.
Note the blown-open condition of her bow, and collapsed foremast
and smokestacks.
Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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