Photo #: NH 107315 USS Tanager (Minesweeper # 5) In port during North Sea Mine Barrage clearance operations, circa mid-1919. She wears "X" as an identification mark on her bow and smokestack. Another vessel, part of a group of ships partially visible in the right distance, also has an "X" painted on her bow. The original photograph is in the USS Tanager collection (Lot # S-590, page 1). Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 55 KB; 900 x 535 pixels |
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Image posted 23 December 2010