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NH 46246 USS MERRIMAC (1898) view of the ship's wreck in Santiago Channel, Cuba

USS MERRIMAC (1898) view of the ship's wreck in Santiago Channel, Cuba
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Title: USS MERRIMAC (1898) view of the ship's wreck in Santiago Channel, Cuba
Caption: With a U.S. Navy Yacht-Gunboat nearby, circa Summer 1898. Photo from the Book of Letters, etc., kept by Assistant Surgeon William S. Thomas, M.R.C., USN, during the war. "Masts and funnel of the collier Merrimac, sunk by Hobson in the channel of Santiago Harbor in the vain attempt to close it."
Description: Photo from the Book of Letters, etc., kept by Assistant Surgeon William S. Thomas, M.R.C., USN
Catalog #: NH 46246
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1890
Before this Year: 1899
Original Medium: BW Photo, Original
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