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NH 55191 USS CAIRO (1862)

USS CAIRO (1862)
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Title: USS CAIRO (1862)
Caption: Salvage operations, 1961-1965, in the Yazoo River, Mississippi, where she was sunk by a Confederate mine on 12 December 1862. Mid-section of CAIRO, which was lifted separately when it was severed from the bow during salvage operations, August-December 1964. This section contained the gunboat's boilers.
Description: Courtesy of the "Vicksburg Evening Post."
Catalog #: NH 55191
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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