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NH 69024 USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41)

USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41)
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Title: USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41)
Caption: Three officers and 45 enlisted men were killed and many more injured when an explosion aboard the battleship shattered the upper forward gun turret, while the ship was at a secret battle practice off San Pedro, California, Thursday, 12 June 1924. This photograph shows, between two guns of the lower forward turret, the three guns peeping from the turret within which the explosion occurred.
Description: Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.
Catalog #: NH 69024
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Thu, Jun 12, 1924
After this Year: 1920
Before this Year: 1929
Original Medium: BW Photo
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