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NH 86449 USS Kaiser Wilhelm II

Photo #: NH 86449 USS Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Title: USS Kaiser Wilhelm II
Description: (ID # 3004) Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey, 1917, depicting the ship in drydock at the New York Navy Yard in the Summer of 1917, while she was being refitted for U.S. Navy service. This view shows the ship's stern, with her rudder and port side propeller. The rudder is sharply turned to clear the dry dock caisson. Commissioned in August 1917, Kaiser Wilhelm II was soon renamed Agamemnon. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation of Mrs. Wilbur Jenkins. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 86449
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