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NH 99473 USS Penguin USS Lapwing

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Title: USS Penguin USS Lapwing
Description: Photo #: NH 99473 USS Penguin (Minesweeper # 33), at left and USS Lapwing (Minesweeper # 1) Coming up to repass sweep gear, after exploding a mine during the sweeping of the North Sea Mine Barrage in 1919. Note the identification letters on the ships' bows: PD on Penguin and W on Lapwing. Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken by DeLong, of USS Black Hawk, published in the cruise book Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1919, page 59. Donation of Chief Storekeeper Charles A. Free. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 99473
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