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NH 57492 Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)

Photo #: NH 57492 Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)
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Description: The ship's sunken wreck in Chesapeake Bay, photographed from off her port side, circa 1921. She had been used as a target for Army bombing tests in September of that year. Note the blown-open condition of her bow, and collapsed foremast and smokestacks. Donation of Lewis L. Smith, 1960. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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