Photo #: NH 102770
Bennington Monument, San Diego, California
Photograph taken circa the 1920s or 1930s.
This monument was erected as a memorial to the men lost in the
21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102771
Bennington Monument, San Diego, California
Photograph taken circa the 1920s or 1930s.
This monument was erected as a memorial to the men lost in the
21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 49905
USS William Jones (DD-308)
Steaming out of San Diego harbor, California, during the 1920s.
Note the USS Bennington monument atop the hill in the
right center background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102776-KN (color)
USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans National
Cemetary, San Diego, California
Color-tinted postal card on a fabric-embossed stock, published
by Herz Post Cards, San Diego, circa the 1940s or 1950s.
This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who
lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905.
Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102773
Bennington Monument shaft,
Bennington National Cemetary, San Diego, California
Photograph taken circa the 1940s or 1950s.
This monument was erected as a memorial to the men lost in the
21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS Bennington
(Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102775
Bennington National Cemetary, San Diego, California
Fine-screen reproduction of an aerial photograph taken circa
1948 and published on a postal card by Ben Davis White, San Diego.
The shaft of the Bennington Monument is visible in the
upper right. It was dedicated in January 1908 as a memorial to
the men lost in the 21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS
Bennington (Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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