Photo #: NH 43076
USS Ophir (ID # 2800)
View of interior damage resulting from fire and explosions on
board in November 1918. Much of what is seen here was caused
by explosions in her cargo of artillery shells. Note the five-inch
shell partially penetrating the deck in the right center, many
jagged holes in the deck and capstan lashed to the bulkhead.
Ophir sank off Gibraltar on 11 November 1918. She was
salvaged during the following year and returned to the United
States on 9 January 1920.
Photographed by A.E. Wells, Washington, D.C., on 12 January 1920.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 590 pixels |
 |