Photo #: NH 46223
USS Memphis (Armored Cruiser # 10)
Wrecked at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where she was thrown
ashore by tidal waves on the afternoon of 29 August 1916.
This view probably was taken early on 30 August, as the ship
appears to be abandoned. Note the U.S. Ensign hanging from the
ship's stern where the flagstaff had broken away, and the embarkation
ladder hanging from the port side deck edge by the after gun
turret.
Photographed by the local U.S. Consul, Carl M.J. von Zeilinski.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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