DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 101086
Breech of a large Naval Gun
Photographed on board a battleship, circa 1913. The ship is probably
USS Rhode Island (Battleship # 17), and the gun is presumably
an 8"/45 or 12"/45.
Note the name "Emilie" painted on it.
From the album of Francis Sargent; Courtesy of Commander John
Condon, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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