Photo #: NH 105813
USS Mississippi (BB-41) Gun Turret Fire, 12 June 1924
Panoramic photograph of the funeral for the forty-eight officers
and men killed when Mississippi's Number Two 14-inch Gun
Turret burned during gunnery practice on 12 June 1924. The ceremony
was held at San Pedro, California on 17 June 1924.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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