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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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Image posted 28 May 2008