Photo #: NH 107317 U.S. Navy Minesweeper Steaming through heavy seas during North Sea Mine Barrage clearance operations, circa mid-1919. This "Bird Boat" wears a "V" identification mark on her bow, which means that she is USS Sanderling (Minesweeper # 37). The original photograph is in the USS Tanager collection (Lot # S-590, page 2). Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 90 KB; 900 x 545 pixels |
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NOTES:
Image posted 23 December 2010
Ship identification added 9 January 2011