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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 61699
USS Boston (1887-1946)
Underway, circa the early 1900s, after her sailing rig had been
removed and other modifications made.
Note the new-type gun shield fitted to her forward eight-inch
gun.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC), 1935.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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