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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 89489-KN (Color)

Lieutenant Commander William S. Sims, USN,
Inspector of Target Practice

Cartoon invitation from the Wardroom Officers of USS Missouri (BB-11) to LCdr. Sims, inviting him to a "silent dinner" on 15 September 1904.
The drawing and text refer to Sims' position at that time as the Navy's effective "Czar" of gunnery. "Ping" and "Pong" are his assistants, Lieutenants Ridley McLean and Powers Symington.

Collection of Admiral William S. Sims.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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19 January 1999