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DescriptionUSSkearsarge-bb5-underway.jpg
United States battleship Kearsarge. Underway in a harbor during the early 1900s. Kearsarge was painted this way when she visited Europe in 1903, and this photograph may have been taken at about that time. Note the semaphore signalling paddles mounted on her main topmast. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Removed caption read: Photo # NH 61238 USS Kearsage underway during the early 1900s
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