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Artwork of El Dia prior to conversion as a minelayer, photographed by E.P. Griffith, Newport News, Virginia, showing her in merchant service prior to World War I. The original is in National Archives' Record Group
19-LCM. USN photo NH 100250. |
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U.S. Navy minelayers steaming in column in the North Sea, September 1918. At left, British destroyers are covering the formation's flank with a smoke screen. Ships in the minelayer column are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore U. S. Navy Photo NH 2805 |
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U.S. Navy minelayers proceeding to sea in two columns, in
Area Number 2 of the North Sea, September 1918.
Ships in the column at left are (from front to rear): Roanoke,
Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore.
Ships in column at right are (from front to rear): Canonicus
(out of picture, to right), Canandaigua, Aroostook and Saranac. Note disruptive "dazzle" camouflage worn by these ships. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. USN photo 111-SC-43563. |
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