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USS Siboney (ID # 2999)

Firing her after port side gun, during target practice at sea in August 1918. The armored cruiser in the left distance may be towing the target. This gun is a 5"/51, Mark VIII. Stripes on its barrel are part of the ship's "dazzle" camouflage pattern. Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN.

Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
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