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Marines having a meal in the crews Mess on USS Massachusetts. The Massachusetts was an unlucky ship, having run aground in 1898 and again in 1901, a 8" gun turret explosion killed 9 crewmen in January 1903 and a gasket failed in the boiler room leaving 3 dead and many badly burned in 1904. she was decommissioned for the final time after being brought back into use as a gunnery training ship, re-designated as "Coast Battleship No. 2 ). struck on 22 Nov 1920 and loaned to the Dept of War to be used as a target ship off Pensacola Fl and today is a artificial reef and diving spot. Published by Detroit Publishing Co, photograph taken by Edward H Har

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