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SS Eastland as gunboat USS Wilmette (IX-29), off Chicago IL, 1920s.
Photographer: Maritime Quest
Taken: 1920s
Caption: SS Eastland as gunboat USS Wilmette (IX-29), off Chicago IL, 1920s.
Additional Description: Sold to the US Navy after salvage, rebuilt and used as a Great Lakes training ship.
Submitted: October 21, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p545018
File Size: 0.034 Megabytes

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