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U.S.S. Memphis, Caskets of Dead, Brought Home By U.S. Hospital Ship 'Solace', 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

U.S.S. Memphis, Caskets of Dead, Brought Home By U.S. Hospital Ship 'Solace', 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

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U.S.S. Memphis, Caskets of Dead, Brought Home By U.S. Hospital Ship 'Solace', 1916. Shows the U.S.S. Solace at dock, with horse-drawn caissons nearby and flag-draped coffins from the U.S.S. Memphis, which sank in the Santo Domingo harbor. The Memphis was sunk 'by enormous seas...all but about six of the men in her were drowned or smashed to death on the beach'.

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