Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)   (  )
Photographer	Unknown authorUnknown author
Title	Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)
Description	English: Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8) Showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana, both of which had been used as targets. This photograph has been hand-tinted in s. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Depicted place	Chesapeake Bay
Date	27 September 1921 date QS:P571,+1921-09-27T00:00:00Z/11
Collection	Naval History & Heritage Command    Parent institution United States Department of the Navy  Location Washington Navy Yard Established 1944  Website www.history.navy.mil  Authority file : Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q3250126
Accession number	NH 263-KN
Source	http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/alabama-bb-8/NH-263-KN.html
Permission (Reusing this file)	“Most of the photos found in our collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements (those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the image description).”[1]
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Naval History & Heritage Command
	Parent institution	United States Department of the Navy
	Location	Washington Navy Yard
	Established	1944
	Website	www.history.navy.mil
	Authority file	: Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat

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	Parent institution	United States Department of the Navy
	Location	Washington Navy Yard
	Established	1944
	Website	www.history.navy.mil
	Authority file	: Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat

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