Keywords: Lot 3000-R-12: U.S. Navy protected cruiser, USS Chicago (later CA-14), in drydock. Chicago was one of the A,B,C,D ships – the first steel ships of the U.S. Navy and sank in July 1936 while being towed in the Pacific from Honolulu to San Francisco. Detroit Photographic Company, circa 1891-1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2016/03/10). Lot 3000-R-12: U.S. Navy protected cruiser, USS Chicago (later CA-14), in drydock. Chicago was one of the A,B,C,D ships – the first steel ships of the U.S. Navy and sank in July 1936 while being towed in the Pacific from Honolulu to San Francisco. Detroit Photographic Company, circa 1891-1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2016/03/10). |