File:USS Bennington Monument at Fort Rosecrans, California (USA), circa in 1922 (NH 102774-KN).jpg

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Summary

Description

English: USS Bennington Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, California (USA). Color-tinted postal card, published by H.L. Christiance, San Diego.

This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personnel who lost their lives in the boiler explosion on board USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4) at San Diego on 21 July 1905. North Island is in the right background.

One copy of this card was mailed at Long Beach, California, on 28 October 1922 with the following message: "Say Betsy! Pointing to Heaven. Looks like a long slender finger, doesn't it?." Courtesy of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.

Date

circa 1922

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

Accession number

NH 102774-KN

Source

U.S. Navy photo NH 102774-KN

Licensing

This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID NH 102774-KN.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC 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 NHHC image description.[1]

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current	07:17, 10 October 2020	3,175 × 2,040 (4.67 MB)	Cobatfor	NHHC file
	20:08, 27 April 2009	732 × 464 (138 KB)	Bellhalla	crop cation from top; use clone tool to remove caption on image
	17:46, 21 April 2009	740 × 495 (79 KB)	Bellhalla	{{Information \|Description={{en\|Photo #: NH 102774-KN (color) USS ''Bennington'' Monument, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, California Color-tinted postal card, published by H.L. Christiance, San Diego. This monument was erected in memory of the Navy personne