Shipwrecked at Samoa, California: The Loss of the Navy Cruiser U. S. S. Milwaukee, Launched 1906, lost 1917
Pride of the River, 1994. Trade Paperback. 53 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. In 1917, the USS Milwaukee arrived off Humboldt Bay to pull a stranded submarine off of a sandbar. In the process, the Milwaukee itself ran aground. The crew was rescued, but the ship broke apart in a storm.....