The Snapshots in Time Collection
Capsized Vessel in Surf Near Rocky Coastline, USS Maryland Photo Album, 1930s
This 1930s snapshot from a USS Maryland (BB-46) crewman's photo album captures a small vessel capsized in the surf near a rocky coastline, watched by onlookers gathered on the bluffs above. Personal photographs like this, taken during port calls and fleet exercises of the interwar Pacific Fleet, document the everyday and sometimes unexpected events of naval life between the world wars. Project: 218412