USS SALEM Monument

USS SALEM Monument: © Key West Art & Historical Society
USS SALEM Monument

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

USS SALEM Monument

Entry/Object ID

2016.22.0574

Description

Black and white photograph of the USS SALEM monument in the Key West Cemetery. On September 29, 1918, one of the ship's liberty boat returning to the SALEM overturned and eighteen men drowned. Eight of the bodies were recovered and buried in the Battleship MAINE plot in the cemetery. The SALEM was flagship of the twelve submarine chasers based in Key West during World War I.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

City

Key West

State/Province

Florida

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

County

Monroe

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

4-7/8 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good