USS Colorado Cruiser (CA7)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

USS Colorado Cruiser (CA7)

Entry/Object ID

P-00993

Description

Trying to pull the 13,600 ton cruiser (4 stacker) off of the mud are the gunboat Vicksburg and the distilling ship (later destroyer tender) Iris. Vessel at far right is the Army mine-planter Col. Geo. Armistead.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Ruhlen, George

Date made

Jun 20, 2011

Place

Bay

Off Point Loma in San Diego Bay, North San Diego Bay, San Diego Bay

County

San Diego County

Region

Southern California

State/Province

California

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

California Coast, West Coast of North America, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean

Notes

Middle Ground Shoal, San Diego, before Zuñiga Jetty was built and the channel dredged. Middle Ground Shoal was where the main ship channel is now, between Pt Loma and Zuñiga Jetty.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Print, Photographic, Col. George Ruhlen, USA, Retired, III-A-3 U.S. Navy - Cruisers, XIV Wrecks, Collisions, Disasters

Web Links and URLs

Jetty intended to prevent the reappearance of Middle Ground Shoal after dredging