Laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918 - 111-SC-43563

U.S. Navy minelayers proceeding to sea in two columns, in Area Number 2 of the North Sea, September 1918. Ships in the column at left are (from front to rear): Roanoke, Housatonic, Quinnebaug and Baltimore. Ships in column at right are (from front to rear): Canonicus (out of picture, to right), Canandaigua, Aroostook and Saranac. Note disruptive dazzle camouflage worn by these ships. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.