Unidentified officers sitting on the stern of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BACHE in Havana Harbor on February 16, 1898

Unidentified officers sitting on the stern of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BACHE in Havana Harbor on February 16, 1898. The night before the Battleship MAINE had sunk in Havana Harbor. The BACHE was working at the Dry Tortugas and upon word of the MAINE disaster, was sent to Havana as a dispatch vessel and to help evacuate the injured.

Photo Category: Personnel