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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original Caption: U.S.S. Ophir, aflame, signaled 'Long Live the Allies' as she sank.  In a letter from one of the seamen of the U.S.S. Ophir, to his brother in New York City, the sinking of that ship is vividly described.  The ship was abandoned and as she sank signals reading 'Long Live the Allies' were raised on the masthead.</li></ul>
Photographer: Underwood and Underwood</div>
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