Morgan City Sinks

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Bought this photo, unfortunately it has some damage. Thought the history behind it was great and wanted to share.  Probability not many photos of this grounding since it slipped off the beach and sunk within a day! Found the information online at:

 http://cabatuan.com/18th-infantry-regiment-transport-morgan-city-sinking-japan-1899.html

On September 2, 1899, the United States Army transport "Morgan City," a chartered steamship, sunk while making passage through the Inland Sea of Japan. The transport was on its way from San Francisco to the Philippines, carrying recruits for the U.S. Army regiments in the Philippine-American War.

Another transport, the Ohio, was immediately dispatched on September 5, 1899 from Manila to retrieve the stranded troops in Japan, arriving back in Manila on September 19, 1899.