Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Brown Bess Muskets After testing in 1937 an

After testing in 1937 an initial order for 21

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These pieces were queried directly from the family of a New Jersey WW2 veteran

Also included are internal components not used during construction of the display gun

A German torpedo ripped into the transport Leopoldville just five miles from its destination of Cherbourg

Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Brown Bess Muskets After testing in 1937 anOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The USS Saranac was the Old Dominion Steamship Company Hamilton temporarily converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. John Roach & Sons launched Hamilton at Chester, Pennsylvania in 1899. Hamilton steamed between Norfolk, Virginia and New York City until The United States Shipping Board took control of the ship from Old Dominion Steamship Company in 1917. She was fitted out for United States Navy