On this day in 1917 the vanguard of a U.S. Navy flotilla arrived in Cobh (then Queenstown). The famous anchorage just outside Cork City would become an important U.S. base for the duration of World War I. Pictured are U.S. sailors in Queenstown.
On this day in 1917 the vanguard of a U.S. Navy flotilla arrived in Cobh (then Queenstown). The famous anchorage just outside Cork City would become an important U.S. base for the duration of World War I. Pictured are U.S. sailors in Queenstown.
