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61-65-A MACHINE GUN CAL 30, US, LEWIS
Accession: 61-65-A
Machine Gun, Cal 30, US, Lewis, Relic (note cooling jacket, magazine pan and butt-stock gone)
Machine gun is from the USS Peary DD-226. The Peary was a Clemson-class Destroyer sunk on the 19th of February 1942 after a Japanese air attack. Peary lost 80 men in the attack and the ship is now located in Darwin Bay Australia.
Photo from the Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command
