Troops participating in an abandon ship drill on USS Agamemnon during World War One. They are wearing life-preservers while passing through the danger zone before going down rope ladders into the sea. Life-boats are being used to pick up the troops to minimize the danger of capsizing. Photo taken at Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, censor passed the photo on October 3, 1918.

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