The USS ''Bennington'' Monument is a

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in the

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, United States. It serves as a memorial to the crew of the , a

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of the

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, whose boiler exploded on the morning of 21 July 1905, in San Diego Bay.Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center
/ref> The explosion showered the vessel with live steam and scalding water, killing 66 men (1 officer and 65 other sailors) and burning an additional 46. It was the worst peacetime disaster for the U.S. Navy up to that time.
/ref> The dead were buried at Fort Rosecrans; some were later disinterred and shipped home for burial by their families. The monument at the site of the graves was dedicated three years later, on 7 January 1908.

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