Memorial Bell
The number 3 bell at Rochester Cathedral, England, bears the inscription "U.S.S. PITTSBURGH IN MEMORY OF 1920". According to Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent: "Note that there is a mystery regarding the inscription on the rear of the 3rd. The USS Pittsburgh had nothing to do with Rochester Cathedral, and perhaps the inscription appears by mistake." It should be noted however that during 1920 the Pittsburgh was in dry dock at Chatham, within sound and sight of the Cathedral. Furthermore on 23 October, whilst she was in dry dock, the Dean and chapter made public an appeal for donors for the recasting of the bells and by 17 December it was reported that the bells had been taken away for recasting.
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