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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-427941

USS Missouri (BB-63)


Captain Irving T. Duke, USN, (left) shakes hands with Captain George C. Wright, during change of command ceremonies on board USS Missouri at Yokosuka, Japan, 2 March 1951. Captain Wright relieved Captain Duke as the ship's Commanding Officer.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 75KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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24 March 1999