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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-428851

USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter lands on the cruiser's after deck after spotting naval gunfire at Wonsan, North Korea.
Photo is dated 17 April 1951.
Note that the ship's after 8"/55 and 5"/38 guns are fully depressed. Men are working over the side, cleaning or painting the hull.

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

Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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9 November 1999