Photo #: 80-G-641308 Captain John Sylvester, USN (left) and Captain Warner R. Edsall, USN Shake hands, after Captain Edsall relieved Captain Sylvester as Commanding Officer of USS Missouri (BB-63). The change of command ceremonies were held on board the ship at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, 4 September 1952. Note fancy life ring. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 88KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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31 March 1999