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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-668655

Reserve Fleet Basin, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania


Photographed on 19 May 1955 with numerous cruisers, escort carriers, and auxiliaries in reserve.
The nearest ship is the never-completed Hawaii (CB-3), which lacks its previously-installed three 12" gun turrets.
Many of the other ships present are identified in Photo # 80-G-668655 (complete caption).

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

Online Image: 138KB; 635 x 675 pixels

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23 February 2000