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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 57451

USS Atlanta (CL-51)


Scene on the ship's fantail, during her commissioning ceremonies at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 24 December 1941.
Standing in the foreground are (left to right):
Captain Samuel P. Jenkins, Commanding Officer;
Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews;
Margaret Mitchell (Mrs. John R. Marsh), ship's Sponsor;
Captain Harold V. McKittrick; and
Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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2 January 2002