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Photo #: NH 58320

"Old (?) Salts Spinning a Yarn"


Sailors and a Marine on board USS Saratoga (CV-3), during the 1930s, arranged in a group resembling that of an 1880s era "Old Salts" photograph.
See Photo # NH 58319 for the view that inspired this one.
Note use of a cake pan in place of the spittoon of the 1880s photo.

Courtesy of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral Harold R. Stark.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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7 April 2000