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Photo #: NH 64487
Salvage of USS California (BB-44), 1942
Removal of one of the sunken battleship's 14"/50 guns from
turret # 3, circa early February 1942.
View looks aft, with the ship's fantail aircraft crane in the
left middle distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 605 pixels
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