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Photo #: NH 64858

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)


Ship's new Commanding Officer, Captain Henry Kent Hewitt, USN, inspects her Marine Detachment, as he assumes command, 16 March 1936.
Also in the reviewing party are the ship's Executive Officer, Commander Theodore S. Wilkinson (left) and First Lieutenant John D. Blanchard, USMC.
Marines are "Presenting Arms" with M1903 rifles.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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31 December 1998