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Photo #: NH 69774

USS Kearsarge (CVA-33)


Decommissioning party salutes the colors, as Kearsarge goes out of commission for the last time, at Long Beach, California, 13 February 1970.
Those present are (from left to right):
Captain Frederick W. Zigler, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility;
Rear Admiral Norman C. Gillette, USN, Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Group Three;
Rear Admiral William T. Rassieur, USN(Retired), former Commanding Officer of the ship;
Captain Leonard M. Nearman, USN, ship's Commanding Officer; and
Mr. C.E. (Gene) Gallman, representing the Mayor of Long Beach.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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24 October 2000