Photo #: NH 70013
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (seated, second from right)
Meets with reporters from the two Atlanta, Georgia, newspapers,
the "Journal" and the "Constitution", in
March 1943, on the occasion of his visit to the city to climax
a successful War Bond selling campaign to cover the cost of replacing
the cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), sunk on 13 November 1942
off Guadalcanal. The money raised was more than enough to pay
for a new ship, which became USS Atlanta (CL-104).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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