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Photo #: NH 77438 (complete caption)

Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia

Aerial photograph of the Naval Base pier area, taken from an altitude of 2500 feet on 29 October 1948.
Fifty-two ships and harbor craft are present, including:
  • LSTs, APDs and harbor craft in the basin at left;
  • USS Mindoro (CVE-120) and USS Sicily (CVE-118), alongside the pier on the right side of the basin;
  • USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Adirondack (AGC-15), alongside the right side of that pier;
  • Three DEs, USS Juneau (CL-119), USS Consolation (AH-15), three DDs and USS Shenandoah (AD-26), on the left side of the next pier to the right;
  • USS Mississippi (AG-128), USS Taconic (AGC-17) and USS Marquette (AKA-95), on the right side of that pier;
  • USS Okanogan (APA-220), USS Whitley (AKA-91) and 3 DEs, on the left side of the pier in the photo's center;
  • A net tender (YN) at the head of that pier;
  • USS Fremont (APA-44) and four DEs and DDs, on the right side of that pier;
  • Two LSTs; two large auxiliaries and three DDs, on the left side the next pier to the right;
  • USS Macon (CA-132), USS Spokane (CL-120) and one DD, on the right side of that pier;
  • USS Winston (AKA-94); USS Pawcatuck (AO-108); USS Pecantonica (AOG-57) and three DEs, on the left side of the pier to the right; and
  • Two DEs, on the right side of that pier.

    Donation of Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley, USN (Retired).

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

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    30 July 2002