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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 82003

USS Portland (CA-33)


Scene on the open bridge during the bombardment of Leyte, October 1944. Her forward 8"/55 gun turrets are trained out to port.
Officer standing in right center, without helmet, is the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas G.W. Settle.

Courtesy of Vice Admiral T.G.W. Settle, USN (Retired), 1975.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 January 2002