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Photo #: NH 84584

USS Rochester (CA-124)


Departing the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 20 September 1953, following overhaul. She has been fitted with 3"/50 twin automatic gun mounts, replacing the 40mm guns she carried from 1946 to 1953.
Tugs Dekaury (YTB-178) --at left-- and Awatobi (YTB-264) -- alongside her starboard side, forward-- are assisting her.

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

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1 August 1999