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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