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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 89299

French aircraft carrier Bois Belleau
,
formerly USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

Is moved to a berth at the Norfolk Naval Base to load aircraft in December 1953, shortly before her departure for France.
Among the ships in the background are USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Albany (CA-123) and USS Casa Grande (LSD-13).

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

Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 

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3 May 2000