Photo #: NH 91465
USS Baltimore (CA-68)
Crew manning the rails in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, during
the United Kingdom's Coronation Naval Review off Spithead, England,
in June 1953.
The ship just astern of Baltimore is HMS Starling
(F-66).
Note life rafts stowed atop the cruiser's after 8"/55 triple
gun turret; motor launch on deck at left and HUP helicopter parked
just in front of the hangar hatch.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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