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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97180

USS Manchester (CL-83)


"Returning to bombline off coast of Korea after a short rest period in Yokosuka, Japan." (Quoted from the original caption).
The photo is dated November 1953, but was actually taken during Manchester's first two Korean War tours, 1950-52.
All of her 6-inch gun turrets, four of her 5"/38 gun mounts and all of her main and secondary gun directors are trained on the port beam.

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

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17 December 1999