Photo #: NH 97439
USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)
Anchored at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, while making a liberty
call after exhaustive anti-submarine warfare exercises in the
Caribbean. Presence of Sikorski HSS/SH-34 helicopters on her
flight deck indicates that the photo was taken during the early
1960s.
The original print was received by "All Hands" magazine
on 23 April 1965.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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