DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 97758
USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41)
Holding swim call while at anchor off Capri, Italy, in mid-1961.
The ship had just made a short port call at Naples. The use of
a boat boom and a cargo net was standard practice for recreational
swimming from such Navy ships.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 590 pixels
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