Photo #: NH 98290
USS Boston (CAG-1)
View of the ship's after portion, as she prepares for underway
refueling, 15 July 1959.
The photograph shows both of her launchers for "Terrier"
guided missiles, with a pair of Mark 25 Mod 7 guidance radars
just ahead of them. An antenna for a SPS-12 radar is atop the
pedestal at the right side of the image, with Boston's
after starboard 5"/38 twin gun mount below.
Note the refueling boom rigged alongside the forward missile
launcher, and the destroyer Blandy in the left center
background.
This print features the large "NAVY" block frequently
used in official public release photographs during the later
1950s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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