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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 98422
USS Astoria (CL-90)
Plan view aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
21 October 1944.
Note 40mm quad gun mount at left, with battle helmets and a life
raft mounted on the bulkhead beyond, and 5"/38 twin gun
mount in left center.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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