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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 98737
USS Lavaca (APA-180)
In San Francisco Bay, California, in late 1945 or early 1946.
She is returning veterans from the Western Pacific to the United
States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet."
Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN
(Retired), 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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