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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 98750

USS Argonne
(AG-31)

In San Francisco Bay, California, between late 1945 and mid-1946.
The ship may be concluding a voyage bringing servicemen home from the Western Pacific as part of Operation "Magic Carpet." The gun tub on the forecastle was added in 1942 for 20mm anti-aircraft guns.

Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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13 February 2004