Photo #: NH 98878 (complete caption)
USS Atlanta (CL-104)
Leaves Seattle, Washington, for a Naval Reserve training cruise
to Alaska, 27 June 1948.
The original picture caption, released by 13th Naval District
Public Information Office, Seattle 99, Washington, on 29 June
1948, reads: "Fleet, hard hitting, modern light cruiser,
USS Atlanta (CL-104) got underway from Navy Pier 91 at
Seattle, June 27th, for a 14 day training cruise to Juneau Alaska,
and return. Carrying over 300 Naval Reservists from all sections
of the 13th Naval District on a training cruise designed to give
new Reservists their 'sea legs' and veteran Reservists up-to-date
practical instruction in the various phases of improved techniques
and naval developments." "Highlight of the training
cruise will be the gunnery drills and exercises in all phases
of life aboard a modern man-o-war. While in Juneau, the Reservists
will be granted two days of 'liberty' and the Yankee souvenir
instinct should be well sated by the variety of souvenirs available
in the Alaskan northwest."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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