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Photo #: NH 98881

USS Atlanta (IX-304)


At the Hunters' Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, circa October 1964, while completing conversion to a weapons effects test ship.
The original picture caption, released by 12th Naval District Office of Public Information, reads: "A unique silhouette prevails on the old cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-104). Now designated IX-304 (miscellaneous unclassified) she boasts two guided missile frigate deck houses, a variety of missile launchers, radar masts and antennas, all equipped with shock measurement devices."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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9 October 2003