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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