Photo #: NH 99108
USS Baldwin (DD-624), at right
During operations to refloat her at Montauk Point, Long Island,
New York, at 1030 Hrs. on 28 April 1961.
The "mothballed" destroyer had broken free from her
towline on 16 April 1961 and drifted ashore.
Among the ships engaged in the salvage effort are USS Hoist
(ARS-40), USS Salvager (ARSD-3), USS Windlass (ARSD-4)
and a fleet tug (ATF).
Photographed from an airplane based at Naval Air Station Quonset
Point, Rhode Island.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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