DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 103679
HMS Vanguard (British Battleship, 1946)
Crew members hauling up the life boat by hand, during Operation
"Mainbrace", 12 September 1952.
Note the 40mm single gun mount in the left center background.
Photographed by Blanchette.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels
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