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Photo #: NH 104045

USS Caperton
(DD-650)

Lays a smoke screen during Atlantic Fleet maneuvers, 1956.
The original print, dated 11 September 1956, carries the following caption: "Most effective in World War II the smoke screen obscured the views of opponents gun and torpedo directors. Since radar is now widely used, the smoke screen has less use except in very close in engagements or in air attacks by small planes without radar."

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

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Image posted 30 August 2006