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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: K-121961

Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania


Three stricken cruisers await disposal in the Reserve Basin, October 1978. The ships, whose hull numbers have been painted out, are (from left to right):
ex-Newport News (CA-148);
ex-Springfield (CG-7); and
ex-Northampton (CC-1).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 525 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-121961.
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25 November 2002