Photo #: 80-G-K-13791 (Color) USS Swordfish (SS-193) Ready for launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 1 April 1939. This is the earliest known color Official Navy Photograph that can be precisely dated. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 163KB; 740 x 505 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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29 May 2003