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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-13971 (Color)

USS North Carolina (BB-55)

View looking aft from the battleship's bow, showing her forward superstructure and 16"/45 guns. Photographed during her maiden voyage, circa May 1941.
Note Measure 1 camouflage paint, CXAM-1 radar antenna, anchor chains and deck planking.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 535 pixels

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17 April 2000