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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-14214 (Color)

USS Antietam (CVA-36)

Captain Samuel G. Mitchell, Commanding Officer, and Commander J.D. Blitch, Executive Officer, inspecting the ship's various divisions, while she was at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 31 January 1953.
Note Marine guard at left and Grumman F9F-5 "Panther" fighters parked at the bow. Planes are (left to right): Bureau #s 125275, 125471 and (probably) 125476.

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

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2 October 2000