Photo #: 80-G-K-15826 (Color) USS Mobile (CL-63) Preparing to launch a Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplane from her port catapult, during the October 1943 raid on Marcus Island. Note the 40mm twin gun mount in the foreground, with a man in the gun tub holding a red flag. Photographed by Photographer's Mate Alphonso Ianelli. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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4 November 2002